Mr. Pierce Turned ONE!!!

Today we celebrated Mr. Pierce's first birthday!

We had a few friends over for some birthday fun.

 The theme of the party was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" which is one of Pierce's favorite books.  When guests arrived, they signed his book with birthday messages. 

 

We had a Hungry Caterpillar photo booth,

 which was super cute!

 There was a caterpillar tunnel,

 caterpillar bowling,

 and even caterpillar bookmarks that the kids made. 

 The kids used their thumbprints

 to make these!  Notice that on Beckett's caterpillar he added a mustache. :). 

 We also had a Hungry Caterpillar bean bag toss,

 coloring

 and a caterpillar hunt. 

 The kids searched the backyard for these cute little guys!

 Even the little ones found one!

 There was an abundance of caterpillar decor,

 but a favorite was the caterpillar with a year of pictures of Pierce. 

 The Party in Full Swing

 Then Daddy read all the kids the story, "The Hungry Caterpillar"

 which the kids loved!

 This was one of the rare times Pierce actually sat on Daddy's lap through a whole book.  During the story the kids learned about the food that the caterpillar ate

 and then they got to eat it. 

 We had everything that was in the story, except plums which we could not find anywhere.  So we substituted grapes. :)

Pierce enjoyed eating what the caterpillar had eaten 

 and so did Cousin Mason. 

 YUMMY!

 A special part of the party was the cake that Grandma made for Pierce. 

 And we had a few other desserts

 from the story too.

 Pierce got his very own smash cake, which he loved,

 loved,

 LOVED!

 Beckett wanted to make sure that we saw he got messy too!

 

The party was lots of fun, especially because of the fun family and friends that came!

 Pierce is one loved boy!

 It was fun to watch the little ones play. 

 Our sweet friend, Kyle, even wore a caterpillar knit hat to the party!

 A Fun Bunch!

 Happy Birthday, Pierce!  We love you!!