18 Month Party

This past weekend we celebrated Hunter's half birthday.  Why?  Because he's our first child and I'm allowed to spoil him!  And to me, 18 months is a big milestone. 

The guests included my parents and my sister and her husband.  These pics are in random order.

This is the birthday boy with his Carrot Cake in a jar.  I'll do a separate post on this.

In order not to go overboard with decorations, I hung up some of Hunter's art work he had done at preschool so that my family could see it.  I used mini clothes clips I had to hang them on the blinds.

Chocolate or vanilla cake to celebrate?  I went with Carrot Cake!  I made it in a jelly roll pan, iced it, and then used the back of a spoon to make the scallops.

I made chili and served it with toppings, cornbread, and fritos.  Little man decided he needed to taste test the fritos.

This is the cornbread I baked up.  I used a baking pan that had square muffin shapes in it that Korey had bought me one year.  I used a box of Jiffy cornbread mix and added in cheese and diced green onions.

I served me and my sister's famous Cranberry/Sprite drink in glass bottles.  Although, Sprite wasn't on sale so I used 7Up.  Next time I'll add ice.

This was Hunter' Carrot Cake in a jar.  I'm on a let's-buy-glass-jars-because-everything-will-look-prettier-in-them kick.  Just ask Korey.

My feeble attempt at a chain thingy.  I took an old gift bag and cut it into strips and linked the strips into a chain using tape.

Fabulous!  These were leftover candles from Hunter's first birthday I had purchased at the dollar store.

And these were the chili toppings.  Cheese, sour cream, and green onions...all served in jars!  These made for super-easy cleanup because we just had to put the lid back on and put them in the fridge.

A little bit of a fuzzy photo, but here is our birthday boy with his grandparents.

Thanks to my family for helping us celebrate and for indulging my "he-needs-a-half-birthday-party" whim!