Party Time!

Cotton candy, candy apples, clowns, pinatas games and prizes...oh my! To celebrate your third birthday Michael Jr and your very first birthday Nicholas we had the most fun party ever... A Carnival Party!

Our backyard was transformed into a carnival filled with games like bean bag toss, knock down the cans, sack races, find the treasure in the sand and pick a duck and then you got prizes for playing, everyone was a winner too! We also had so much food (mostly sugar) hot dogs and pizza and pasta and dips to name a few but what you boys really enjoyed was the homemade cotton candy!!!! and we had popcorn bags and candy and carmel apples too! And to top it off we had a pinata filled with candy ( Michael you were so funny during the pinata, you wanted to hit it and break it to get to the candy but you didn't want anyone else to break YOUR pinata, lol) needless to say most of the kids were on a major sugar high!!!

Uncle David and Krista were the cutestest clowns ever for your party too! They passed out balloons and even made a few balloon animals and they helped with the games and made silly faces too... but mostly they just scared all the little babies!! hahah, I guess I didn't realize how scary clowns seem to little kids...oh well! :) And Aunt Kristen painted your faces and the other kids faces too, you guys seriously had everything, spoiled! And thanks to Uncle Jon for pulling through with the cotton candy machine.... it might have been the best part about the party! And in case you boys didn't realize (someday when you are all grown up, you will) your mom and dad worked really really hard on this party too! I spent many days running here and there looking for prizes and games and the perfect carnival decorations. I was up a few nights pretty late dipping carmel and candy apples too. And daddy helped clean the house and backyard in preparation for the celebration and he also ran places to pick up tables, a tent and chairs and pizza and cake..... what a help that was to me too! All in all I think the party turned out awesome... all the kiddos had fun and the food was good and the weather thankfully held out ( it was calling for scattered thunderstorms, I was watching the weather channel for hours that day and hoping for it not to rain!).

It looked like Christmas morning here... you boys got SO many presents!!!! Aunt Stephanie, Melissa and Deanna and their famalies got you both an awesome police car, a real police car... what a great gift! Thanks!!!!!!

And you got a remote control car, a fire truck, a bus, fireman, blocks, toy snake, cars games and toys, toy story toys, a cars lunch box, clothes, shoes, a coat, piggy banks, puzzles, a tent and so much more! You both also got a little bit of money so Monday morning we went to the bank to deposit it and you guys thought you were pretty cool with your receipts ( I hope you both learn the importance of saving and learn to spend your money wisely). And Michael and Nicholas you both got a few savings bonds too! I think you both have the most wonderful big huge family ever... they love and care about you both so much and they spoil you rotten! :) Happy Birthday to my "little" boys... it is so much fun celebrating your life! I love you! I hope you both enjoyed the party as much as I enjoyed planning it! And like you always say michael Jr " PARTY TIME!" ( dance moves and jumpimng and the chicken wing too, lol)