Pictures from Jack's Cookie Monster Birthday

[charmediamsure]

Jack's party was on Saturday.  His molars are coming in so he was a little whiny and clingy.  But he loved his cake and presents.

Month pictures all lined up:




We did a cookie bar, so there were chocolate chip cookies and whipped cream, strawberry and chocolate sauces, toffee, sprinkles, peanuts, mini m&m's, and cherries to top them:


Closer picture of the cake:


For birthday wishes:


Pizza for lunch:


He wasn't sure about his smash cake at first:




He really got into it... I found cake in various baby rolls all afternoon:




Our gift to him; he was pretty indifferent, but he was right into destroying the Sesame Street decorations:


Close-up of the birthday board I made:

[EnchantedSoul]

Soooo cute! And he has gotten so big. Handsome boy for sure

[unclejesse]

I LOVE that birthday board, and I might steal that idea...is it chalkboard or poster?

[skiesthelimit]

Awesome pics!! You did such a great job.

[raynes]

That looks so great! I love the birthday board.

[charmediamsure]

Apr 8, 2013 8:40:41 GMT -5 unclejesse said:

I LOVE that birthday board, and I might steal that idea...is it chalkboard or poster?

I stole it from Pinterest!  Ha.  I used foam board from Staples.  And the writing is all done in chalk markers.  

My cousin was like "should we move that off the food table?  I don't want the chalk to wipe off..." But you can touch it all you want, it won't wipe off.  I do think I might like to frame it though.

[jaime183]

looks great! I'm glad he had a good day!
I love your birthday board- I keep seeing them on pinterest but am afraid mine will look ugly!

[chasbride07]

So cute! Great job with everything. I love the birthday board idea as well.

[charmediamsure]

Apr 8, 2013 8:44:56 GMT -5 jaime183 said:

looks great! I'm glad he had a good day!
I love your birthday board- I keep seeing them on pinterest but am afraid mine will look ugly!

I'll tell you my secret...  I kept the plastic on the package of foam board, printed the fonts I wanted off the computer, placed and taped them where I wanted them, traced with a pencil to make an imprint into the board--that way, when I took the plastic off the board, all I had to do was trace over the imprints with the chalk markers.  Then I used a ruler for the straight separation lines and did the pictures and squiggly lines freehand.

I'm not going to lie, it WAS time-consuming.  I'm really happy with it though.

...the person who originally showed me the link on Pinterest did one for her daughter's birthday.  When I made one she pitched a fit and called me a plagiarist and said I should know better because I'm a teacher... 

[fryjack2]

That birthday board is awesome and I'm totally stealing your idea

Happy Birthday Jack!

[TrudyCampbell]

I loveeee that birthday board- can you post the link you used? Or give us a really dumb person version of a step by step tutorial? I'd love you forever.

And such a cute cake!

[unclejesse]

Apr 8, 2013 8:52:32 GMT -5 charmediamsure said:

Apr 8, 2013 8:44:56 GMT -5 jaime183 said:

looks great! I'm glad he had a good day!
I love your birthday board- I keep seeing them on pinterest but am afraid mine will look ugly!

I'll tell you my secret...  I kept the plastic on the package of foam board, printed the fonts I wanted off the computer, placed and taped them where I wanted them, traced with a pencil to make an imprint into the board--that way, when I took the plastic off the board, all I had to do was trace over the imprints with the chalk markers.  Then I used a ruler for the straight separation lines and did the pictures and squiggly lines freehand.

I'm not going to lie, it WAS time-consuming.  I'm really happy with it though.

...the person who originally showed me the link on Pinterest did one for her daughter's birthday.  When I made one she pitched a fit and called me a plagiarist and said I should know better because I'm a teacher... 

You are a mf'ing genius.

And poo on that person. Not like she came up with the idea!

[TrudyCampbell]

Umm your friend who said you copied her is a raging bitch!

[helicase]

The party looks like it was great. Awesome pics (and fantastic birthday board)!

[melis74]

Amazing job, love it!

[Deleted]

That looks like so much fun! I love the cookie bar idea!

[ruby412]

Your party decorations came out great! And how cute is Jack!!

[kandrze1]

I love the birthday board! I thought about trying one, but I'm not sure I will have time. Looks like a great party and Jack is going to love his bike. I spent a long time yesterday walking all over the place with Emerson in her bike. I'm glad everything went well!

[The Foozzler]

Such cute pics! I am doing Sesame Street and I love your ideas for it!

[rjamz]

So cute! I love the board!

[rileym2010]

Everything looks wonderful! I absolutely love the board. I may be a plagiarist too if I can make it by Saturday.

[heyjojo]

Looks like we are a group full of plagiarists because we all love that board idea! Yours looks awesome and I bet it was better than that friend of yours ,and that's why she's being a vagina cramp about it!

[Faevantastic]

OMG, the birthday board is great! It looks like you did an amzing jib with the party. And of course, Jack is super cute.

[gekeler6]

I love it!!!!!  Such a cute party!  I love the board you made, what a cute idea!!!!   He is so handsome!

[bean47]

I love the board! I wanted to do one for DD but I've run out of time! He looks like he had a great time.

[carawestt]

Looks like fun! Another fan of the board, it's such a cool idea!

[puppylove64]

Love it! I'm doing a Cookie Monster party too

[Deleted]

OMG OMG OMG. That looks SO freaking good!!!! LOOK AT JACK. Dude I miss you so much. Check your PM's in a min

[browneyedhunni85]

Great party! I like the poster you made. I remember seeing first year pics that our photographer did of a lot girl and the mom had made something similar with a chalkboard. It was in the background of some of the pictures.

[charmediamsure]

Apr 8, 2013 8:52:32 GMT -5 charmediamsure said:

Apr 8, 2013 8:44:56 GMT -5 jaime183 said:

looks great! I'm glad he had a good day!
I love your birthday board- I keep seeing them on pinterest but am afraid mine will look ugly!

I'll tell you my secret...  I kept the plastic on the package of foam board, printed the fonts I wanted off the computer, placed and taped them where I wanted them, traced with a pencil to make an imprint into the board--that way, when I took the plastic off the board, all I had to do was trace over the imprints with the chalk markers.  Then I used a ruler for the straight separation lines and did the pictures and squiggly lines freehand.

I'm not going to lie, it WAS time-consuming.  I'm really happy with it though.

...the person who originally showed me the link on Pinterest did one for her daughter's birthday.  When I made one she pitched a fit and called me a plagiarist and said I should know better because I'm a teacher... 

^ Is this at all helpful, TrudyCampbell ?  

I wish I had progress pictures!  The sizing of the fonts was kind of guesswork/trial & error.  I thought of the dimensions of the board in relation to the size of standard page sizes in Word.  I *do* have the file saved with all the text I printed so the sizes are all accurate.  You could use it as a template and just edit it?

If anyone wants me to post the file, I can do that!