The Trice's on the {Bus} are Turning O-N-E!

Birthday Party Numero Dos. 

Why: Because one party just wasn't enough.

Theme: Wheels on the Bus

Why: Because he ADORES that book and we've read it at least a jillion times this year

First of all, HUGE thanks to my mother-in-law and brother-in-law for all your help on party day or it would NOT have happened.


I was able to use a lot of things from Trice's cheerios party for this one so I really didn't have to buy anything. I had forks and plates and cups and napkins and streamers left over and I have quite the stash of party trays and bowls at this point (seriously, I just devoted an entire giant tub to my party supplies because I have hosted A LOT of parties recently!) And this party was was less stressful because I didn't have to make sure I was remembering everything for a 4 hour trip!

Trice's Outfit

From Etsy ... Never again. Adorable? Yes. But the hat never made it on his head. 

The Favors

Purchased from Posh Creations on Etsy - Bus Shaped crayons. She was awesome and sent them to me RIGHT away because I discovered them last minute. Me? Procrastinate? Never.

The Cake

I may or may not have smashed the cake a little myself taking it out of the container. Whoops. This was a $5 cake from Hy-Vee and I made it fit the theme by removing the bees and flower picks and putting in a bus pick! 

I'm still laughing. These are supposed to look like buses... but submarine blimp mobiles will do. I suppose. They cost me an arm and a leg and I was a bit disappointed because they did not resemble the picture I had sent, but I just laughed. Some of them were super cute. A couple were destroyed before the party. They sure were tasty, though.

The Decor

I didn't really have anything in mind, but it turned out cute. 

I set up all the themed food on our table and the non-themed food along the counter

Recognize this banner?! I replaced the cheerios with school buses. I'm resourceful sometimes.

And you can't have a Wheels on the Bus party without a Wheels on the Bus book!

The Food

I know the white powdered donuts don't really look like tires, but Benny and I don't like the chocolate ones and if there were going to be left-overs, by golly I wanted to eat them. There weren't leftovers...

Black licorice would have been more appropriate. Refer to caption on previous picture. :)

The labels were a very last second idea so I just cut up some cardstock quick and pulled out the sharpie. I'm fancy.

10 cent Hy-Vee pop. It's cheaper than drinking water. There were supposed to be kiwi in the fruit tray to be a red, yellow, and green traffic light .. but someone I forgot to cut them up. We also served hot dogs and brats and chips! It was a grand ol' bbq.

The Guests

Playing with sweet little Sage

I know you are shocked g-pa made an appearance...

Yay. The hat.

So happy grandma was here! He wouldn't let go of that ball the whole time he ate.

Besties.

Baby Guest Photo Shoot

Take One.

Take Two.

Take Three.

Take Four.

Take Five.

Annnd.. it's a wrap.

Opening Gifts

Seriously, Ryan?! ;) Thanks for the puke rags.

The Cake Smash 

*Trice was such a gentleman gentlebaby at his Cheerio party. He hardly "smashed" the cake. Fast forward to this party -- some serious cake smashin' action. This kid devoured the entire cake. We really thought he might puke and for some reason I don't know why I didn't take it away at some point? Oh well. He didn't puke. He went straight to the bathtub. All is well in Trice-land.

What's for dessert, guys?

You can watch part of the cake smashing action here: 

Trice's Cake Smash

What Grandpa will look like next year at Trice's Birthday party .. I kid, I kid. But I did try to fool everyone at the party into thinking baby #2 was on the way. I think my dad nearly had a heart attack out of excitement. No Trice Juniors in the near future.

The Happy Birthday banner remained up for a few more days until I (with tears in my eyes) finally took it down. It made it into the party tub because I seriously think I can use it for next year. I mean, he'll probably want a Cyclone themed party when he's 2. The Birthday festivities are over and we have a full blown toddler on our hands. He's a ball of energy, laughter from the tip of his head to his toes, temper tantrums, and boundary testing.. and me? Well, I still LOVE every second of it. Especially all those seconds where I want to bust out laughing because the ornery thing he is doing is so darn adorable. This "real" parenting stuff is for grown-ups. 

Thanks to all our friends and family who made it to the party! We had a great time!