Celebrating Luke

We had a farm party to celebrate our sweet boy turning one. The theme was chosen partly because Luke loves our Little People barn and the toy animals. It was also chosen because I found some sweet farm animal plates on clearance at Hobby Lobby six months ago :)

The Strouse family played the part by dressing in matching farmer overalls. Brad wore a pair of authentic overalls from my grandpa who used to wear this style every day. Pinterest is addicting for party planning these days, so we had some fun decorating and serving treats that fit the theme. My mom came through with some epic cake pops and we had haybales and farm cupcakes for dessert.

We gave the kiddos little farmer hats and bandanas so they could play in our favorite part of the decorations - the cardboard barn! Planning, building and painting the barn was a fun project to work on together (even if it took longer than anticipated). Clara loves it and Luke likes to crawl in and out and peek out the windows.

Now, I’m not sure Brad is ever going to let it out of the house (after two rounds of dumpster diving for giant boxes). We may have a barn in our basement for life. We have lots of extra cardboard rivets if anyone wants to build something else epic... 

Dedication to the barn on a zero degree day :)

We had some farm crafts for the kiddos to work on since we had to stay inside for the February party. It was fun to get all the little people together and let them play. 

Luke wasn’t a huge fan of his cake at first, but was much more enthusiastic once we gave him a fork to dig in. He ended up using a cake pop as his tool of choice to really get after it.

Luke was pretty quiet at his party, and we learned why when he woke up with a fever the next day. Poor guy! We hope he knows how much he is loved. Thanks to everyone who helped us get ready for the party and came to help us celebrate Luke!