PJ's Train Party! Choo-Choo!
Amazingly enough, my little man is turning three on Saturday. We celebrated this past weekend. Succumbing to his train obsession, we chose to have a train themed Birthday Party for him--trackless train and all. From the moment the tractor trailer pulled up with the trackless train inside, PJ was enthralled. He rode the train continuously checking out the view from each seat. He was even able to play engineer, blow the whistle and toot the horn. He loved it!! Each of the children received a conductor hat to wear on the train and take home as a party favor along with a wooden train whistle. 
We held his party at 1:30 and therefore served snacks throughout the afternoon. We had fruit kabobs with nutella fruit dip, spinach dip, buffalo chicken dip, goat cheese log rolled in crushed walnuts and craisins-drizzled with balsamic dressing, chips, kid friendly veggies with dip and bags of popcorn. On the sweet side we served Rice Krispie Treats, s'mores on a stick, licorice, chocolate dipped pretzels, and of course-cupcakes!!!
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| "Chew-Chew Station" and "Dessert Station" |
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| "Drink Station" |
With decorations from parties by hardie Printable Train Collection everything looked great and our guests had a fantastic time.
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| Train Party Printables |
Two Alarm Fire
I would swear that from the moment he was born, PJ has loved anything that has wheels and the more noise it makes, the more appealing it is to him. Trucks, tractors, trains, motorcyles, police cars, and firetrucks. It only made sense to do a Firetruck Birthday Party for his 2nd Birthday! Big, loud and red! What could be better for a two year old?
I first contacted our local fire department with the hope of making a donation to the department and having them bring a truck out to the house for an hour or so and let the children climb around on the truck. Sort of like they would do when they head to a school or to a Touch a Truck event. Unfortunately, being that we are a volunteer fire department, I was not able to make it work. Thankfully there is a company in Connecticut from which we were able to hire a firetruck to come to the Birthday Party-and he was great!
Although PJ has a March Birthday - St. Pat's Day to be exact, the weather is pretty unpredictable. It was in the 80's for his First Bday, yet for his Second we were lucky if it was 40. The water in the firehose had actually frozen. This would be a great summertime Birthday Party theme, as the children had the opportunity to shoot the firehose. How fun would it be to do this in bathing suits in 80 degree weather?! The owner of the truck was able to get some of the water running so at least the kids were able to shoot the water a bit. The kids all piled into the firetruck with the Dads and the driver drove them around town. PJ didn't want to get off!
I would swear that from the moment he was born, PJ has loved anything that has wheels and the more noise it makes, the more appealing it is to him. Trucks, tractors, trains, motorcyles, police cars, and firetrucks. It only made sense to do a Firetruck Birthday Party for his 2nd Birthday! Big, loud and red! What could be better for a two year old?
I first contacted our local fire department with the hope of making a donation to the department and having them bring a truck out to the house for an hour or so and let the children climb around on the truck. Sort of like they would do when they head to a school or to a Touch a Truck event. Unfortunately, being that we are a volunteer fire department, I was not able to make it work. Thankfully there is a company in Connecticut from which we were able to hire a firetruck to come to the Birthday Party-and he was great!
Although PJ has a March Birthday - St. Pat's Day to be exact, the weather is pretty unpredictable. It was in the 80's for his First Bday, yet for his Second we were lucky if it was 40. The water in the firehose had actually frozen. This would be a great summertime Birthday Party theme, as the children had the opportunity to shoot the firehose. How fun would it be to do this in bathing suits in 80 degree weather?! The owner of the truck was able to get some of the water running so at least the kids were able to shoot the water a bit. The kids all piled into the firetruck with the Dads and the driver drove them around town. PJ didn't want to get off!
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| Cupcake Firetruck Cake |
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