It’s been a few weeks (ok months!) since Slater & Zoe’s birthday festivities but better late than never right? I totally put off posts on major milestones. Not sure if it’s because I don’t want to face them. Accept them. Say good bye to them. I’m the first to admit that turning one was emotionally hard for this mama over here…on so many levels…but once the twins’ big weekend hit, it was SO MUCH FUN!! These kids were celebrated left and right by everyone they love. Everyone who loves them! It was so neat for me as their mama to witness all the joy in its purest form. Across everyone’s faces. I mean, can you think of anything happier than celebrating little babies on their big day?? NO.
Their Bun-galow themed party was casual with mini sliders & hot dogs to play off of the bun thing, cake, cookies, and of course, a “Puff Bar” per Slater & Zoe’s request. I’m not sure they understood what was going on that day, but I am sure they understood the value of this never-ending snack surprise, that was accompanied by lots of bubbles, balls, and then beverages to keep the parents happy of course. Slater and Zoe had a vanilla cake with white frosting, which Zoe was a fan of. Slates, not so much. Poor kid screamed the second everyone turned their attention to him, before we could even get the first line of “Happy Birthday” out #roughlife. He was pretty hysterical so unfortunately I had to leave Zoe and her frosting fiesta to tend to my boy in his room. Afterwards I felt bad I missed that moment with Zo. Like really really bad. But I also knew Slates needed me, and I wanted to be there for him, while I knew Z was taken care of, and I’m sure, loving all the attention to herself. Luckily we had a private cake ceremony the day after so I got to see her do it again. We did that the next night too. And the next, until Hunter and I realized the kids were never gonna finish these two delicious cakes and decided we needed to finished them off ourselves. Great decision.
We celebrated the Buns real birthday the following day just the four of us. It was one of my most favorite 24 hours. As I shared on instagram, a regular day doing our favorite simple, but special things! We woke up to balloons. ate pancakes. drank big kid milk. water from our new sippy cups. listened to lion king. danced in our diapers. played in moms office, looked at old pics of us. giggled at puppies. found our pal Ollie. ate baguettes. went on the swings. played on the beach. saw dolphies. took balloons everywhere we went. passed some out to new friends. took a nap. costume changed. strolled to town square again. had grilled cheese & fries. read on the night you were born. and also the happy birthday book. and also the wheels on the bus book. had more milk. and went down for a nice long rest.
Big belated thank you to our family and friends, and everyone else out there for celebrating my babies. And for supporting Hunter and I in it all!
this is ONE!
