10.11.2012

Cooper's 3rd Birthday Party

Prepare for picture overload….

Saturday October 6th, 2012, we had Cooper’s Circus Birthday Party.    There were many in attendance, and it was a lot of fun.  The kids played with each other, they played on the trampoline, they played with the bean bag toss, they played with Cooper’s toys, they just played.  We ate, we ate some more, and we visited with folks that we haven’t seen in a while and others that we see nearly daily.  I think his party turned out to be pretty successful.

Ryan (RyRy) the juggler.  As the party was winding down, Ryan found enough room to actually perform for the crowd.  Everyone loves watching juggling.
Opening presents.  The pumpkin (From Bill & Mary) was filled with Tim’s not so favorite things, lol.  A Stanford tshirt and a Giants baseball.  Then there was also a Snoopy doll, which Cooper just loves.
Thomas the Train pillow for his big boy bed, from Great Grandma Heil.  J
Cooper’s friend Jackson (my friend Shannon’s son).  He decided to wear a clown nose.  One of the first kids to actually try it on.  Brave soul.
Digging right into the cake.  That boy loves chocolate.
Picture with Mommy and Daddy after blowing out the candles.
Posing with the awesome cake.  (Can you tell he’s already had some M&Ms?)
Julia and Gabby, two of the three neighbor girls and Cooper’s buds.  (Alexis couldn’t make it, boo!)
Party fun.  Layne and Larissa playing with Nana and Pappa Shawn.
More party people.  Mary with Kampbell (Soup) bottom left, Erica and Mel with Addison (Shannon’s daughter) Ryan and Steph, Jill and Jason and Max (Cooper’s best friend) and Layne in the middle of the room.
Janna and Julia, digging into her treat bag.
Grandma Gwen trying on the clown sundglasses.
Larissa going all out in the hat, glasses and nose!!  Oh, and our still open and dirty pool in the background, yuck!
All the kids fighting over the balls.
I couldn’t believe I got them all mid jump! 
More trampoline fun.
Max and Jackson checking out the bean bag toss.
Larissa was brave and put her head inside the clown face J
Somebody got sleepy.  Cute Soup!
I just had to share this picture again, aren’t we just the cutest?  Three clowns!
Pappa Smith and Cooper when everyone had left, playing on the iPad.
Finally trying on a nose and a hat!
Nana spoiling Cooper with MORE sugar!
Look at that precious little girl.  She is getting so fun! 
Smiley Soup.
Mom, Shawn, Coop and me!  3 generations.  Missing Grandma Heil…
Grandma Gwen, Grandma Kieran, Grandpa Norman, Pappa Smith and Coop and me.  4 generations.

Well, I told you picture overload!  If you made it through all of those, I’m proud of you!  I think everyone had a pretty good time, at least I did.  All of the hard work was definitely worth it! 

I’m so thankful we do not have a crazy full weekend this weekend – visiting the zoo for Zooboo on Saturday, church on Sunday and I think that’s it!  AMAZING!  I hope you have a great Thursday, I can almost taste Friday, it’s almost here!!

2 comments :

Melanie @ 4Kottez said...

You put a TON of work into this and it totally paid off. Awesome job.

Holly said...

Mom of the Year! There is a birthday blog that you can submit these pictures to... and they will do a blog post about the party to give other parent's some ideas.

Your mom gets a trophy for that cake, too. It looks perfect! I'm glad Cooper had a great time turning 3.