B is for Birthday

After blogging about the princess party, I felt like I should go back to Eli's first birthday party (Thanksgiving weekend). I put so much work into this party. It was an absolute blast to plan. Little man loves Sesame Street, so we felt that was the way to go. I don't feel too, too chatty today, so I'll just run through the pictures that are on my camera.

The birthday boy! I don't have many shots of him on here, because I lost my camera throughout the bulk of the party. Bummer, huh? So, most of my pictures of him are hard copies (and frankly I'm feeling a bit too lazy to scan them in right now...).
Close up of the cake table--I'm afraid I traumatized small children everywhere when I cut the cake. If I had it to do over, I might not have started with the decapitation of a beloved character. Along with a decent shot of the cake, you can also see one of the fun fact sheets and a sign "C is for Cake." Beside Oscar is Slimy the Worm (on the rim of the trash can). Without Slimy, things just aren't right...
Overall view of the cake table. I really like the wall art on this one. That cake took forever, quite possibly because it was my first decorated cake ever. I baked it on Black Friday after shopping all day then iced it the next morning before the party.
This is the wide shot of the food table to include the wall art.
This view is just a wee bit closer, but a few more details can be seen this way. In front of each dish, there is a label telling what it is (T is for Trailmix, J is for Jello Jigglers, etc.).

I was really excited about my table decor. Each table was all about one Sesame Street character. The one shown is the Cookie Monster table. The table cloth was blue, the balloon floating above the table was that character, then on the table was a cup 'o crayons, Cookie coloring sheets, and an information sheet all about Cookie (with a close up picture, signature, and fun facts).

This was the drink table with Big Bird as the wall art.

Wall art--I used the projector and such to make the Sesame Street characters just like the princesses in yesterday's blog. The numbers were created by use of a Cricut. Those things are amazazing!
The gift table. Great googly moogly this child received SO MANY presents. This isn't even all of them...

My favorite baby with my favorite nephew!

Three generations of friends--all from itty bitty ages.
I wish I had a few more people shots to display, but again, I'm a bum who doesn't feel like scanning. Maybe someday. Anyway, the party went very well. I'm starting to think about next year, but the little man changes so fast. There's no telling what he'll be into by then. So, I suppose this mama will just be patient until it gets a little closer.

Lingering thought: If and when we move, I will really, really miss Ernie's.