Jude's You Are My Sunshine Gray & Yellow Birthday Party!

For our sweet Jude’s 3rd Birthday, we decided to do a party made up of all of his favorite things. 2012 was an exceptionally rough year for our family. Part of that roughness was reaching Jude’s diagnoses of Sensory Process Disorder. I really wanted to make a party for him that would make him super excited to celebrate all of his hard work in therapy. He went through a long stage where he was obsessed with yellow. Anything yellow. In fact, he pretty much would only eat foods that were yellow for a good 6-8 months. I wish I was joking. So, I used yellow as the main inspiration with a “You are my sunshine” bi-line, because he is. Jude’s favorite foods are primarily breakfast foods, so we had a lovely birthday brunch in his honor. We served coffee, orange juice, milk, doughnuts, doughnut holes, cereals and yogurt. Then, just because it was Jude’s day, we offered all of his favorite yellow snacks: applesauce, chips, crackers, etc. The kids loved it, but I think the adults enjoyed the doughnuts most. Because….doughnuts. I made a playlist full of Jude’s favorite dance music for him to dance to at his party. You may think it odd to have flowers for a boy’s birthday party, but when I asked Jude what he wanted for his 3rd birthday he simply yelled, “FLOWERS!” Jude’s Lita made the day even more special with a giant (delicious) doughnut shaped cake. Yellow paper pom-wheels and letters made by Mama. Grey chevron gift bags, paper straws and grey pouf purchased from Sweet Shop Lulu. “You are my sunshine” prints by Dimple Prints. White frames and utensil holders from IKEA.
A special thank you to The Weiss family for letting us take over their backyard for this party!

• Desserts

  Giant Doughnut cake made by Jude's Lita.

• Party Favors

  Gray chevron treat bags filled with treats.

• What People Ate

  We served brunch, but really all of Jude's favorite foods. Doughnuts, cereal, yogurt, snacks, etc.

• What People Drank

  Coffee, milk, juice.