Children

My nephew turned 2 and we celebrated with a barn raising!

Well we taped plastic to the wall to make a barn door, but that’s a lot like barn raising right? Along with our barn door we made farm-themed food; decorated everything with pigs and cows; and of course we dressed in plaid, overalls, and braids. It was a hootin’, hollerin’, good ole time out on the farm.

M LOVES tractors. And that’s an understatement. So we made sure that the kid had tractors everywhere, including wrapped in most of his presents. This was such a fun party to prepare for and of course Pinterest helped us with ideas along the way.

Check out pictures from M’s 2nd birthday party below!

This cake though! My sister somehow became a master cake maker without any training at all.

Our farmer outfits were so much fun to put together and wear for the day – I am in my late 20s and I still love to play dress up. I hope this might inspire y’all to plan and execute your own barn-raising!

My nephew turned one last month and I was so happy to get to help out with the party. Themed parties are certainly the way to go if you ask me because a theme can give you direction for everything. Once you have chosen a theme you can more easily make decisions about the location, the decorations, and the menu. My nephew, M, is too young to have any favorite TV shows, movies, or toys so my sister just decided to have a monster-themed party for her little one-year-old monster.

We really went big with the monster theme; go big or go home, right? The best part of this theme is that all you have to do is stick eyes on everything and just call it a monster. Here are some photos from the party: