Goodbye Summer, Hello Birthday Planning!

I'm so torn.  I can't believe the summer is over but I'm also ready for fall.  I absolutely love living in a part of the country where we actually experience changes in the seasons.  In another month, the night air will start to get a little crisp and long sleeve shirts will start to replace worn out summer t-shirts.

The twins' 3rd birthday is exactly one month away and I wouldn't be me if I wasn't in full planning mode.  The kids have several "interests" but none of them were quite boy/girl theme appropriate.  Chris is still completely infatuated with anything fireman or fire truck and Kendall is now into princesses.  The one common theme between them still seems to be farm related.  Chris started liking horsies about a year ago and Kendall has a thing for cows.  Works for me.

I'll tell you one thing.  I don't know how I ever lived without Pinterest.  Oh. My. Gosh.  I have found the cutest ideas on there.  Once I decided on a farm theme, I knew I didn't want it to be cartoony.  Vintage is what I'm thinking.  I started searching for invitations first and apparently vintage and 3 year olds don't quite go together.  I finally found one design that I fell in love with on Etsy but I refused to pay $20 for a template and then another $20 to have the invitations printed.

So, I made my own.   Personal information has been blacked out.  What do you think?

I just placed the order to have them printed (for $15, I might add) so I'm really hoping they turn out OK. 

I also bought the materials to make this barn backdrop for the main table.   It looks simple enough so I hope I can re-create it.

For the main food, I plan to get pulled chicken from our local barbeque place and a few sides like cole slaw and mac 'n cheese.  I found some awesome ideas on Pinterest for other snack items like:

Haybales (Rice Krispy treats)
Chicken Feed (Chex Mix)
Pigs in a blanket
Pigs Mud (chocolate pudding)
Vegetable garden (cut veggie tray)

And, that's all I'm going to give away for right now.  You'll have to stay tuned for more!   :)