Harper is Two- Sesame Street Party

I find the title of my blog perfectly fitting to explain why I haven't posted in over 3 months. Being a modern mommy is all consuming; it consumes all of me and all of my time! Tonight however, I rewarded myself. Since I finished paying the bills before midnight, I decided I had some time to work on the blog. Well, now it has been a couple of hours and I have a nice new header on the blog...and I also have bloodshot eyes. Posts written at 1:00 AM could become a common occurrence around here if I want to post more than once every three months. I'm not going to make any promises, but I would like to reassure the one follower I have that I am re-committing myself to this blog. And if 1:00 AM postings is what it takes, then so be it!

So what has been consuming all of my time lately?  Harper’s second birthday party is partly to blame for the craziness. Or as my hubby (the modern daddy) would say, “my craziness is to blame for Harper’s birthday party". This year his party was supposed to be scaled down a bit, I guess I don’t really know how to do scaled down. I blame it on Pinterest. I just love planning parties, especially when they are for the people I love most!

 

This year we held his party at the Treehouse Museum. Harper loves that place and it made the party planning a bit easier on me because I didn’t have to come up with activities for the little ones.

 

I had a lot of fun with the food and decorations. Harper was in love with Sesame Street this last year, so I had a long time to think of and find fun ideas!

 These D.I.Y centerpieces were purchased from Etsy.

 My talented sister made the cupcakes and cake. She rocks! Check out her website. Harper's favorite was the cookie monster cupcake. I think the cookie on top may have swayed him...

I think everyone had a pretty good time. It was a lot of fun to plan and prep for. I'm glad it's over and that we have our house back. For a good month before the party most of the house was covered in Sesame Street monsters. My husband is extremely patient, understanding and helpful when it comes to my parties. I can't believe my little guy is two now. He has morphed, overnight it seems, from this little baby into an independent, stubborn little person. It's hard to remember life before I became his mommy.