Favors were homemade oatmeal cookies in white paper bags tied with red gingham ribbon. The menu included Old MacDonald’s mini mac and cheese, pigs in a blanket, “Chicken feed’ (Annie’s snack mix), and finger sandwiches cut in the shape of animals with cookie cutters (bless my husband for going along with me on that one because that was far more time consuming than I anticipated). Instead, I did finger foods and everything was named to tie in with the party. Our party was in the late afternoon, so I didn’t serve a full meal. She emailed the file, I printed at home on cardstock and, like that, I had the perfect invitation to set the mood for farm-themed fun. Fortunately, there are legions of designers on Etsy and I was able to find the perfect invitation with boy and girl farmers on it, even with the same hair color as my twins. While I consider myself crafty, my skills hit a brick wall when it comes to anything graphic design related. While poking around on Pinterest, I came across the perfect theme to celebrate a second birthday party for a boy and a girl: Old MacDonald’s farm. I had a theme in mind for my twins’ first birthday party before they were born, and while my memories of the last few years are slightly fuzzy, I’m pretty sure I decided on the theme for their second birthday party before the ink was dry on the thank you notes from their first birthday. I often joke that my love language is party planning.
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