Santiago's 3rd birthday - Pirate Party Part 3

Santiago's 3rd Birthday - Pirate Party Part 2

 Pirate Santiago!

 Pirate Gabriel

Walk the Plank 

 Dig Ye Some Treasure!

 Get Yer Pirate Garb!

Happy birthday sweet boy! I can't believe you are 3!!!

Santiago's 3rd Birthday - Pirate Party Part 1

Planning Santiago's birthday party this year was a ton of fun for me.  Santi has been loving to watch Jake and the Neverland Pirates on Disney so when I gave him the choice of a Train Party (his other favorite) or Pirate Party and he soon started saying all his favorite pirate sayings ....  "Batten down the hatches! Ahoy Mateys! Shiver Me Timbers!"  So we decided a pirate party would be his theme this year! I found a lot of great ideas and printables online and great deals at the dollar store! I didn't end up spending tons of money since I made most of the decorations, the cake and cupcakes, and the party favors.  It took a lot of time and late nights but it was so fun and worth every minute of seeing how much fun the kids had at the party.  

I bought all these goodies at the dollar store to bury in the awesome sandbox Santiago received as a birthday gift from his Aunt Bianca and Uncle Matt.  The treasure dig was one of the activities I had planned for the party and the sandbox gift was perfect for it!

These are the party favors I made for the kids to leave the party with.  They are pirate loot cups  filled with homeade black playdoh with gold glitter.  Santi and I had fun making these : )

Each friend that came to the party got a hook, eye patch and bandana!

Here's everything all set up ready to be dispersed for the party.

Santiago got 2 pinatas!! Mr. Pirate was taller than him and he loved it!

I made the pirate ship cake and cupcakes.  My mom helped with the display : )

It has been very rainy the last few days so we had to set the moonwalk up in the driveway and the tables and games in the garage.  It worked out well!

Bianca, Nana and Dah. Hector, and my parents all helped with the set up and decorating!

Here's the awesome sandbox that the kids got to dig for treasure in!  I made the sign  to tell them what to dig for.  Each kid got a goody bag to keep their pirate loot in : )

The next post will be all about the actual party! We had a great time!

Santiago's 2nd Birthday Party

On Saturday, February 5th we had Santiago's birthday party at our house.  We had a wonderful turn out of friends and family from near and far to celebrate on a beautiful day.  We felt very blessed!  I had this special shirt made for Santi to wear to his tractor theme party.  His party had a moonwalk, a bubble machine, pizza and cake and later when we gave him his big present, the kids enjoyed that too during the party.  You'll see it a few pictures down. 

When Santi's Daddy brought out his big surprise - a John Deer Gator - this is the surprised look I caught on Santi's face!  He screamed out in pure joy "TRACTOR! 

He jumped right on and learned how to drive his tractor very quickly.  He very willingly let his friends take turns riding and driving too.  I was very impressed with his willingness to share his brand new toy!

 Here's the birthday boy with his smash cake that he wanted to eat with a fork!  Things have really changed in one year - this boy doesn't like to get his hands dirty very much.  I'm sad that I didn't get a picture of his John Deere tractor cake but I know my dear friend Shannon did so I will have to get it from her sometime : )

 Here's Uncle Travis and Santiago

 Shannon and her mom along with Cohen drove down from San Antonio to celebrate Santi's birthday.  I feel very blessed that they come so far to see us and I wish we would have had more time together.  Shannon and I started out as potluck roommates in college and have remained great friends ever since even though we live in different cities.  It's so wonderful to both have boys so close in age - 6 months apart!  We have always had so much in common! Love you Sha! Thanks for coming!

 We gave these silly sunglasses as one of the party favors and Santi loved wearing them and he didn't mind one bit if they were upside down! ha!

 And last but not least - here are one set of Santi's loving grandparents - his Nana and Dah.  Can you see the love??  We are so blessed to have them to love and care for Santiago on a daily basis!

Happy Birthday sweet Santi! Keep making us proud : )