submarine birthday

after much anticipation,
finn's submarine birthday party day finally arrived,
and lucky for the birthday boy, he was able to tour (2) real submarines
that were sitting in san diego's harbor as part of the maritime museum.

since the tour was the main part of his birthday,
we tried to keep the guest list down and to do this,
we asked parents to drop off and pick up their children at our home.
they all seemed happy about this arrangement.
i've learned at their ages, parents have gone to enough parties
and often welcome a break from weekend birthday parties.

aunt jen had just picked up her new car the day before the party,
so she was able to drive which allowed me to drop off my carload
at the museum and head to spanish landing park to set up for the birthday.
{i did tour the museum a year ago when my girlfriend amira visited - loved it}

here are some highlights of finn's special day:



cupcake toppers {fresh chick designs}

favors: a paperback of  20,000 leagues under the sea
and a chocolate submarine pop i made from this mold

 party table

cute bottle wraps {fresh chick designs}

unable to find a cool sub pinata on-line, daddy made this one





it was a fun filled day and extra special because grammy was with us.

like last year, i missed not having a backyard.

dragging everything to the park wasn't easy
{although i did have pizza delivered directly to us}

also i wasn't able to reserve tables at this park,

so there was a chance one wouldn't be available.

lucky for us, two were available by the playground

{and close to a bathroom}

despite the the work to get set up,
the park did provide a beautiful backdrop to the day  - it overlooked the harbor,

and the weather, unlike last year, was perfect.  it was sunny and in the high 70s.