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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Brecken's Cowboy Birthday Party!

I don't think there is a sweeter boy in the world than my little Brecken!  This year he had a COWBOY birthday party (meaning we invited some of our friends over for cake and ice cream).  For some reason he LOVES Woody the cowboy from Toy Story.  It turned out to be a super fun party!
Here is Brecken with his birthday cake!  He LOVED it so I was happy with how it turned out!  He just kept saying "This is the best birthday EVER!"  Totally worth it!
Here is the whole set-up!  A cowboy party really is a lot of fun!

We had S'more pops (marshmallows dipped in chocolate and then rolled in crushed up graham crackers).  
We had trail mix (it just seemed cowboyish and I had this cool boot to put it in).

More pictures of the cake!
 We had Sheriff's Badges - star shaped Rice Krispy treats dipped in chocolate - Sheriff Woody!
 And we had Cow Patties - chocolate chip cookies that went really flat due to the rain the day I baked them - which actually worked well for this occasion.
 I LOVED the little bales of hay I bought at Hobby Lobby - messy but PERFECT!
 My mom brought over some of the brands from way back in our Ranching days (yes, I lived on a ranch until I was 8) - they were PERFECT for the table!
 I LOVED the burlap (super cheap too) and cow print fabric!
 These little milk jars just might have been my favorite part!  I bought Starbuck's Frappucinno in 12 packs at Costco, dumped out the Frappucinno (we don't drink coffee), got all the labels off and wrapped a cute striped straw to them with raffia.  SO SO CUTE! 
 Of course we had milk to fill the adorable little bottles up with - they were a HIT!
 Seriously, how cute are these!
How cute is the birthday boy?  He was so HAPPY!
 And another picture of the cake - a little closer!
 All ready to blow out his candles!
 Blowing out his #5 candle! 
 
 I had to add this picture of Cowgirl Jesse (Kesley) and her daddy!  Too bad her cowgirl hat was off - so cute!
 Brecken was so excited to put his new Woody pjs on (thanks for the suggestion Rachel)!
 I don't usually add pictures of me by myself but I thought it was kind of cute with the cowboy hat on!  This is me finally sitting down after what I would say was a successful party!  Happy Birthday my sweet Brecken!

3 comments:

gw said...

Too cute! LOVE the cake. Good work mama!

Jolley's said...

turned out super cute! Brecken deserves the best!

Gina said...

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!