Carter has been talking about his birthday party for a couple of months now. To be honest, I thought I'd be able to get away with not having a huge party for him (just a family one) because I didn't think he'd really care. But for weeks leading up to his birthday, he kept talking about his birthday party. He had a very clear idea of how he envisioned his special day would go. He told me he wanted a tractor party, green and yellow cupcakes (which really happen to be his favorite colors), he also said he wanted crackers and humus to be served at his party (this was pretty funny to me), and he told me which friends he would want to invite. I swore I would never host another birthday party at my house because it's so much work, but it really was the only way I was going to be able to have the kind of party he had his little heart set on. Wouldn't you know, we woke up to our first real day of "fall-like" weather the morning of his party. We had to scramble last minute and make some changes, (my parents brought their Husky tent, and we hosted the party out of our garage instead of the backyard) but it all worked out in the end and Carter had a wonderful tractor party just like he wanted :)
Our neighbor let us borrow his "tractor" so we could take the kids on rides on our cul de sac. This was a big hit! Kyle was very busy playing chauffeur (in between rain showers).
Group #2 ready for their ride.
My friends brought their 2 chickens to our house to help make this game extra special! We split the kids up into two teams, and they "helped the farmer collect his eggs". Each team had a chicken and 18 eggs that they had to round up for the Farmer :)
the chickens were a big hit! Thanks Jeff and Alyssa!
Carter and his friend Greenlee waiting for the game to start
Carter waiting his turn to walk an egg to the carton
Here are Farmer Caleb and Farmer Lucas carrying eggs on a spoon to the carton.
It started to sprinkle after our egg game, so all the kids washed their hands and played/ate lunch in the playroom.
Carter wanted pizza at his birthday party, and I told him to pick 2 fruits and 2 veggies to go with it. He chose apples and grapes, and carrots and pea pods. 
And Veggie tale fruit snacks (since they were in the shapes of vegetables, and went along with our "farm" theme)
After lunch we had cupcakes in the garage. here is a picture of Carter while all his friends were singing to him!
Opening presents :)
After that, the kids took turns on the little John Deere tractor
We had a pin the wheel on the tractor game
We made John Deere treat bags for the kids using stickers. While we waited for the last activity to be set up, we sang "Old MacDonald had a Farm"
Here are all the kids waiting for the green light to go find candy in the hay (if you're wondering why all the Purple in these pictures, that'd be because the Huskies had a big game at Nebraska later that day!)
and they're off
Carter checking out his candy
We also handed out these cute bags of Johnny Pop Popcorn to each of the kids as a party favor. I found them at the John Deere store! They had all kinds of cool party stuff :)
Going on one last tractor ride before going home
Carter would like to say a big thank you to all his friends for coming to his party! 
After his friends left, he opened more presents from Grandma Gina and Grandpa Larry. This giant Mickey was a big hit! 
The birthday boy with Grandma and Grandpa.
2 comments:
Way to go, Mom! I can't believe he is 3 already. I actually had to look back up to see whose b-day it was when you said he was so certain about how his bday party would be...I thought it was Cristian!
What a fun birthday party for Carter! You did a great job, everything looks perfect. So funny about his favorite colors...everywhere we see green and yellow together {which is pretty common here} Rebekah points out that they are the Packer colors. She's been trained at school and church to be a Packer fan, much to Dave's dismay :-) She and Carter would get along great!! It looks like he enjoyed his party so much ~ Happy Birthday, Carter!(again)
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