The Backyard Farm Birthday Party!

We love a good birthday party! 

You know we're way out of the rainbow bread and hotdog era when there are children's parties out there looking like THIS and well, like this:

(Pardon the photos, these are only screen grabs from Facebook with the owner's permission heehee :p)









Our friends Cara and Chinggoy recently threw the first birthday party of their cute chubbywubby son, Alonso, and the theme was Farm!


The props, the food, were all thought up by Cara (with help from her cousins)--you know how a well thought-of DIY party makes my heart all mushy and warm! :)


sign board and stacks of hay added the unexpected touch!













fake chicks








lemonade served in drinking jars make excellent replacements to the ordinary plastic cups




Top: what is a farmer without her boots? :)  Above: A pail of flowers will add a pop of color; serve bottles of water in a tin pail








the kiddie table is lots of fun with bright plaid tablecloth and a bunch of toys 








The birthday boy in front of his red barn