Bouncing Balls Party

We celebrated Miles 2nd Birthday with a Bouncing Balls party.  Miles is obsessed with balls.  All balls.  Any kind of balls!  He loves them and usually is always carrying a ball around.  I threw around ideas for his party for months before finally going this route since I really wanted the theme to be something he was into.  I could have done Elmo or Airplanes, but he never showed THAT much of an interest in either one of those things when I was ordering party supplies back in October in order to take back with me from the USA.  It all ended up working out and I was able to decorate for the party going with the theme.  

I designed the idea of his cake hoping it would be whimsical and fun looking.  My friend Rhonda made some cake balls for me to use around the cake since she was making some for another child's party the same day.  The top 'ball' is actually a styrofoam ball that I covered in fondant.  I'm not real big on making cake just to make cake and since the bottom 2 layers were going to be plenty of cake for everyone at the party, I played it safe.  Miles loved the cake and his favorite part besides the 'bouncing' balls was all the sprinkles.  To cover the cake in sprinkles, I used the technique I found here.  

I found ideas on Pinterest for decorating our place with balloons and Miles was mesmerized with all the balloons we had everywhere.  We lined our sidewalk with balloons by tying the strings to the plants and when Miles woke up from his nap he ran and ran and ran between them.  It was precious to watch!  He also stood outside waiting for his friends to come and he did such a good job being patient.
 
 

To say Miles was excited about his party would be an understatement.  He knows now that cake usually means party and he was bouncing around in anticipation.  Once Miles friends arrived they all went out and jumped in the bounce house set up in the backyard.  The kids played and jumped and played some more.  

 

 

 

After playtime, we let Miles open presents and he was pumped to get new toys, water guns, balls, books, and more!  It was fun watching his reaction to his gifts 

 

 

Our little boy had a fun birthday and was beyond excited to celebrate with all his friends.

Miles Lee we love you so much and we love how much you love life!  Happy Birthday sweet boy!