Andrew's 1st Birthday

I had so much fun planning and decorating for Andrew's first birthday!  I think that I get the most excited of anyone over birthdays (not necessarily my own).  I decided to do a Monster theme for his birthday.  I found a lot of inspiration on other blogs (thank you creative people out there). 

I started out by making the birthday banner.  I free handed the letters on small paper plates and used monster clip art to embellish.  Then I punched a hole in each and strung it on a ribbon.  I thought it turned out super cute.

 I found the monster watermelon on a blog and then added a few of my own touches (Dean gave me the idea of saving the top of the pineapple as a hat).  I struggled to get the watermelon out of the mouth so I resorted to cutting off the bottom and scooping it out from there.  Much easier. Everyone loved the watermelon monster.

The hardest part was coming up with a cake.  I saw an adorable three layer cake where each layer was a different size and color and decorated with a monster face.  Then I saw the cute little cupcakes.  I decided that I would do one small cake for Andrew and cupcakes for everyone else.  His little cake was adorable.  The kids loved helping with the cupcakes.  There's nothing like squirting frosting willy-nilly all over a cupcake.  

                                    

Just for fun I made monster masks for the kids to hold as their picture was being taken.



Happy Birthday Andrew!  We all had a great time celebrating you.  This is what Andrew looked like one year ago and what he looks like now.