Dump Trucks and Donuts

     Now that Davis is officially three, with the blog post to prove it, I guess it’s high time I show off his party. We did the party on the deck like last year, but this time we wised up and had a morning party. Those few hours saved us a few degrees and a little humidity (not much).

     Since we opted for a morning party, we went with a Dump Trucks and Donuts theme. Davis is majorly into trucks of all kinds, and I knew dump trucks were near the top of the list. (I got the donut idea from my sister.) With our plan to build him a rock box for his birthday, the theme was perfect, and it turned out so cute!

     I used my Silhouette to make the banner (and am ignoring the wrinkles…). We kept the food simple and breakfasty: donuts, donut holes, fruit, and sausage muffins. For dump trucks I obviously went diving under Davis’s bed #boymom. Davis has had a photo display at his party every year, and this year was no exception – caution tape for the win.

     Our deck isn’t huge, so we didn’t need much more in the way of decorations. A few dump trucks placed here and there and done! We came for the donuts anyway.

 
Matching party shirts for the rest of your lives. Get used to it.

     There was a definite trend in presents this year – sports! He’s got all the equipment he could ever need! The highlight, however, is the rock box…and Keith who made it based on some vague instructions from me!

Everyone took a turn in here! Keith is a serious hero. (Although…I did go get the gravel.)

     Three years. It has been the longest, shortest, wildest, best three years of our lives. Davis Malcolm is the most amazing, intense, fun boy in the world, and I love being his mom. He was so sweet and thankful to everyone at his party, and I was so proud to see him have his day. He is fun and funny and wonderful, and we can’t get enough! Watching him grow is the most incredible job I could ask for, and we are in such a sweet spot. In other news, I will not be allowing him to turn four. Not going to happen.

Go Davis Go

     I don’t know how it’s possible, but Davis is TWO! We are six days post-birthday, and I’ve never seen a more two-year-old two-year-old. He has so much personality and so much energy and so very much sass. We love him so much and had the BEST time celebrating him last weekend with our family. We were able to have the party outside on our back deck, and it was so FUN!

     We went with a Go Dogs Go theme because it is a major favorite right now. I tried not to go too much into a car theme or dog theme, and I love how it turned out!

     I printed off every Instagram print of Davis from the past year to make some fun displays. I thought I might find a fun banner or bunting in my colors that I could hang them on like I did last year but no such luck. I bought all the scrapbook paper (on the table) thinking I would make a banner, but then my (hero) mother found those tissue paper pom pom garlands at DOLLAR TREE. Done and done. I also hung two strands of twine vertically in another window and clippped pictures to those…but they didn’t photograph very well.

     We did basically the same food as last year, but of course I color coordinated the fruit (#becauseobviously). The idea with the green frosting was to make it sort of like the dog party at the end of the book…but I can never get food coloring to do quite right.

     Present time was a big deal this year. I think Davis got one of every single kind of outside toy on Earth. He is going to have such a fun summer!  He is good to go on tools and trucks and sporting gear of any kind! Parties are a little overwhelming for kids, but I have loved getting to see him rediscover each of his gifts over the past few days.

     This leaf blower was a last-minute thing I picked up and ended up being such a hit! He ran through the entire bottle of bubbles right away.

   

     Apparently that face plant is just how Davis eats cupcakes at this point in his life. I’ve seen him do it three or four times now. So funny!

     We love Davis Malcolm so very much, and it is one of my greatest joys as a mother to see people love on him! His party was just a perfect (albeit tiring) day full of love and fun. Davis loves seeing all his people and was so sweet to everyone. Any sadness at seeing my baby grow up is way overshadowed by the joy of seeing him come into his own! We are going to the doctor on Monday, and then I’ll be back to share a little update on him…and just in case you think this kind of photo-op is, in any way, true to life…

This is much more our speed. A healthy dose of defiance and “bye, y’all!”

Red, White, and ONE

     Well y’all…Davis is one.  He turned one on June 2nd, and we celebrated in style that Saturday.  I got the idea for his theme from my sister, and it turned out better than I hoped!  We had originally planned to party on our newly screened (thanks, Keith!) back porch, but 16540648% humidity and a high rain chance moved us in…boo.

     We loved celebrating Davis regardless of the weather, and I will look back on his party with a happy heart always.  Now let’s get to those pictures!

I loved looking at all of his monthly pictures side by side.  I feel like he really started looking like himself around month 9.

I used some things I already had and a lot of things we got on Memorial Day sales.

     Food was very simple: chips and dip, chips and salsa, fruit, vegetables, and cupcakes (from a box…#badmom).  To be honest, the cupcakes could have come from a dumpster, and Davis would have still eaten them.  He shoveled the entire thing in, laughing the whole time!

No time to be photographed…#allcupcakeallthetime

This is my favorite picture of the day!

     Davis got the sweetest gifts, and is already loving playing with them.  He’s almost overwhelmed trying to choose a toy…the fake hotdogs are at the top of his list though!  He got such a good balance of inside and outside, learning and “just for fun” toys.  I always love to see people love on my baby, and we ares so thankful for every little thing and every hug and kiss and visit and love!

     I still don’t feel quite old enough or grown up enough to have a one-year-old, but there’s clearly no going back now!  Davis is so much fun to be around, and even though I feel like we celebrate him every day, I loved this chance to “officially” celebrate and show him off to everyone.  He was so sweet and good and funny!  We have our one year check up later this week, and then I’ll be back with his 12 month update and all his stats!