little monster party

since evan is down for a really good nap, i'm taking advantage of the down time and finally blogging about his first birthday party. it's so worth blogging about too- we had a great time with lots of family and friends.

now since his birthday fell on a saturday you may be wondering why we had it a week later. well basically the timing just worked out better for family who was traveling in so they could see matt's end of camp performance on friday and go to evan's party on saturday. and i'm glad we got to celebrate his actual day just family and with something smaller.

but the party was fabulous! i couldn't have done it all without lots of help from my family, especially my mom and katie. and my parents bought all the food... which was a huge help too! so i decided on the theme a long time ago and have been buying and preparing for a while. we had a lot of people there- roughly 40 people counting kiddos. thankfully my parents have an awesome basement which ended up being the perfect place to host all the fun. i will tell the rest in pictures but let me start by saying, i did a terrible job at taking pictures. i did not get great pictures of the decorations, i did not get pictures of evan with anyone, and the pictures i took just aren't anything awesome. oh well, such is life. i hope you can see all the love and fun through these less-than-awesome pictures anyway.

 a bit of the food table. i turned $1 easels from michael's into cute little monsters that told what some of the food is.

 the cakes!! cakes by shirley here in seneca made them and not only were they super cute, but they were super duper delicious! (fresh strawberry filling with cream cheese icing)

a little bit more of the food table. i took the pictures too early though cause half of the table is empty! 

 a banner with his monthly pictures

 the doors even joined in on the party!

his little throne.

 most of the little friends who joined us

 monster bowling- the kids had a good time with this

 pin the eye on the monster- all the kids loved this silly game!

even evan had to get in on that one

evan loved smashing the cake- katie did most of the eating of it (she doesn't like strawberries...) he would not wear the hat but we at least snapped a few pictures with it- it's just so cute!

i really did not expect him to get so many presents- but he loved it and we are thankful to have such kind people around us!

so blessed and thankful to be a mommy to this perfect little one year old. love you tons evan!