Number Themed Birthday Party
So, what do you do when your son requests a “Number Party” and is completely insistent on it for almost a year? Well, you throw him the best darned number party you can manage! As one might imagine, this theme isn’t exactly widely used and most certainly won’t be found in stores, so everything must be made from scratch and with a LOT of imagination.
Presenting:
Ethan’s Number Party
(…which we threw together 24 hours in advance!)
Birthday boy is turning 5 years old!
How did that happen???
Ethan asked for numbers everywhere
and numbers everywhere is what he got!
Does anyone want to guess how long it took me and Garrett to hang numbers the night before?
It took as long as it takes me to drink 2 glasses of wine. Not too shabby!
I WISH I was able to get a good photo of his precious face when he came downstairs the morning of his party.
He was in AWE of the numbers everywhere!
Then, it was time to set up for the party.
Since there is no “protocol” for a number party, we just went for it!
Decorations, cake, favors, drinks…
everything was easily coordinated with numbers
I literally made the cake the day of the party…
super easy and the number candles
really made it special.
Everyone loved it, especially Ethan.
No joke…
this is the first year Ethan has enjoyed his party.
No tears, no yelling, no fits.
For just ONE day,
we felt like we “defeated” Autism.
That makes me so incredibly happy.
Gift time!
Guess what Ethan’s favorite gift was!!!
These two kids make me smile every single day.
LOVE.
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