One advantage of living in Texas is that you can have some great birthday parties outside in the Fall and Spring months...and sometimes even the Winter months:-) Below are some pictures from a birthday party that we attended not long ago for one of my son's best friends.

Whenever a birthday invitation comes for my son, I let him open it. He gets really excited. Especially for this birthday party because it was an Elmo theme. The birthday boy was dressed in an Elmo costume so my son got really excited when he opened the invitation to see his best friend dressed as Elmo.

I like these pictures. Even though my son is still early toddler, I think he looks like an older boy the way he is just hanging out with two of his best friends here.

My friend rented out a spot at a nearby park, Flag Pole Hill, for several hours. My son was especially excited to race one of his friends on the bicycle up and down the pavilion.  

We had 10+ picnic tables, covered in the pavilion, and a playground all reserved for the birthday boy and his friends. The kids loved running around and it was a super easy cleanup for the parents. And of course all the kids loved the slides.