Jackson's 4th birthday party was held at a nearby fire station. It was the PERFECT backdrop for his *fire truck* birthday! The kids got to climb in an ambulance, drive the fire truck, play fun games, see a real *friendly firefighter* in his safety gear, and tour the fire station. Jackson even got to wake up a sleeping firefighter! ;) It was a super fun {and HOT!} day!
it all started with the invitation!
{front}
{back}
happy birthday boy in the ambulance!
it is a *working* fire station,
and the alarms went off and a truck got sent out
in the middle of the party!
WOW!
the fire department provided all the red tablecloths,
yellow fire hats for the kids, and a few other random decorations
{they didn't really *go* with my vintage fire truck theme, but whatever!},
as well as cute goodie bags for the kids to take home!
fire hoses
we had no more than 15 minutes to set up!
um, WHAT?!
that is insane.
and nearly impossible.
thankfully, my friends heather and jenn
were a HUGE help!
as you can see...the colors were red and turquoise :)
{you can't see the blue and red izzes in the tub!}
cupcakes!
since the party was at 10am, we just had a few snackies to go along with the cake...
strawberries/blueberries, blue corn chips and salsa, goldfish,
and some {FIRE HOT!} candy ;)
m&ms!
{jackson's favorite}
hot tamales
&
fire balls
{get it?? :)}
um.
the amazing cake.
my friend heather made it.
it was beautiful!
can you see "jackson" spelled out in fire hose?
love it!
back of the cake!
adorable cookies!
all the kids got some cool {i mean, HOT!} tats!
listening intently to the instructions before climbing into the ambulance!
addie and papa
{with a baby...shocker!}
the kids in the ambo!
driving the big red truck! :)
our fire lady ;)
ok. this kid does NOT like to be the center of attention...
i could tell he was struggling a few times during the party.
broke my heart!
but he was a tough boy and handled the *spotlight* just fine :)
addie was GLUED to miss jenn!
henry slept through the first part of the party,
and then hung out with jojo during the rest!
i found this ridiculously cute fire truck peddlecar on craiglist for $25!
it was originally going to be a centerpiece,
but the kids LOVED playing on it...so we just left it down...
i need to find a better pic of it! :)
the gift table
{i travel with extra burlap just in case a table is covered in a
hideously kitchy plastic fire truck table covering ;)}
loved this gear just sitting on the truck,
ready to go!
happy boy on the back of the truck!
touring the *man cave*
touring the kitchen
playing fun games!
addie found a playmate her own size :)
she.loved.doing.this.
more games!
duck, duck, goose fireman style...
all the kids!
{just missing alex}
watching the *friendly fireman* talk about his safety gear
he was a little scared of him...
can you tell?
he's holding on for dear life!
i had to force him to take a picture with the fireman!
cake time!
{i promise he was happy!}
making a wish!
the favors!
got the ridiculously cute buckets in the dollar bin at Target!
thanks for coming, everyone!
so cute, right??
birthday family foto!
after the party, we went out to lunch with davey's parents
and his brother's girlfriend, jenn.
a great way to toast to a great party!!
The only part that {majorly} bummed me out was that I felt like the *cake* part was rushed. We brought a bottle for Henry, but he {of course} rejected it...So he was screaming his head off while we were bringing the cake over to Jackson {which meant that Davey's mom missed Jackson blowing out his candles, and I was beyond stressed!}. I pretty much threw the cake down, told Davey he needed to cut it and make sure everyone got some {and that he needed to play *host*!}, and then ran off to nurse Henry in the {air-conditioned} bunk room. So I missed that whole part - which means I also missed photographing it :(....Oh well. We also forgot to take a family foto AT the fire station! I am beginning to understand why people are now hiring photographers for birthday parties - it's pretty much impossible to set-up, play host, photograph the decor/kids/activities/etc, nurse a baby, remember all the photos you HAVE to get, keep track of the clock, pack everything up...Hello, we also forgot to take a pic of Jackson and his cake with Davey, me, Addie, and Henry!! I must get over my need for everything to be *perfect*...and my need to be *in control* of it all! I just think that's how I'm wired!
The MOST important thing is that Jackson had a FUN time! And I know he did. He can't stop talking about his party at the fire station...and all the cool things he got to do and see. His favorite part was the cake...My favorite quote after the party: "Mommy, I really like Drew's mommy. She made the the coolest cake I ever saw!" :) And he loved waking up the fireman in the bunk bed...and sitting in the ambulance...and driving the fire truck. He loved seeing his friends from preschool, and the 'hood, and even his two *beach girlfriends*...He loved opening his gifts {of course!}...and he is LOVING being FOUR!! :)
Happy Birthday, sweet boy!
We love you so much and are so HAPPY
that you enjoyed your FIRE TRUCK party! :)
XOXO
Vendors:
Fire Truck Cake: Heather LaDuca
Invitations and Cupcake Toppers: Modern Moments Designs
Fire Truck Cookies: Sweet Dreams Cookies
4 comments:
This is just AWESOME! I may have to steal this idea... we have station #5 down the street from us... maybe for his 5th! :)
And I get the stressed out about photos thing... poor Ryan hears it from me all the time. BUT, we can't be it all all the time (no matter how hard we try)!
Love love love it!
that's AMAZING, jenny!!! just amazing!
So glad you shared, even the stressers because I am currently nursing a baby that doesn't take bottles well.
So glad you shared, even the stressers because I am currently nursing a baby that doesn't take bottles well.
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