Visiting Blue Heaven

Saturday October 6th we made our yearly visit to Blue Heaven (aka Chapel Hill) for a football game.  This game was unique in that it was called the "White Out" game.  Tar Heel fans were encouraged to wear white so we could white out the stadium. As a Southern girl, I hated it! A man must have planned this, because every girl knows you don't wear white after Labor Day. :)  Evidently rules went out the window, but I saw many girls in white dresses.

For October, it was a really warm day (80s) but luckily we sit in the shade. Jeremy, Owen, and I went to the game while Mom and Oliver went shopping with my aunt.  I do believe though, this was the longest game ever! The first quarter itself lasted a whole hour thanks to penalities and time-outs.

Owen was really into 1 quarter then quickly grew tired and slept most of the 2nd quarter.  I'm amazed that he slept through the cannons and fireworks going off. 

After the game, we tailgated in the parking deck. Owen and Jeremy enjoyed looking over the edge at all the other late tailgaters. 

Dr. Adams brought his big Ramses, which the boys thought was fun. Oliver kept giving him fist bumps. :)

They also "played" cornhole

The master griller (Papa)

It was a great day (minus a few poppy potty accidents at the end)! The Heels took home a victory and we brought home another day of family memories. Thanks Nana and Papa for taking us!

Camp Cox

My amazing mother-in-law made Owen's birthday present. Recently Owen has been obsessed with making houses/tents around the house.  He asks Jeremy to build them out of couch cushions and blankets.  We have been hanging a blanket from his bunk bed to make a tent.  I had the idea to make him something more fitting for the bunk bed and found some cute ideas online. Sadly they were all expensive so I asked Emma for her help in creating one.  Being the great mother-in-law that she is, she took it and ran with it.  She made something WAY better than I could have ever done.

Check out this awesomeness!

It even has screened windows with roll up curtains.

Thank you again Emma for an amazing present that I'm sure he will treasure forever.

Superhero Birthday Party-Part 3

Part 3..Food and Presents

Owen showing Papa his Batcave before the party started

Papa getting his baby fix by holding cousin Adeline

Owen's dad David sporting his little brother's cape

 Happy Birthday Owen

Sidenote: These were amazing cupcakes!! I got the recipe here.

Samuel assisting Owen is present opening.

Inside this box was the most amazing bunkbed tent made by Jeremy's mom.  It needs a separate post to show it's awesomeness.

Papa and Nana gave Owen a big boy bike.  He has yet to sit on it...he's scared of it currently and says he'll ride it when he is bigger.

 The party was so much fun and we appreciate all the family and friends who came to love on Owen for his birthday.  You made him feel special and loved!

Superhero Birthday Party-Part 2

Superhero birthday continued...Games!

As the party guests arrived, they were escorted into the playroom to create their own superhero cape.  I had pre-cut felt capes and the first initial of their name. On the table, I left stencils and a variety of felt for them to decorate their capes.

Then they proceeded to the backyard, to not 1 but 2 bouncy houses! We're thankful that my sis-in-law and co-worker both have one and were willing to share it with us.  Sadly it started to rain early on in the party and we had to deflate them.

 The littlest ones loved the sand table.

Owen, Owen, and Samuel all wore their Superman shirts.

After everyone arrived, we played Vaporize the Villains   I taped up some pictures of bad guys and gave the kids their own can of silly string.  The kids used their sprays to cover the villains.

Then the Lee turned the spray on us. :)

Sweet Faith admiring her handiwork.

Superhero Birthday Party-Part 1

Over the last month, Owen has become more interested in superheros. We hadn't really ever seen any shows or read that many books with them in them, so he must have learned about them at school.

When I asked Owen what kind of birthday party he wanted, he went back and forth between Cars and superheros.  Finally a couple of weeks before his birthday, I finally made him commit. Superheros it was! Thanks to Pinterest we had an awesome superhero party!

The invites...I found these SUPER cute superhero drawings on this blog and Jeremy customized it with Owen's hair color and O chest shield.  I thought Jeremy did an awesome job with these invites!

Drawing by Mariah DeMarco, customized by Jeremy Cox

Because we took so many pictures, we will have to break the party up into a couple of blog posts. First post... decorations and food.

Wal-mart actually had this generic superhero birthday banner for $2 with matching plates and napkins.  Score!

The table

Jeremy made some cute signs inspired by ones I found on Pinterest. My lovely Silhouette cut them all out. :)

Super O cupcakes..again with the help of Designer Dad and Silhouette

 We made signs like this to hang around the back porch

The Power Punch (lime punch recipe from my Ma-Ma) and sweet tea. (Forgot to take a picture until near the end..hence the half empty containers.)

Next post..party games.