noah's birthday party

noah turns seven tomorrow so we celebrated today

with a birthday party and lots of friends

it was a lot of fun
i wanted to do something big for noah's birthday this year
since last year eleanor was just 10 days old
and we didn't do much celebrating 

when i saw this blog post in february about a cool animal party where they

hired live animals to come to the party (and in utah!)

i looked in to it and booked it that day

noah got to choose 4 animals to come to our house for 30 minutes during his party

here are the invitations i made (featuring his choices)

we started the party waiting for the kids to show up

by jumping on the trampoline...all at the same time :) 

i got all the food ready to eat inside

we had pizza, fruit, veggies, chips, strawberry lemonade, little caesers bread sticks, candy and cake

 i re-used the birthday banner from eleanor's birthday
might as well, right? two birthdays in such a short amount of time is tricky!

michael made noah a sweet snake pinata 

out of cardboard, tape and crepe paper

 the kids all had fun taking a whack
and filling their bags with candy

 then we sang happy birthday to noah
and as soon as he blew out the candles he said, "i'm seven now"
i guess he thinks that's what it takes to become a year older
even though he won't really be until tomorrow..

 the inside of the cake

 then, the entertainment...animals!
noah chose a hedgehog

a ringtail (not lemur like some of us may have thought...)

 and noah's personal fave... a boa constrictor
noah loves snakes (i have no idea why)
and reads about them constantly
so he was extra excited for it

since he's the birthday boy, she let him hold it

eleanor was really interested in all of the animals
it was pretty cute

 the fourth animal noah chose was a small tortoise
and he was surprised with an extra large one, too
(she threw in an extra animal that was in her van which was so nice)

 here he is with the baby

 and the mama

and that was it!

i sent everyone
home with little goody bags

 filled with crayons, a candy necklace and a small animal toy

after it was all said and done
the kids played with all noah's new toys on the kitchen floor
and eleanor enjoyed her first cake pop
she loooooved it

i can't believe my baby boy is seven years old tomorrow

it doesn't seem possible 

happy birthday, noah bear!