On May 5th, we had Griffin's 1st birthday party! Since it was my favorite day of the year (besides Halloween and Christmas), we decided to throw a birthday bash for Griffin called Griffin-de-mayo! I was actually praying last year that he would be born on cinco de mayo, but he wanted his own day. I put this party together in a week and by Sunday, I was exhausted! I made all the decorations by hand. That meant I cut out 20 paper mustaches for the straws, cut tissue paper for banners, paper-punched 30+ pictures of Griffin, cut out large mustaches, cut out 20 more mustaches for a garland and made the birthday banner. Plus I cleaned the house, grocery shopped and cooked the enchilada casserole and rice. Yea, I was busy. Thank God for my hubby who helped out with the kids and was in charge of the yard and getting tables/chairs from a friend. Oh and did some grocery shopping and picking up of the cupcakes and smash cake. It was a lot of work but so much fun to see it all come together. Worth every hand cramp.
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| Food table with Griffin's banner |
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| Dark pictures you drive me crazy! I should've shut the blinds. Large mustache for the table and Griffin's high chair got a little decoration too. |
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| Presents |
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| "My Stache" for the kids to take home |
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| Birthday mantle fit for a Mexican...sombrero, mustache garland, limes, sarape and an adorable mustache picture to top it all off. |
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| Playing the maracas with some of his amigas |
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| Oh, yea I made Gracie and Griffin's shirts too. |
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| Griffin and his main amigo, Kieran |
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| Gracie and the girls |
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| Was not too excited about the bounce house. In fact, he cried the first time. |
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| My sweet baby! |
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| Loving it now! |
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| I love that face! |
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| Fiesta in the backyard |
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| So glad our neighbors joined the fun. Mustaches for everyone! |
Even the babies joined in the fun! What troopers!
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| Little Emilio...a real charmer with a stache like that |
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| Kieran~ the belly is too perfect with his old man stache. haha so funny! |
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| Griffin's "stache" cake |
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| I had originally planned to cut mustaches out for the cupcakes too but my hand were killing me and I couldn't bare the thought of cutting them out! |
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| Singing "Happy Birthday" to the birthday boy! |
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| Being bashful |
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| Gracie and friends helped blow out the candle |
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| He did not know what to do. He would lightly touch it, then pull away. |
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| Still trying to figure it out |
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| Finally! |
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| Give me a kiss! |
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| Our neighbors rock! I love that the adults enjoyed the mustaches too! |
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| Griffin's picture garland |
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| Part dos |
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| Present time! |
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| Family Picture :) |
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| Daddy, Mommy and Griffin |
Then we enjoyed the bounce house for an hour or so with just the 4 of us.
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| Griffin says "Cheese!" |
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| We took so many pictures trying to get Gracie to make a "normal" smile. This is one of the crazy ones. |
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| So much better! |
We had such a fun time at Griffin's party! We are so thankful to those friends that could come over and make it memorable. Feliz Cumpleanos mijo! Happy birthday son!
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