Yes it is
true three years ago the Lord blessed our families with a sweet little man we
call David Nelson.
He truly is a
big boy now. From the way he imitates his
daddy to the stories he tells. He is so
smart. He
has this incredible ability of convincing mommy; really he could probably sell
me dirt. I have an inkling of where he
might have gotten that from…Nelson.
We celebrated
David Nelson’s birthday a few weekends ago.
The inspiration was a red derby car Nelson had made when he was little
boy. I love planning and making all the
little things for birthday parties. It
gives me a great excuse to sew and make a mess and then an extremely good
reason to clean it all up again with a very important deadline,
party day!
Rachel did an
amazing job capturing so much of the fun.
I love seeing the little moments she is able to catch and the angle she uses makes even the simplest decoration look so cool.
Mary Kathryn
is the artist in the family and she was in charge of making the t-shirts. I was very nervous about this activity, but somehow
she was able to get all the little ones to happily make the cutest tire track
tees. Of course Ray and Mary K could not
resist making their own!!
Other
activities including a bean bag toss, a tire shop, a cozy coup track with gas
pump, and a roller coaster with a real stoplight (which Nelson had wired so you could
do red, yellow, and then green – GO!!).
The coaster was one of David Nelson’s gifts from his grandparents. It was and still is a hug hit!!
David Nelson
could not even stop for a cupcake, but little brother had no trouble. Hendricks’ first birthday was a “hungry
caterpillar” party. Extremely fitting,
evident from his party pictures.
Thanks to all
family and friends that came – you are what really makes the parties so special!!!
