Busytown Birthday Party

Hooray for our sweet birthday boy! We celebrated our son's 5th birthday over the weekend. It was crazy times with 27 kids running and riding vehicles all over. One of our favorite children's book author/illustrator is Richard Scarry, so the whole party was centered around it. We should probably donate money to his foundation or something as payback for all the images we scanned and printed. We had a goldbug hunt, hopscotch, and a general drive-around free-for-all! My brother drew out an amazing 30 foot banner/mural of Busytown. We originally were going to have the kids color it in, but it turned out so awesome, that we changed our minds. 

Able Baker Charlie, Farmer Alfalfa, and Grocer Cat provided the snacks and cupcakes. It was a crazy afternoon, but I know my boy had an amazing time. Special thanks to Stephen Wahl for the last 2 photos. 

Fire Station Birthday Party

While we were visiting Athens, GA, our sweet pal celebrated his 5th birthday! In honor of the occasion, his super rad mom arranged to have the birthday party at Fire Station #1. It was probably the best $10 she's ever spent because her son had an amazing time! We got the full tour of the station and a truck. The firefighter host even put on all of his gear piece-by-piece for all of the kids. After the tour, we ate cake and opened presents (the Super Hero Car was a big hit- see below!) in their kitchen. Double Dutch Press printed blank notebooks for one of the party favors using one of the birthday boy's fire truck drawings and how cute are the matchstick pretzels?!!


Getting our tree

The advent calendar on Saturday said it was time to get our tree! So we headed out to Patchen Farm in the Los Gatos Mountains. It was a lovely day and we all had fun going up and down the hillside in search of the right tree. 

After trimming the tree, we went to a birthday party! What a great weekend!

Library Party Invitations

Two quick pics: library party invitations and the thank you cards. I used vintage library-themed postage stamps, a typewriter, and old card catalog cards. If you missed my earlier post on my son's 4th birthday, you can catch up right HERE