2nd Birthday Party - Sesame Style

We had the twins' 2nd birthday party today.  You might remember in one of my last posts that I was kicking myself for not reserving the picnic pavilion at our local park.

Now, I'm glad I didn't waste the $80.  The weather turned bitterly cold yesterday and continued into today.  It was 45 degrees this morning.  And, rainy..... again.

So, all 21 members of our immediate family piled into our townhouse.  And you know what?

It was OK!

I started alot of the prep work last night and thankfully my MIL came over and stayed the night.  We were up until 11:30 last night blowing up balloons, hanging streamers and just trying to make things look as cute as we could.

The twins were excited when they heard their cousins were coming to see them. 

So excited that they both fell asleep about 30 minutes before our guests arrived.

Everyone arrived around 11:00 am.  And, it quickly became a full house.

The play kitchen from Mom Mom and Pop Pop was big hit for all ages!

 We had some munchies to snack on until the pizza came.  Keeping with the Sesame Street theme, we had chocolate chip cookies, Dorothy the Goldfish crackers and pretzels.

We even put the Dorothy crackers in a fish bowl!

And, of course cupcakes!  An acquaintance from high school started her own cupcake business in honor of her best friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer.  All of the proceeds go toward cancer patients and their families. 

Aren't they awesome?

They were delish!

The twins got some great gifts including Elmo's Sesame Street guitar, Elmo's Learning ABC blocks, a Thomas the Train starter set, a princess dress up costume, Doodle pads, Legos and a lot more!

It was a long and somewhat exhausting day but the kids had a blast and that's all that matters.