Yea! Our birthday party is featured online.

I'm excited - the place where we had Justin's birthday party put up a photo of our birthday party on their site!!  It only shows a little bit of the decorations, but I'm happy that they wanted to use our party as one of their example pictures!

Take a look below - or to see it live, visit the Bubbles website.

I have to give another shout out to Bubbles -- having our party there was great! Highly recommend if you live in the Chicago area!

Justin's Sesame Street party: part 2 (party pics).

You probably (hopefully!) already read Part 1 of Justin's Sesame Street birthday party, which was all about the planning and the decorations (if not, visit here to read).  Now here are some great pics of the birthday boy enjoying his party "so much" (his words).  And what a sweetheart he is, hugging and kissing all of his little friends! Enjoy!

Birthday boy in action!

Hugs with his "older" friend Lila.

Kisses for his friend Noah.

Tickles from his friend Colin.

Big hugs from cousin Abby.

Little friends hanging out.

Blowing out candles with some help from mom & dad.

Great big friends and great little friends.

Happy Trio.

I adore this little boy.

I can't believe my little boy is already two!  It's incredible to watch him grow and learn. And such a happy happy little boy he is. Justin brightens our lives every day! Happy Birthday little buddy!

And now it's time to start thinking about birthday #3! Will it be Thomas? Super Why? White Sox Baseball?  We shall see....

In the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions for themes or great sites for party ideas (or even better, your own), let me know! 

Justin's Sesame Street birthday party: part 1.

Last weekend was Justin's 2nd birthday party.  The party was at Bubbles, a local Chicago children's "play" venue, and the theme was Sesame Street.

When I decided to have a Sesame Street theme, I knew that I did not want it to be too overtly Sesame (think Sesame Street party kits), so I decided to focus on bright primary colors and accent with Sesame Street decor.

It turned out great and I'm excited to share with you all a look at the party.  Keep on reading and have a look!

Cute Sesame Street themed Goody Bags.

Little boy's 2nd birthday party is tomorrow, and I'm really excited.  The theme is Sesame Street, and the party is at a local play space.

I can't wait to see how much fun the little boy has, and I'm also really excited to blog about all of the details.

I'll start with a sneak peek of the goody bags! More details on these and everything else to come later.

The gift bag tags were purchased on Etsy from Twinkle Twinkle Little Crafts.  Also, I hope I will be able to get some photos of the decor and set up before the party starts - I can only go 30 minutes early!! But I've given a LOT of detailed instructions as to how I envision everything....

We shall see how it all turns out! Most important is that Buddy has a wonderful time!

Cute Sesame Street t shirts for toddlers & where to buy them.

The name of the blog IS Searching for Sesame Street. There had to be some reason, right?

My son is absolutely in love with Sesame Street.

pardon the wet - he's a drooler!

So naturally, we have some Sesame tee shirts. I'll call our Sesame Street tee shirt style "simple whimsy".

Pretty much ever time buddy wears one of his shirts, at least a few moms stop to ask me where I bought it. So, I thought I'd show and share some of buddy's tees (all buddy approved) and throw in some others on our "consideration" list.

So, if you too have an Elmo-loving little one and want some cute & fun tees, this list's for you.


Buddy-Owned Favorites

1.  Cookie International Shirt - Sesame Street Store Online

2. Sesame Character List Shirt - The Names Brand

3. Sesame Street Gang Shirt - Nordstrom

Consideration List Favorites

4. Monsters of Rock Shirt - Stylin Online

5. Word to Big Bird Shirt - Kitsel Online

6. Me Want Cookie - Sesame Street Store Online

Hope you enjoy these shirts.  If you have seen any cute Sesame shirts, do share -- buddy would LOVE some more! :)

P.52 photo challenge: week 8.

Cabin Fever. This picture to me depicts it. I'm not conveying cabin fever in the sense of 'cooped up' -- but cabin fever in such a way of comfort and homey-ness. If that makes any sense.

I love playing with little people and sesame street people with the little guy. And I especially love lining them up.

And lining up little people and all of the people at the house just said cabin fever to me.

Can you name all of the characters?