Life in Pots: Big Boy Beds and Birthdays....Orson and Friends turn 2!

Orson turned two this past Sunday! I just can't believe it. He is so big and smart and fun. He loves playing with cars, trains and planes, enjoys entertaining his friends, playing on his good to go and car, jumping, chasing, singing (especially the ABCs), dancing, talking and climbing into his new Big Boy Bed. After Christmas toy storage was an issue that I just had to address, so we made a trip to Ikea and came back with storage shelves, a dresser that fits into his closet and a Big Boy Loft Bed that Orson (and his friends) love! It was his Birthday gift from us. Speaking of growing he is also graduating to a new car seat from Grandpa Jones as well :) His Birthday week was full of fun and as usual he shared the week with his good friends Lucy and Olivia.

Here is his new bed and a movie of him in it:

Lucy and Olivia had a joint Funky Monkey Party on the 22nd. It was crazy fun chaos with over 18 kiddos and their parents. The day before we created felted hats for each of the kids. They turned out so cute!

They had monkey cupcakes that were super cute

And we got some great pictures of all the birthday kids and their dads and even...

a great shot of the three of them together...the last one of those I took was when they were a year.

The next day we held Orson's party on his birthday and since the girls had such a wild and crazy party the day before, we decided to take it down a notch and only invite over a few friends for a quieter evening. We went to early church and then Matt took Orson to the train museum while I stayed home to cook, clean and decorate. Matt and I had made a list of Orson's favorite foods earlier in the week and after looking at the list realized that Orson loves breakfast foods and anything he can dip. So we decided that his party theme would be trains, breakfast and friends :)

We reused the party hats from the the night before and had cheese and fruit out for everyone as they came in.

The cake was GF lemon pound cake baked in train molds with a blueberry pomegranate reduction sauce and a whipped cream cheese frosting for dipping fun (since dipping is Orson's favorite way to eat anything).

Decorations consisted mostly of balloons but I also made a banner out of leftover felt from the Birthday Hats and drew pictures on the windows

We made Orson's favorite meal for the party, Breakfast with lots of dipping options. Pancakes, Yogurt with berries and Os, Bacon, Cheese and Chive muffins, cheese puffs, eggs and cheese. Everything was Gluten Free and really, really good if I do say so myself and home made :)