I can't believe my duo is TWO! They actually turned two in March but it was just four days after Lily joined the family so I decided to push their celebration to May. They wouldn't care and I had wanted to skip all the little gifts (they really don't need anything!) and just go for one big gift...a swing set for the backyard. May would be perfect for an outdoor party and this may be the only time we get to have one since March is so unpredictable (weather-wise). We kept it small again this year and just invited family. We all had such a great time and the kids had a blast running around the backyard!
I had a monkey theme since my two are part monkey and I thought that fit nicely with a swing set. I prefer cupcakes over cakes so I did cupcakes again this year and tried to make monkey faces. The idea was really cute, but the faces turned out to be a bit tougher than I expected. I should have practiced first, but oh well. We had issues with the white icing and I had to send John out late at night after all the kids were asleep to get more white icing. The turned out okay but tasted really good, thank goodness! Jake of course gobbled his up and Abby just ate a bit, then offered her cousin Addy the rest of her cupcake.
It was really nice to have everyone over and just relax outside with some great food. We cooked the kids favorites for the party (hot dogs and fruit) and so John of course decided he needed a new mega grill for the occasion. He had fun cooking on the grill and on more than one occasion, we found all the guys standing around talking about it. (He's grilled several more times since then and everything turned out great!) Here's a few pics from the party!
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