Liam’s Second Birthday: Two the Moon

Life under quarantine doesn’t have to suck. We stay home to save lives. As parents, we’ve found one of the hardest things to do is to make life seem normal for a two-year-old. He doesn’t know why we can’t go to the playground, why we get frustrated at him for not wanting to wear his mask outside, why we use the rain cover on the stroller on sunny days, why we don’t let him touch the elevator buttons, and why mommy and daddy are now home twenty-four hours a day. Life took a major pivot, but our job is to keep him happy, feed his curiosity, and create some type of normalcy in this new normal. Now we have endless bubble sessions, a little more TV time allowed, spontaneous dance parties, an influx of visitors cycling through on the iPad, a lot of hide-and-seek, and why we leaned hard into this Two the Moon theme for his birthday.

During the week, we split our time with work and our son. Workdays go longer and sometimes bleed into the weekends. So for his birthday this year, we took the day off so we could give him 100% of our attention.

As I said before, I am going to take themed portraits of my kids on every birthday. They’re so much fun and we keep our family album updated. Win-win! For this Two the Moon theme, we went to outer space, rocked themed t-shirts, sang happy birthday over video chats, and ate a cake that looked the moon. Welcome to our party!

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Backdrop

Every photo needs a backdrop. What better backdrop than a rocket?! I cut out a rocket shape from a cardboard box (from a company named Pluto, yes we have new pillows, yes we love them), painted it, and used honeycomb spheres to create the flames. I loved how it came together.

Rocket Backpack

For a whole tutorial, check out our other post. We made this for Liam to wear in his photoshoot. He was quick to throw it off but eventually warmed up to it. Now he loves the backpack.

Party Favors

We came across these backpacks at Target months before his party. We’re crazy planners, so we scooped them up (on clearance) to use as party favors for the cousins. Although our in-person plans had to pivot, we still packed these up with Liam’s favorite snacks and sent them out the kids.

• There’s No Place Like Space
• Oreos
• Boom Chicka
• Bubble stick
• Scooby Snacks
• Fruit snacks

Moon Cake

Check out our other post for all the details, but this was so much fun to make! I was pleasantly surprised by the end result.

Photo Shoot

Parents need to get in on the fun, too! We scooped up these NASA and Pluto Remembered t-shirts. I love my graphic tees, so this Pluto tee is a keeper.

Our son’s onesie is from H&M. This runs extremely large, so be sure to size way down (if you can find it).