I am taking a relationship break from Pinterest Parties…….We’ve been in a pretty serious relationship the past few years, but I am sorry crazy Pinterest Parties I NEED A BREAK.
So I am the first to admit that Pinterest has sucked me in….sucked me in SO DEEP that the last few years all the parties I have thrown have been themed, had fancy handcrafted decor, and had food that is obviously carrot sticks and hummus but has to have an over top oh so cutesy name. I am losing the energy people!! Having two under two I just can’t keep up, I don’t know how some supermoms do it! Those parties take SO much time, effort, energy and MONEY. This year for Logan’s birthday I just couldn’t come up with the energy to throw her an over the top party which she wouldn’t even remember. It made me think of my birthday parties I had as a little kid. They were SO much fun! Most of the parties consisted of pizza delivery, a decorated table covered with a plastic table cloth coordinated with matching plates and hats, and a fun decorated cake-usually handmade by my mom, the current queen of crazy-over-the-top-Pinterest-Parties. So for Logie’s birthday she wasn’t going to get an expensive birthday party that her budgeting parents would really be throwing just for “show” but she was going to get a MEMORABLE celebration of being TWO YEARS OLD! Here are some of the inexpensive ways we said HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY to our princess!
Logan woke entering the world as a two year old to 30 balloons and streamers from the dollar store. The hardest part of throwing this together was blowing up 30 balloons after bedtime….if we are keeping score on balloon blowing skills Mommy: 7 Daddy: 23.
This is the Doyle party at 6:18 in the morning….anyone else’s kids are ready to party that early?
The one thing we did spring for Logan’s birthday was her KidKraft kitchen. The rest of the gifts in this photo (besides the blue bouncy horse from Auntie Kelli) were all from the Dollar Tree!
It does not take much to make a two year old happy-plastic veggies and fruit- toy animals and dinosaurs-bins to organize kitchen stuff-will keep this girl happy for months.
DONUTS!!!!! Who doesn’t love a dozen Dunkin Dounts!!! Logan got to experience her first dounut! We also sang Happy Birthday to her for the 10th time already lol
This was very special for Logan because she rarely…almost never….gets sweets!
No fancy “I’m two” outfit for this girl….she wore a dress from Old Navy that she can wear over and over again-or at least until she grows out of it. Instead we sprung for a number 2 balloon from our local party store.
Post nap we had family over for pizza and cake and I went SO simple…or I like to say “old school” with the decor. This two under two momma didn’t even make it to the party store, I ordered all of this from Amazon.
Overall this two year old had the best birthday!!! I am so happy with the decision to go low key and not throw an over the top party which would cost 100s of dollars. However readers, I did say this was a “relationship break” from Pinterest parties, so there are no promises that for future celebrations it might suck me back in, but until then I will still dream of that pizza delivery and hit the gym for that third slice I should have put back.
Redlocks and Shamrocks 
I did home parties for Nick most of his childhood. For his first couple of parties I found I was a moody mom/wife when trying to decorate the house and prepping everything else for the home parties. So….. by his 3rd or 4th birthday I started decorating the house a WEEK before the party. He was able to enjoy the decorations longer and I was less stressed. This year I hand made most of his decorations and put them up 3 weeks early. I know it’s a little overkill but I am trying to enjoy every moment as I feel like my kids childhood is vanishing before my eyes and before I know it he will be driving and off to college! Happy bday beautiful Logan!
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I always remember the awesome parities you would throw for Nick! You’re such a supermom! We still have some of her decorations up a few days later too, gotta keep the celebration going!
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