The Brooks Family: We didn't start the fire...

Hunter has been obsessed with all things fireman for a while now, so it was a no-brainer that we'd go with this as a theme for his birthday party. As embarrassing as this is, I actually started researching online LAST SUMMER for fire departments that would let you come to them for a party. Luckily the Richardson Fire Department will come to your house if you live in the city, so I didn't have to search that long:)

The invite...

Erin at E-Three Design Studio designed the invitations and printables and she was great to work with! I highly recommend her if you're looking for someone:) She made an invite with Hunter's picture and one without. Erin and I both liked the one with his picture better, but I thought since it was his party, I'd let Hunter choose...and of course he chose the photoless option.

This was my favorite thing...

I'm so mad at myself that I forgot to take the saran wrap off the top before taking a picture. You know I obsessed over that for like 20 minutes after I checked the pictures.

We had baggies with fireman badges or fire truck tattoos and a scoop so the kids could add some candy to their bag before leaving...

Cupcakes...

Since Aunt Courtney moved to Houston and can't make the kids' birthday cakes anymore, I had to resort to buying one from Target...

A lot of us were really impressed with what a great job they did...

And it tasted great!

$6 Hobby Lobby find...

It's on the shelf in Hunter's room now:)

Banner that came with Erin's pacakge...

5! FIVE! Who can believe that!?

When the fire trucks started to pull up, the kids were so excited...

They brought TWO!...

The kids got to take turns checking out the inside and holding some of the tools...

They got a call during their demonstration, so one of the trucks had to leave. I thought it made the party even more exciting!

After about 30 minutes, it was time for the other truck to leave...

Right after this picture, Hunter and Chloe started jumping up and down screaming as the firemen turned on the lights and sirens...

After the firemen left, everyone went inside to eat. I made Charlotte a plate, and then couldn't find Hunter. So I went outside to find him bouncing in the fire truck bounce house...alone...

Why eat when there's a bounce house in your front yard?

Soon Thomas joined him...

And then Zack...

The kids bounced, played in H's room, and in the backyard for a little while...

And then we had cake...

I love how giddy he gets when people sing Happy Birthday...

And when Hunter couldn't take it anymore, I finally let him sit down to open presents...

It got really chaotic after several gifts. The kids kept migrating closer and closer in towards me, so I must have flipped a switch on my camera to a different mode, because there were several pictures that turned out like this...