Peter's Birthday Party

Today was a very busy day as we had to get ready for the party and Grandpa Bill was here. I started out the day by decorating the cake. I think it turned out very cute, very zoo like. We played with Grandpa Bill until it was time to put the boys down for a nap. Then we all got the house ready for the party. We put table clothes on the table and put sand buckets on the table with the cake. We filled the buckets with animal crackers, pretzels, apple slices, cheese and crackers. Joshua helped me hang streamer from the ceiling and we blew up balloons. Joshua's dad drew animal prints and designs on the balloons. With everyone helping we finished in no time. We even hung glow in the dark lanterns from the ceiling. Joshua and I had invited two families from church over with young kids, so that we could get to know them better. Soon it was time for the families to come and we started the party with two games- feed the lion (bean bag toss) and animal musical chairs. The kids had alot of fun. I had painted picture frames to give the kids and bought animal masks for them to wear, so after the games I took the kids pictures. Then we all ate snacks and visited. It was a nice time to get to know everyone. After that we played two more games- pin the tail on the zebra and ring the giraffe (ring toss game). The kids had so much fun with the games. Then it was time to eat cake. Peter looked so cute next to his cake and trying to blow out the candle. We visited alittle longer and then everyone left to get ready for Sunday. We had such a great time and are so glad that we had a birthday party for Peter. I can't believe that he is going to be 2 years old.