Birthday Party-- Part 2

(Note the monkey on the shirt!)

I may never tire of planning birthday parties for Carver, it is just so much fun.

Carver's second (or third, but who's counting) birthday party was in Baltimore. My parents, Courtney, Jules, and Michael, as well as Court's friend Angela were all there to help us celebrate. It was a blessing to be able to share this occasion with my family, if only Lyle and his crew had been able to be there it would have been perfect.

For this party I chose a zoo theme. This makes sense because Carver has been to the zoo 4 times already in his short life. Daniel again designed all of the decorations for me and we spent a number of hours cutting and creating all of the animals for the party. I thought it turned out quite well :)

For this party we had a "Chili Bar"-- Chili with a number of toppings; as well as Court's famous (at least to me) Mexican dip, a cheese ball, chips, and some amazing cupcakes. I made apple cupcakes (again courtesy of Ellen's recipe), and Courtney made S'mores cupcakes that were incredible. I won't divulge how many I actually ate but it was surely sinful.



Since pictures are worth a thousand words....