Y's 2nd Birthday Party

We weren't planning on having a birthday party for Yousef this year (his birthday is in August and we were in Europe etc.) but for the last couple of months, everytime we went to a birthday party he would later come home and pull out plastic plates and cups and pretend he's having his own birthday party.  We decided it was a must when he started singing Happy Birthday to himself to sleep!!  Anyway, we just had his 2nd birthday party yesterday and I'm soo happy we did end up having one.  He had a blast and I think the other kids did too, and we had fun planning it.  


Y's current obsessions are cars, trucks and diggers, so the theme was "construction".  Here are some pictures that I thought I'd share :)

The Entrance to the party

The set up

We had a sand pit, a building blocks corner and a table where they can color in construction themed pictures.

Had to include Bob!

The food table

The very yummy cake :) - from Sweet Secrets

Tool cookies from Lime Tree

 More decorations!

The kids digging in!

There was no shortage of trucks around!

We also had cones surrounding some of the areas to work with our theme.

 The kids getting slightly messy!

lmnop's 25 books to read before 5

I LOVE children's books.  I love the sweet and clever stories, the amazing illustrations and the bursts of color.  Since I'm always on the look out for new books for Y, I was happy to find this article in laugh make nurture organise play's latest newsletter.  The books are even broken down by age!

25 before 5:

- Dear Zoo

- Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?

- Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

- Hug

- Goodnight Moon

- Who's in the Garden?

- Banana!

- Peepo!

- Froggy Green

- Orange Pear Apple Bear

- The Foggy Foggy Forest

- Olivia

- How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?

- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

- Elmer

- The Giving Tree

- Lost and Found

- Man on the Moon

- The Gruffalo

- The Lion and the Mouse

- Iggy Peck Architect

- Mr Chicken Goes to Paris

- Gorilla

- Daddy Lost His Head

- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

You can read the full article here. 


Their magazine, site and blog are a must for all you parents out there, check it out here.


Image by Ian Macpherson for lmnop.