Trip to the Pumpkin Patch 10-10-10

Chloe & I went to the Pumpkin Patch with Julie & Laney today.  It was SUPER hot for an October Sunday afternoon! This is Chloe watching the Pig Races...

At the Petting Zoo...

Trying for a cute picture...

and another one...

But it was so darn hot!  And lots to look see and do!

Happy Fall (even though it's 90 degrees!)

Busy Weekend of Football, Family & Fun

Watching "Bubbie" play football

Tyler playing football

Tyler's Fans

Chloe with Poppa (in cousin Aubrey's Razorback cheerleading outfit!)

Chloe after eating a chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce

Chloe with Noah

Uncle Rocky helping Chloe down the slide

A game of Ghostbusters between Rocky, Noah & Eli

My big girl!  Off to the Zoo with Jillian, Vikki & Amelia today!

Trip to the Zoo with Chloe!

Chloe watching the "Gibbon" (they look like monkeys to me!)

Elephants

Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!

That's one big turtle...ok, tortoise

Chloe watching the tortoise

Lunch time for the Prairie Dogs

Zebra

Chloe watching the giraffe

Bye Bye Zoo!

Chloe Bear

A visit to "Big Papa's" house last weekend

Hard to believe Eli used to play on this!

Saturday night with Noah & Eli

Fun at the park with Noah, Eli & Kary yesterday

Pretty girl

Chloe's 1st Birthday!

We celebrated Chloe's 1st Birthday on Saturday.  This was the invitation, and also a small hint to the theme of the party.

I was greatly inspired by The TomKat Studio and Katie Grace Designs.  

I ordered the template from The TomKat Studio to make the picks for the cupcakes.

Gloria from GiGi's Cake Boutique did a FABULOUS job with the cakes!

GiGi's made a special Razorback cake for Shawn (Chloe's Uncle).  Saturday was Shawn's birthday, and he was nice enough to share his day with Chloe!

Chloe had to take a quick snooze before we kicked off the festivities!

Presents for the Birthday Girl!  The yellow & black dress is what I planned for Chloe to wear.  I found it on Etsy, but it was too big! She would have coordinated perfectly with her party!

Me and Chloe

Chloe & Shane

We also made an antipasto spread, chicken salad sandwiches & shrimp cocktail.

The beverage station also coordinated with the rest of my theme.  I made individual cups for all the kids, and served lemonade and sparkling punch.

What's a first birthday without a banner?

Blow out the candle, Chloe!

The most memorable part of a first birthday -the cake face, right?

As an activity for the kids, they made hats.  Each was personalized with their name and whatever they chose for decoration.  Then we paired the hats with wacky glasses.  I love this picture!

Then (of course) the adults had to have some fun too!

The Birthday Boy!

Chloe with her Poppa

Chloe with Big Brother Tyler

Chloe with Aunt Kary...Hello?