Finally I'm posting the last of the birthday party pictures! Here are the ones from Oliver's celebrations. We ended up celebrating his birthday along with mother's day so that everyone from our families could be there. I still made him a special cake though, because I can never resist a good excuse to make a cake!
The four of us - so happy together, though Kalia has a bit of a silly face :)
Man, did Oliver LOVE this cake! Two of the things he gets most excited about are diggers and trains, and so I had fun coming up with this cake that put both of his favorites together. He kept saying "Train on there?? AND Digger on there?!"
I think at this point he was just wondering why he wasn't stuffing his face full of cake yet. C'mon - what's with all of the pictures?
From Auntie Crissi Oliver got a talking Handy Manny! He was just pumped and we couldn't get that box open fast enough for him!
Opening one of his gifts from Nana and Papa with Kalia curiously peeking, too. They gave him some more floor mats for our basement, a carry case for all of his little cars, and a Semi from the movie Cars. That semi was his pride and joy for days!
Are all of these big presents for me?!
Playing with Auntie Jenna's gift - a lightning McQueen Lego set.
Getting ready to blow out candles at Grandma and Grandpa's later that day 
He had fun opening his Playmobil Tractor from Grandma and Grandpa! Uncle Todd helped him set up, and they had lots of fun playing with it! Scott's parents also gave him a cute outfit and some shoes.
And now for the party with all of his little friends! I did a train theme and found a lot of really great stuff at the party store to decorate with, so I didn't need to spend a lot of time making decorations for this party, but boy did the cake take me a long time! I spent most of the day before the party on the cake. But it made Oliver SO happy that it was totally worth it.
Table all set up and ready to go! The train in the middle of the table was battery operated and supposed to chug around the track during the party, but it kept derailing, so much to my disappointment, I had to turn it off.
The cake!! I made 4 different colors of fondant which is what took so long, but I was pretty happy with the end result. It wasn't as perfect as I would have liked, but I kind of ran out of steam (no pun intended :)
From top left and around: Kalia, Hailey, Logan, Oliver, Griffin, Jayda, and Madelyn
Table all set up and ready to go! The train in the middle of the table was battery operated and supposed to chug around the track during the party, but it kept derailing, so much to my disappointment, I had to turn it off.
The cake!! I made 4 different colors of fondant which is what took so long, but I was pretty happy with the end result. It wasn't as perfect as I would have liked, but I kind of ran out of steam (no pun intended :)
From top left and around: Kalia, Hailey, Logan, Oliver, Griffin, Jayda, and MadelynSame group, but you can also see Nolan in the high chair
Present time! I can't believe what great gifts both Kalia and Oliver got at their parties - they have gotten SO much use out of all of them already! I have to say, the most special gift to me (never mind Ollie, haha) was an album of pictures that Amber put together of Oliver. She had taken a whole bunch of beautiful pictures of my little two year old (without me knowing it) one morning while he was over. It was cute, also, seeing how pleased Oliver was to have a book of pictures that had him on every page. Thanks for that thoughtful gift, Amber!
Oliver and his cousin/friend, Logan. They are born the same year and I hope that they will become great little buddies!
Nolan, Logan and Oliver were so busy that I couldn't manage to get a picture of them actually facing the camera! 
Posing with all of the gifts after the party. The kids both thought this was a must because Kalia had done it, so Oliver needed his turn too!
Getting ready to bowl all of the pins down! This is the second part of his gift from us. So far, he just runs up to the pins and swipes the ball at them without actually putting the ball down, but it's super cute! 
Oliver and his cousin/friend, Logan. They are born the same year and I hope that they will become great little buddies!Nolan, Logan and Oliver were so busy that I couldn't manage to get a picture of them actually facing the camera! 
Posing with all of the gifts after the party. The kids both thought this was a must because Kalia had done it, so Oliver needed his turn too!
And last but not least is our own family celebration. Scott came home early from work so we could have a nice lunch all together, and then we gave Oliver his presents before nap.
Goofy smiles!
Waiting excitedly for dad to set up his new basketball hoop! He kept calling it soccer at first, though! I guess we haven't really exposed him to basketball yet. Both Kaila and Oliver had so much fun with this all day! It's really fun watching them learn to play together and work as a team. Oliver made very sure that Kalia knew these were his presents though, lol!
Waiting excitedly for dad to set up his new basketball hoop! He kept calling it soccer at first, though! I guess we haven't really exposed him to basketball yet. Both Kaila and Oliver had so much fun with this all day! It's really fun watching them learn to play together and work as a team. Oliver made very sure that Kalia knew these were his presents though, lol!
Getting ready to bowl all of the pins down! This is the second part of his gift from us. So far, he just runs up to the pins and swipes the ball at them without actually putting the ball down, but it's super cute! 
8 comments:
Wow - lots of parties! I was debating doing a "friends" party this year, but decided against it for now. We're having both families down for a party next weekend and I'm excited to make a cake for it as well - you did such a great job! Koen would have LOVED it. He's also quite obsessed with diggers and construction. Trains are top priority too.
Thanks for the update.
what a fun birthday celebration! you did a super job on both cakes...isn't going all out on the cake/party SO much fun! my friends tease me how i get such joy out of it.
What a fun party! Awesome job on both of the cakes Brandi. I thought they both turned out really well.
Wow, Brandi, I must say, you certainly know how to throw birthday parties:)! Both cakes were awesome and it looks like everything was so much fun!!! Oliver and Kalia are so cute, and they look so much alike!
What a great party! You put so much creativity into the parties. Jacob would be sooo jealous about the train cake.
Awesome family of 4 pic at the top.
great parties and cakes!!! they look amazing. dylan got a basketball net from Wendell's family for his birthday. He loves it. That is the one thing that I can get him mind off of me leaving when I go to work.
Love the cakes:) He looks like one happy little boy in those pics!
WOW! Lots of parties and LOTS of cake! Honestly April/May must feel busier than CHRISTMAS for you guys! lol! It looks like so much fun to make a "boyish" looking cake...I wonder if I'll get that opportunity someday. ;)
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