TWINS' VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR PARTY

Throwing birthday parties is one of my favorite things to do as a mother.  And one of the reasons I always wanted twins is that I thought it would be great bang for our party buck to do a two for one!  For now, it works wonderfully.  In the vein of making life a little bit simpler for our family, we chose to host this party somewhere that wasn't our house.  It really did cut down on prep work, and it was still a great party- win, win.  Here's how it all went down.

We love Eric Carle books in our home, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the favorites.  I thought it would work for a boy/girl party nicely.

The only downside to having the party someplace else is that there is limited set-up time.  Thankfully, I had my party helpers of Mom and Wes (why didn't I take a picture of them???) to help me ahead of time, and John brought the children right at party time.  It turned out to be fine, and in the end, it didn't allow me to continue to "improve" (read: obsess) over details that aren't that big of a deal.

At one point when I was planning this party, I fully intended to have every food that the caterpillar ate on Saturday.  However, in trying not to be a party psycho, I pulled back and just did the fruit from Monday-Friday.

Everyone played and had a grand ole time.  The Wonder Place is really fantastic for younger children.

We headed back to the party room to eat and sing Happy Birthday to William and Violet who quietly sang along with the crowd.  They also blew out their candles like little champs!

We sent everyone on their way with caterpillar cookies.




William and Violet loved their party, even if they didn't love taking a picture after it.



Happy Birthday, Violet and William - we love you SO very much!

Twins' Past Parties
{Berenstain Bear Party}
{VW Party}