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My son turned 2 in June and we had a small birthday party at home with just a few friends and some family.
Today I’m sharing a little bit of the party. This was the main table:
Most of the food was homemade. We had some organic meat empanadas, “chipas” (a gluten-free cheese bread made with tapioca flour), “sopa paraguaya” (corn flour pie with cheese, onions and eggs), organic celery, organic baby carrots, organic grapes, pita chips, cheeses, hummus and some yogurt cilantro dip.
I got the train letter from Ebay. The Festive Pennant Garland was from Martha Stewart Crafts.
I got the white 3-Tier Treat Stand from Wilton for the cakes and I used it separately (2 tier for 1 cake and 1 for other).
I used some of our metal lunch boxes as a food container also giving the idea of “baggage”.
Since it was also my mom’s birthday, I made her a special cake, creating a zebra-animal print pattern (she’s crazy about animal print patterns). I even got those zebra candles at Lucky’s supermarket, they looked great in this cake.
For Marco’s cake I used Wilton’s fondant and a piece of train ribbon (non-eatable) that I got at Michael’s. Both cakes where chocolate cakes filled with cream and cherries and another part filled with dulce de leche, they were DELICIOUS!
We put the train set on the coffee table so the children could play with it.
I sewed the party favors bags some days before and I filled them with some train/car/planes stickers, a small car and a wood train whistle that I bought at a crafts store in Brooklyn through Amazon.
The trains whistles were a little big for the kiddos but the sound was just like a train and they loved it!
Marco opening his party favor and taking out the wood train whistle.
Marco was dressed as a Train’s Engineer. I bought the overall from Osh Kosh and a random white shirt. I got bandana and the hat at Amazon.
He loved his little party and I am so glad that he enjoyed it as much as I did preparing all of it!
Today I’m sharing some of the creations that I did for Marco’s 2nd Birthday.
Since he loves trains, we used it as the theme for his birthday party.
I used Paper53 to draw and my husband used his designer magic to transform it to a cute invitation.
And these were the Thank You notes just using Paper53.
Come back tomorrow for more pics from Marco’s 2nd Birthday Party!
From the things I didn’t know about babies…
Many exclusively breastfed babies have no interest in pacifiers, especially during the first months.
You can find more information about it here.
These are some of the things we used to do with Marco during the time we lived in Downtown Brooklyn, NY.
Our favorite spots for those cold winter days or for the rainy summer ones:
Playgrounds Review:
Enjoy Brooklyn!
The summer is close to its end but you can still take advantage of the tip I’m going to share with you: carry a picnic blanket in your diaper bag.
I have to tell you, ever since I bought my new portable and cheap blanket from Ichiban Kan, we have been doing a lot of spontaneous picnics!
Of course this blanket is not as beautiful as our JJ Cole one but this cheap blanket was the perfect size, waterproof, light and small enough to fit into the diaper “backpack”.
By the way, that’s another tip. Backpacks are much more easier to use than traditional diaper bags if you use public transportation frequently in San Francisco 😉
Some of my friends who have seen me doing my grocery shopping loved this so I want to share it with all of you, maybe it can help another mom/dad out there.
Since I don’t have a car neither a driving license yet, I do my grocery shopping within a walking distance from our apartment.
So, every time that I go to the grocery store, I grab a basket and attach it to the stroller.
After I pay and leave the store, I put the heavy stuff in the storage space of the stroller (juice, milk, cans, etc.) and hang my reusable bags from the hooks on each side of the stroller.
Pretty useful 😉