{Birthday Brunch}

Sunday morning we had brunch at our house to celebrate both 

Wyatt & Charlotte's Birthdays with our families.

It was a beautiful Fall day so we set up everything in the back yard.

Brunch? For a kid's party? Yep, brunch. We had never done this before but it turned out to

 be a great idea. By early afternoon the party was over and we still had the rest of
our Sunday to just hang out at home together.
Eric and I got to recover (a little) and the kids got to play with all of their new
 stuff for the rest of the day.

On the menu:: 

Cinnamon rolls

Egg Casserole

Bacon

Blueberry Muffins

Cereal 

The mini boxes of cereal might have been the highlight...kids just love those.

When I was little I don't remember my mom & dad buying those much except when 

we went on vacation and that's the only time we buy them for the kids usually, too. 

Which really makes it all that much more fun for them I think.

I really tried to keep everything as simple as possible.

Simple = way less stress for me.

Less stress for me = much happier family.

I do like planning the kid's parties but when it comes right down to it, they stress me out, too.

This makes me super grouchy and not able to enjoy myself as much as I should be, 

 snapping around at Eric and that's not what their parties should be about.

We set up a little ring toss with this coke crate and some of the old bottles from my collection.

I got the rings in the dollar aisle at Target over the summer...they were actually diving rings.

Oh but my favorite part of the party? Had to have been the pillowcase races.
So funny and so cute.
Have you ever done this with your kids? If not, you should try it.

{Cousins}

Everyone got to take home a little bag of my mom's famous sugar cookies...Yum.

A lazy errr-lovely, relaxed Birthday party was enjoyed by all.
And this mama is glad it is over until next year.
Happy Monday everyone, hope your week is off to a great start!
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