The Dixon Family: Connor's 2 Year Party

Connor had a great birthday party this year! I worked really hard on everything so I'm glad it was so fun! I bought a package of little boy's undershirts and printable iron on to make them T shirts!

For the game, I painted an ugly Totoro poster bean bag toss. haha! I painted around a print off of his face but didn't get it in the right place. It was almost midnight the night before the party so I decided it was fine. The 2 year olds didn't care. They threw in the little soot sprites made out of black balloons and lentils.

I sewed up these awesome favor bags! I think they turned out so cute!

For food I did a fruit platter, cheese sticks, olives, chips and then I tried my hand at gluten free baking. My goal was to make it so that Connor could have all the food at his party! I cheated a little and used the gluten free boxed versions of cupcakes and cookies and then just had to replace the eggs. I think they turned out amazing! I made the cupcakes with chia seed replacer and got some of the best cupcakes I've ever made! It is hard to get the perfect dome on a regular cupcake but I did it with gluten/egg free ones (the angle in the picture don't do them justice)! The were nice and moist and extra good because I put salted caramel in the ones for the adults. The other mom's said I should think about selling them and Logan said they were the best cupcakes he has ever had! The cookies had applesauce in them and honestly if gluten cookies were sitting next to them you couldn't tell the difference! Really! I almost didn't want to give Connor one because they worried me because they didn't "taste" gluten free at all.

The kids got cute little straw Totoro cups and I found these water bottle wraps for free online. They had QR codes (square scan label) that was a ad for a phone or something so I replaced it with one I made and linked it to the Totoro movie I uploaded to my google drive so they could go home and watch the movie later!! I thought that was pretty fun!

Here is a close up on the banner. I cut all the leaves out by hand over 2 evenings while watching Downton Abby. I bout 2 sheets of this natural paper fiber in the gift wrap section of the 100 yen store and it made all of these. Then I used crocheting floss and a big needle to string them up.

I made the soot sprites from the movie out of tissue paper pom poms.

Logan was so great and took an early lunch so he come come to the party too!! The craft store didn't open until 10 (same time the party started) so I couldn't get balloons but Logan came to the rescue and brought some home with him! Connor LOVES balloons!

So the 2 little boys we invited ended up not being able to make it so it was all girls at his party! Good thing Logan stopped by to help in the boy department. haha

I wasn't really sure how well the bean bag game would go but the kids all took turns and loved it! I was glad they could all figure it out and we just let them stand wherever they felt comfortable throwing even if it was right in front. Even durning the party the kids at random times would go back and lift up the bottom, pull some bags out and throw them back in.

Abby, Connor and Ely are all about a month or two apart in age and Olivia on the end is the older sister of Abby and she is 3. Getting pictures of all the little ones is hard! Of course Connor was the one jumping off the couch the most.

All of them in the matching shirts!! I love it!

Best one!

I didn't do a fancy food table this time but made it super kid friendly! All the kids loved the simple fruit and snacks. I think I've never seen kids eat so well at a party so I was really glad my food was a hit with them too!

I was surprised how well the kiddos did eating at Connor's little table while they watched the movie. Although Connor did steal everyone of the other kid's olives off of their plates. I guess it was his party so he could get away with it.

After eating all the yummy good food we did cupcakes and cookies. This was the first time Connor has had either. He liked them both but his favorite part was the frosting. Typical kid!