Happy Birthday to YOU!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Happy Birthday, dear Russ!
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Today marks THIRTY wonderful years since Dr. Russ's birth! I remember so well the days when 30 sounded so old! Not anymore! I still have a hard time thinking of us as adults...much less "old." Ha! In honor of Russ's big 3-0, I had a few surprises for him. He was on call last night, so I had a little time alone to deck the house in birthday fun!
We invited Russ's side of the family to come up for supper at Windy City. I thought I'd spice it up a little and throw Russ a "Dirty Thirty Construction Party!"
It started so small...with a construction birthday hat...and snowballed into a full out decorated construction birthday party! If there's anything I love more than a fun themed party, it's details! The more little details I found, the more excited I became! These rubber ducky construction workers are my favorites! Ha!
The birthday boy aka "Dirty Boy" had his own special hard hat, vest, and dump truck cupcake holder! His cupcake even had an orange cone candle! Details matter.
I saw this cute idea somewhere and made my own construction twist. Everyone thought it was dirt cake, so I quickly informed them that it was in fact potting soil. Please don't eat! Ha!
And, since I had an extra bowl (they came in sets of 2), I made a second little display for the Dirty Thirty party...
Instead of birthday cake, we had chocolate cupcakes out of the massive yellow dump truck centerpiece. The idea was for it to look like dirt in the dump truck. I was encouraged to make dirt cake, but I'm just not that good yet. I picked up some Sugarees cupcakes from the store before the party.
We were SO glad Russ's family was able to come. We missed Jimmy's family, but we didn't forget about them! We sent party favors home. Everyone kept talking about how much Sam would have loved all the construction toys.
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| Jenny and Grace |
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| Will and Elle |
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| Seth |
I'm pretty sure we embarrassed him a great deal! Ha! He didn't really talk until 30 minutes later. I think he warmed up to the idea eventually. I mean, he IS 30. He needs to learn that people will be making fun of him from here on out. You know, since he's so old!
One thing I know...payback is coming! He just kept saying, "I'm gonna get you back." His "birthday suit" may have been the straw that broke the camel's back! He was so cute though! Such a good sport!
I love my dirty thirty birthday boy!
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| The old man and his younger woman |
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| Russ's parents |
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| Grace and Russ |
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| Jenny and Jeff |
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| Grace |
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| Will, Elle, and Jenny |
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| The dirty boy and his cupcake |
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| My birthday card |
Thank you everyone for traveling the distance to make this 30th birthday one to remember! Happy birthday, Babe! Here's to 30 more!
1 comment:
Fun! Fun! Fun! I am sooo sad that we missed it! We had planned to come in costume and everything! :(
Several comments:
1. Grannmomma looks great!
2. The party decorations were fabulous. I loved all the details.
3. Decorating the apartment was a super fun idea too!
4. Dirt cake is very easy, I have made it inside a dump truck for both Sam and Clay. I will give you the recipe whenever you need another dirt cake. You can also serve it a flower pot for a summer theme.
5. You need to get a plastic storage box and label it party supplies. Keep all of the party decor stuff (plates and napkins and everything that you have left) in there. You will reuse these things in the years to come. You may already have this! :)
Yall have a fun night tonight. Hope to see yall soon, and again, I am so sorry we missed it!
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