Happy Birthday Week Baby! Part 2

Friday Granddad Will joined us and we got to work putting together Evangeline's party on Saturday. We all worked worked on making the decorations come together, and worked on the cake and helped collect food and supplies for the party. Greg, Dad and Danny made her an awesome castle. Greg had been collecting boxes since April. Since the party was storybook themed we thought it fitting to set the stage with a castle.

Greg and Danny build the castle in the garage. 

Dad painting the bricks to put on the castle.

Castle ready for the party in the living room.

Sarah also made the great banner for the castle that said "Happy Birthday" too.

Catie and I moved the castle to the living room and moved the furniture so that the kids could have more space to play.

Evangeline hanging out in her awesome castle.

We also painted a sign to put in the side yard with the names of places from the literary books we read her this year.

Admiring the sign.

You can't have a first birthday without a great cake and my mom made a wonderful cake from scratch. The cake looked like a stack of books and Sarah helped to decorate it. Evangeline was not really into the cake at first but she eventually got into it and got green icing all over her face.

Mom making the book cake

Aunt Sarah making icing

Aunts Sarah and Catie decorating the cake.

Evangeline got several great toys. She recieved a wagon from her Nana Candy, a cozy coupe from her Wiggins Grandparents and a tricycle from Grandpa Jack and G'ma. She also had a great time hanging out with her friends. Below Claire and Evangeline riding in the wagon in the back yard. Can you tell they liked it?

Evangeline and Claire

James the dinosaur and his Hermine Mommy Brenda

Greg cuts the cake

Evangeline opens a few of her gifts

She loved her books

Playing with Claire

Hanging out with Kai.

We all had a great time. I could not have done it without all the family's support. I have to say this is was one of the best parties I have ever attended and I actually got to enjoy it because of all the help. I am so glad that my family came to help. I was so proud of Evangeline for growing so well over her first year, and also to Greg for being her parent too. Thank you to all who came out to celebrate with us.

I'll leave you with this.

Evangeline eats her cake.