Dear Sis,

William had a wonderful birthday party! Our guests included a handful of family members, a few neighbors, and his friend Carter’s family. We were a chatting, eating, playing, painting merry bunch.

Lunch Menu

Spaghettios (Train Wheels) & Bread Sticks (Rail Road Ties)

Cheese & Cracker, Fruit, & Vegetable Trays

Bottled Water & Chocolate Milk

Cake & Ice Cream

Cupcake Train

We painted a wooden train engine red and put a number “2” on the side. We baked cupcakes and frosted them with Swiss Buttercream. We sprayed the frosting with edible color. Last we added “Happy Birthday” candles.

Ice Cream Bar

Our ice cream bar consisted of a vanilla party tub of ice cream, chocolate and caramel syrups, gummy worms, homemade strawberry sauce, maraschino cherries, mini honey graham cookies, mini oreo cookies, mini peanut butter cups, peanuts, sprinkles, and a can of whipped cream.

Activities

Train Conductor Hats and Bandanas

Train Toys, Books, & Puzzles

Painting Plaster Trains

Favors

Train Shaped Butter Cookies

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It took a lot of tries before his little mouth was well enough aligned to blow out his two candles.

William opened one gift at a time over the course of three hours. We unpackaged each thing and played with it before moving on to the next gift, giving him time to focus on each item before moving on. No mad dash, no tears! But many Hugs and “thank you-s” all around.

Gran recorded what items each guest brought inside the cards, so we would remember who gave each gift when writing our thank you notes.

Gran and her parents concluded day three of their visit, just a few hours after the party. 

Thanks to all the family and friends who helped make William’s 2nd Birthday such a special time! Special thanks to Aunt Angel for taking lots of great photos:)

Love,

b