I am going to do a 5 year old update post soon but I wanted to post pictures from Sam’s birthday party which are way overdue! This year we decided to have a very small party for Sam. I actually made a big long list of people to invite, addressed the envelopes, and then ended up not sending most of them out. I just decided on the day I was going to send the invites out to keep the guest list to our neighbors. There are four families on our block with kids Sam’s age and they all have so much fun together. It just seemed to make sense to keep the party limited to a few friends this year.

Sam wanted to have an octonauts party this year, so I had fun with the theme. It is a really cute show and it’s educational too!

THE FOOD:

 (Grandma Katie’s macaroni and cheese)

(grapes)

 (blue jello with swedish fish)

 (this yummy kale salad)

THE GAMES:

 (pin the patch on kwazii)

 (Shellington pull-string pinata)

THE FAVORS:

The mother of one of the kids I tutor is an amazing cookie maker and made these incredible and delicious cookies that we gave away as party favors!