A whimsical Dr. Seuss First Birthday for Thing 1 & Thing 2!!!

I can't believe it has been almost over two weeks since Brett and Emma's birthday party. Brian and I spent months planning it and we were finally able to pull it off with lots of help from our family and friends. THANK YOU to everyone who helped with cooking, decorating, labeling, trimming photos, favor bags, the list goes on and on! Patty&Angie (Top Chefs!!) Lauren&Malia (Decorating professionals)...we couldn't have done it without you!!! Brian and I truly have some of the world's greatest friends and we are so lucky for that! And of course a big thank you to Grandma Lisa and Aunt Rosie for playing with Brett and Emma all weekend while I shopped all day for "last minute details!"


And now...PICTURES!!!

Welcome to Seussville...

Favor Tags - Etsy Shop

Hey - did that cat mess up our backyard??

Pirate Ship Bounce House

Obstacle Course

Birthday banner - Etsy Shop

Monts De Oca family! 

I love this man!

Party Hats

Balloons 

My nephew Hunter!

Centerpieces - That's Cake!

Photo banner - Etsy Shop

Photo banner - Etsy Shop

Great Grandma and Brett

Emma and her BFF Leila

Daddy with his babies

Look at nakey Mr. Brett!

Changing into T-shirts for the cake

My little Brian Jr.

Guests signed pages of Happy Birthday To You by Dr. Seuss

Hop on Pop (corn)

One Fish, Two Fish. Red Fish, Blue Fish.

Pink Ink Yink Drink and a special something for the adults :)

Three Cheese Trees and Peanut Butter and Star Belly Jelly Sandwiches

Thing 1 & Thing 2 BBQ (For Chick-Fil-A nuggets)

Green Eggs (Egg salad on lettuce leaves)

The Cat in the Hat getting some food!

(Also a close-up of one of my FAVORITE party details! These truffula trees that I ordered from Twin Dragonfly Desings.)

And now...

THE CAKE!!!!

I found this cake (and a few other party ideas) on the blog And Everything Sweet.

I e-mailed a few local bakers photos of the cake and crossed my fingers that someone would be able to re-create it. I was excited when I heard from Natalie with That's Cake! I trusted that she would be able to make this cake close to the original. But I was beyond surprised to see that she replicated the cake beyond belief!!! 

Disassembling the cake was a little tricky...but I figured it out! :)

No more pictures! 

Cake time!!!

Mmmmmm

This is delicious! 

What do I do with this?

So good!

This is sooooo good, Mommy!

Cleaning this up was quite the adventure!

I am one-year old now!

Chili Cook Off!

I know that I usually post about Brett and Emma but I am excited to share the fun Brian and I had over the weekend!

We held our FIRST ANNUAL - yes there will be more - CHILI COOK-OFF! 

We invited plenty of friends, heated up some crock pots, and held another memorable fiesta in our humble abode! And there were prizes for the big winners :)

Of course, Brett and Emma were excited to join in on the fun! They had some pretty cool outfits!

It was such a fantastic time. We had 13 different chilies to taste, including one chili dip! Everything was delicious and so much fun!

We had chili spread out on our stove and countertops!

And of course lots of condiments and bread...

Some people gave their chili funny names.

(burns going in and out)

Everyone was happy to eat!

It was so much fun...I cannot wait to do it again next year!