Asher's Birthday Party

Birthday Parties are the BEST! Don't you remember going to the best birthday parties as a kid? You would play the funnest games and eat the best food and open the coolest presents - all with your friends surrounding your side? Lily and I were so excited to be invited to Asher's Birthday Party on Saturday - July 25. 

The party was themed around the Disney movie "Cars" so our first "pit stop" was to the local fire department where we were taken on a tour of the facility and got to inspect the fire truck!

I was so proud of this little girl for getting in the Fire Truck.  This is the sixth time she's had an opportunity to climb in and explore the inside of this truck and each time she has really been nervous and hesitated to climb inside, but this time she was brave and ventured in.

The firemen wanted to tell us all about day-to-day life, and cool facts, and blah-blah-blah. But the kids were just interested in wearing their own fireman hats and looking at the truck.

Our next pit stop was to Asher's house where everything was decorated like a race track. The table was awesome. There were streamers draped everywhere and some were meant to look like you were going through a car wash. Red and black balloons covered the floor. It was pretty awesome. 

But not as awesome as this super fancy cake that Asher's mom made! 

It looked pretty fantastic and the inside was even checkered like a race-car flag!

It's a good thing that there are places where you can buy cakes like that because I sure don't have the time, energy, or talents to pull something off that fancy!

And the very best part about birthday parties is saved for the very last! It's opening presents! Kids are so excited about anything and everything that they get and they open up gifts and share their toys and everyone gets to play. It's so fun to watch all the kids take pleasure out of simple things!

Thanks for having a super-duper fun birthday party Asher. And thanks for inviting Lily! Everything was fancy-dancy and we can't wait until next year to see what kind of a party your awesome mom can pull off!