Brynn and Colton's Birthday Bash

This year we tossed out the idea that the kids have combined birthday parties.  We told them that if they shared their parties that they could have a friend party and a family party.  Option two was that they each have their own family party.  Dan and I were really hoping they would choose the combined parties.  We have a million nieces and nephews and I swear we party every single weekend from March until June.  That makes party planning really hard especially since we had the Wizard of Oz in the middle of that time too.  Fortunately, the kids LOVED the idea and talked of little else for the next 3 months.

The kids and I had a great time coming up with a gender neutral "theme" for the parties. We ended up going with a "String 1 and String 2" theme for the friend party and a Neverland party for the family.  Here's a look at the String 1 and String 2 invite.  I can't include the Neverland one because it has my address on it and I don't want the wack-a-doodles out there knowing that little piece of info.

We had the String 1 and String 2 party at the Kid's Cottage.  They took care of everything from food to clean up and the kids had a blast on the indoor and outdoor playground.  So fun!

Some of the party peeps

Happy Birthday String 1 and String 2

indoor playground

Colton and Trae



Brynn and her girls



Happy kids

The Family party was much more of a production.  I was super excited about the Neverland theme and I just loved coming up with fun food, decoration and game ideas.  Both kids share a love of the Peter Pan movies right now so everyone had ideas.    Here's a quick glimpse:

Peter Pan, Wendy & Nana

Wendy walked the plank before the party but don't worry... Peter Pan was right there to catch her<3

There were lots of pirates and fairies around.

Digging for treasure

All smiles from the birthday girl and boy

Doesn't Wendy ALWAYS wear soccer cleats???

I think it's safe to say that Peter Pan had fun!





The weather could not have been more beautiful and the kids were just surrounded by their family.  At the end of the day both kids were exhausted but declared the Peter Pan party the "best one ever".  At the end of the day, I asked Brynn and Colton what their favorite part of the day was. Colton quickly replied "Cake!" and Brynn said "That our family all came here."  I think they are both right.