Doggy Birthday Party!

 The weekend that we moved to Omaha we had a birthday party for the girls! I was so excited to plan a birthday party, but quickly wished I had waited a week or more because it was kind of chaotic with moving in and getting ready for the party. It turned out perfect though and we had tons of family come to help us celebrate our two wonderful little girls. 

I decided to do a doggy theme  because the girls LOVE doggies and we love the book "If You Give a Dog a Donut" (it is by the same author that does If You Give a Mouse a Cookie) so I went with the book theme. I was able to find a few ideas online to make it cute and fun. 

We had cupcakes with mini donuts on top. We also had dog bone cookies and puppy chow. 

 The banner: the girls and I did some art projects to go along with different parts of the book--handprint apple trees, watercolor kites, sprinkle donut, baseball, and I drew a picture of the dog from the book.

I wrapped some boxes with paw print wrapping paper (from the $1 store!) for a cupcake stand.

We served lunch: hot dogs, potato salad, and fruit salad. 

Kendal was already worn out before they even started opening presents! She NEVER falls asleep on us anymore (who am I kidding--she hated sleeping on us as a baby too), but great-grandma has the magic touch.  

 Lyla had to pick up the slack and open most of the presents--I don't think she minded one bit!

 Picnic table and bubble lawn mower--perfect additions to our patio.

 Happy Birthday Kendal & Lyla!!

 Throughout the house we had pictures of the girls from birth until recent. I can't believe it has been two years--best two years of my life :)

Thank goodness for other people's ideas that I can find on the internet! 

Thank you to everyone that came to the party! We had so much fun and the girls were spoiled with presents and love. I've already started thinking about birthday #3--planning has to start months ahead!