The Peas are ONE!

Saturday June 12th was the day that we officially celebrated Ryan and Evan's first birthday with a construction themed party! I actually started thinking about their 1st birthday party when they were only 6 months old ( I know, I know...I'm loony in that way!) I researched different themes and I knew that we had to do a construction theme. (Thus the inspiration for Evan's head gear decals!) I was also determined to hand make their invitations. In life before the Peas I loved to scrapbook and make cards. I still love to craft, but what I now lack is time! LOL This was a perfect excuse...I mean opportunity to get back into the craft room and pull the Cricut out of the box. I had so much fun making the invitations. I loved that no two of them were exactly alike. Another great thing about them? They were easy to make. I really only used the most basic crafting supplies and voila! The Peas had custom made by mommy party invitations!

Here was the activity table for the kiddos. They each had a tool kit (not pictured), a construction themed coloring book, and a favor box with a construction truck and crayons. Oh, and the kids had puzzles to play with too.

Each child also received their very own hard hat. Thanks to the Cricut I was able to make a few signs for the decor.

This was at the foot of the stairs as the guests entered the basement.

I was going to order a banner from etsy until I got all ambitious and wanted to make one myself. I heart my Cricut:)

DISCLAIMER: I have a confession to make...this party was NOT supposed to be in our basement. We watched the weather all week to see the forecast. We were anticipating lovely sunny weather with rain Saturday night. Perfect, right? WRONG! It was cloudy all morning and it rained on our heads when we were lining the driveway with cones and balloons.(remember that line from The Color Purple..."It's gon' rain on yo' head" ROFL...) We kept hope alive and thought that maybe, just maybe it would clear up. Wrong again! It rained harder...grrrrrr! Daddy P and I made an eleventh hour decision, literally at about 12:30, to move the party inside. I was feeling some kinda way about this, because my dear husband worked SO hard to get out backyard ready for the party. I mean he worked and worked and worked on this yard for weeks. But what do yo do, ya know?

So inside we go. At 12:30. The party starts at 1pm. The basement isn't decorated, cause why would it be? The guests are coming. Did I mention that the basement isn't decorated for a party? YIKES!!! It was a mad dash to get things all set up and ready to go. There were things I wanted to do, but didn't have the time. I have an entire roll of caution tape sitting here now just looking at me. And worst of all? Our guests had to wait for us, and Daddy P and I don't roll like that! We HATE that. So to all of our guests who came and so graciously waited, thank you and we are so sorry.