Circus Circus

Before I post any of the party pictures, I NEED to give a shout out to Ashdon and Ashley for coming over to our house to play before their trip to DC. They also brought Axel a gift! I know, so thoughtful :)

We debated on waiting for the party but decided to let him open up then while they were there.

HE LOVED the books. The Elmo one especially, he LOVES brushing his teeth, and always uses the brush to brush his teeth, then Elmo's then the Duck's then Mom's. So smart :)

They got him this cute shirt too.

When this shirt is clean, he wears it. We love it soo much. It makes him look so grown up. This is me attempting to get a picture for his invite (as you can see it didn't work out)
But all the same, cute shots. Also this balloon was the one we got for story after "the incident," but he let it go on our way in the house.

Then later after we dropped off her other gift, we saw it stuck in the tree, I didn't notice it but Axel did. So what did I do? Got a long stick, climbed on our car, and got it down. There were a lot of jumping and maneuvering skills used.

Now before you judge me for all my craziness. Know that the week before his birthday was a pretty bad one for me. So I probably over did it, but we had sooo much fun.

My amazing Friend Jessica Peterson came and photographed the event for us. She seriously saved my life, I wouldn't have taken any pictures had she not been there. And I would have had no documentation of all my hard work. And of course the pictures make everything look so much more fabulous. (including our sick yard... she is that amazing!)

I am just warning you this post is going to be picture heavy...
The party was chaos, but I loved it. What's a circus with out a little crazy?

I created these invites months in advance and I thought they turned out pretty spectacular... (I didn't create the elephant) We had Games Galore

"The RING OF FIRE"

I had to go through it first to show him what to do.

It took some coaxing but he came around :)

Followed by his balloon :)

"Knock em Down"
"Tight Rope Walking"We had oodles of decorations, but I didn't even do all I wanted to, isn't that how it always goes?
Great Food
Sugar, sugar and MORE sugar

I made these great popcorn and cotton candy boxes out of water bottle boxes :)

"The Circus is Coming to Town" stands, made by yours truly, as well as the pops riding them!And of course Cake!

I made this cake, and I thought it turned out cute, it was my first attempt with Fondant, and it was probably cuter than it tasted. But we made the mistake of feeding Axel a huge waffle breakfast and then a huge lunch so he wasn't too into the cake.
And last but not least the "carny folk!"
I love this pictureThis little girl was CAUGHT on camera!

mmm hot dogs
WE had such a great turn out, but I really couldn't have done it with out these two girls. They came over and helped me set up and clean up and just were my wing men! Thanks girls!
I have lots and lots of more photos too, but these are the ones Jessica took (except the last one) I will post those next...