For Thomas' birthday last year, the extent of involvement for his schoolmates was sending in cupcakes. I debated about having a party for him, but it ended up not working out to have a party (too many birthdays too close together in his class!). Instead, I decided that having a little party at his class would probably be equally as exciting for him.

But we didn't want to skimp on awesome party favors for the other kiddos! I was getting off cheap for the party anyhow, so why not? While we wandered around the party store, Thomas couldn't decide on a theme, so we pretty much got one of everything that he is currently into.

He also picked out the cupcake wrappers and the dinosaur sprinkles - not what I would have thought he liked, but he was very insistent. And I tried my best to not overdo it on the icing so his teachers wouldn't hate me. I found it challenging to be so restrained... But on the bright side, it meant I had some extra icing for me - woo!

We told his teacher about our plan and she covered the tables in paper and let the kids play with stickers and markers until we got there. Easy clean up and entertainment all in one! Henry got to come to the party as well - he loves hanging out with the big kids!

Cupcake time! The kids are all so different with their eating habits - some of them just ate the frosting, some refused to eat the frosting, some nibbled, some almost ate the wrapper. Henry was in the "not eating at all" camp - he was more interested in the yogurt than the cupcake. Is he really my kid??

Look at him - covered in yogurt... Not icing.

Sigh...

I love his classroom with all of the tiny furniture and artwork on the walls. And look how bright it is - they have so many windows! I think it looks like a fun place to hang out all day (they mostly seem to agree)!

The only downside to their school is also an awesome thing. Thomas and Henry have classrooms right next to each other and there is a window between the two rooms. So I can't grab one of them for lunch or a doctor's appt without the other one noticing. I've resorted to doing Mission Impossible style walks down the hallway when I need to grab one of them.

They love being next to each other though - Henry is always banging on the window to get his big brother's attention. So it's pretty obvious why why couldn't exclude Henry from the birthday festivities! Which went off really well, yay for easy parties! I have no doubt, they will get more complicated in the future, so I'll take what I can get for now. :)