This was the pic we used on the invitations. Love the outfits that their cousins picked out at Universal before they were even born! (Scott is Thing 1 and George is Thing 2)
The colors were red, light blue, and white - from the Dr. Suess book The Cat in the Hat. We did have to explain this to a few people that aren't that familiar with Dr. Seuss! That's why we also had the book open on the table.
The best part - DESSERTS! You should have seen Scott at the Pie Kitchen when we placed the order...he had VERY specific requests for all of the colors and that they must be opposite for the "1" and the "2". I was floored that he had put that much thought into it. (although, his requests were fairly similar to what I would have ordered!)
Scott also surprised me and updated the twins picture frames with a picture from every month so we could display at the party. Very touching! I was shocked to see how much the twins had changed from the 5th to 6th month - that was the biggest change to me over all the months, where they went from a baby to not such a baby anymore. I bought the Happy Birthday to You books and had everyone at the party sign them for the twins.
Scott and George as everyone sings Happy Birthday to them. They weren't too happy.....of course they picked this weekend to get more teeth and had been off schedule. They wanted a nap instead of cake! (love the bibs my friend Melissa sent after they were born - they fit right in with the theme!)
Testing out the icing...not really loving it. They must not be my children...
Scott - he wouldn't even touch the cake. We tried feeding him but he wanted none of that either.
George gently touched the cake, but didn't eat it either.
I must admit that I was a bit disappointed that the boys didn't smash cake everywhere. But, we did put the cakes back in the fridge and we are going to try again on their actual birthday. Maybe without 40 people staring them in the face they will not be so shy about digging in!
Overall I could not have asked for a more perfect 1st birthday party! We are so blessed to have so much family around to celebrate this milestone with us. We've waited for this day for a really long time and can't wait to celebrate many more birthdays together!
