My sweet girl turns 3 years old tomorrow.
But, before I get all emotional about that, I wanted to share some pictures from her birthday party this past weekend. It was a blast!
A little background - she WANTED a Princess party, just like she wanted last year. After tons of suggestions meant to distract her from that idea, we finally settled on a Candyland party where she could be the Candyland princess. Nice compromise, huh?! Luckily, we found a Candyland princess shirt on Ebay. But, I couldn't let her have all of the fun. So, I commissioned my friend Eric to make me a shirt that was fitting for this time of my life - Plumpy!! Here's a shot of our shirts (I would have included our faces, but it was a really bad picture of me and well, that's why I do the blog posts. :) )
So, we had the shirts. Next, we made a cake that resembled the board game and had candy where each character would be.
We were very blessed to have all 4 grandparents and Aunt Kate (not pictured) come into town for the party...
So we put them to work! Grandi was in charge of the food.
Aunt Kate took care of the balloons. Gee Gee (who is in the very back of this picture) was in charge of being OCD and straightening anything that needed straightening. She was quite good at this job.
Gramps and Pa were in charge of taste testing the food...
And entertaining the grandchild...
The only one not pulling their weight was Madigan. We let it slide since she was the birthday girl!
Once everything was ready, the fun began! We had a big board game set up on the gym floor.
The kids seemed to enjoy walking on it in follow-the-leader fashion!!
Then we had a station for each character. Here's Plumpy's Plum Toss.
Jenna figured out the best way to get those plums in the hole...
But sometimes it was tricky to figure out where they'd gone!!
Mr. Mint let the kids decorate candy cane door hangers at his station...
And Jolly's Gumdrop Mountains housed the gumdrop bracelets...
Grandma Nut's Peanut Pit was full of packing peanuts and toys...
It was a hit with most of the kiddos!
At Princess Lolly's table the kids made playdoh lollipops. Only a few of them attempted to eat them. (Hey, a little playdoh never hurt anyone!)
Queen Frostine's house was the princess bounce house that Ted bought at a garage sale earlier in the summer.
This was definitely one of the most popular stations.
At Molasses Swamp, Gloppy let the kids make slime.
We learned a few things through trial and error. Sorry to those of you whose kids were in the first group. That was some messy slime!
But we figured it out. Madigan liked this station a lot, 
But not quite as much as Gee Gee! (seriously, she was still talking about it the next day!)
Last but not least, the kids got to go to Candy Castle to get balloon crowns from King Kandy.
Chris started out just making balloon crowns, but the kids were more interested in balloon swords and dogs. We figured Candy Castle needed someone to protect the walls and I'm sure they had pets as well, so it was all good.
We did manage to squeeze in time for food and to sing Happy Birthday to Madigan. Fortunately, she wasn't traumatized by the singing and staring like last year!
All in all, it was a great party. I think all of the kids (and some adults) went home with a bit of a sugar high. :)
I can attest to the fact that Madigan crashed pretty hard after we got home! Lots of excitement for the birthday girl!
A very fun birthday party, a fun way to remember the big #3 and one more year without Princesses. We're very grateful to all of those who came out to help us celebrate. You made Madigan's party a great success!!
A little background - she WANTED a Princess party, just like she wanted last year. After tons of suggestions meant to distract her from that idea, we finally settled on a Candyland party where she could be the Candyland princess. Nice compromise, huh?! Luckily, we found a Candyland princess shirt on Ebay. But, I couldn't let her have all of the fun. So, I commissioned my friend Eric to make me a shirt that was fitting for this time of my life - Plumpy!! Here's a shot of our shirts (I would have included our faces, but it was a really bad picture of me and well, that's why I do the blog posts. :) )
So, we had the shirts. Next, we made a cake that resembled the board game and had candy where each character would be.
We were very blessed to have all 4 grandparents and Aunt Kate (not pictured) come into town for the party...
So we put them to work! Grandi was in charge of the food.
Aunt Kate took care of the balloons. Gee Gee (who is in the very back of this picture) was in charge of being OCD and straightening anything that needed straightening. She was quite good at this job.
Gramps and Pa were in charge of taste testing the food...
And entertaining the grandchild...
The only one not pulling their weight was Madigan. We let it slide since she was the birthday girl!
Once everything was ready, the fun began! We had a big board game set up on the gym floor.
The kids seemed to enjoy walking on it in follow-the-leader fashion!!
Then we had a station for each character. Here's Plumpy's Plum Toss.
Jenna figured out the best way to get those plums in the hole...
But sometimes it was tricky to figure out where they'd gone!!
Mr. Mint let the kids decorate candy cane door hangers at his station...
And Jolly's Gumdrop Mountains housed the gumdrop bracelets...
Grandma Nut's Peanut Pit was full of packing peanuts and toys...
It was a hit with most of the kiddos!
At Princess Lolly's table the kids made playdoh lollipops. Only a few of them attempted to eat them. (Hey, a little playdoh never hurt anyone!)
Queen Frostine's house was the princess bounce house that Ted bought at a garage sale earlier in the summer.
This was definitely one of the most popular stations.
At Molasses Swamp, Gloppy let the kids make slime.
We learned a few things through trial and error. Sorry to those of you whose kids were in the first group. That was some messy slime!
But we figured it out. Madigan liked this station a lot, 
But not quite as much as Gee Gee! (seriously, she was still talking about it the next day!)
Last but not least, the kids got to go to Candy Castle to get balloon crowns from King Kandy.
Chris started out just making balloon crowns, but the kids were more interested in balloon swords and dogs. We figured Candy Castle needed someone to protect the walls and I'm sure they had pets as well, so it was all good.
We did manage to squeeze in time for food and to sing Happy Birthday to Madigan. Fortunately, she wasn't traumatized by the singing and staring like last year!
All in all, it was a great party. I think all of the kids (and some adults) went home with a bit of a sugar high. :)
I can attest to the fact that Madigan crashed pretty hard after we got home! Lots of excitement for the birthday girl!
A very fun birthday party, a fun way to remember the big #3 and one more year without Princesses. We're very grateful to all of those who came out to help us celebrate. You made Madigan's party a great success!!
4 comments:
You still can't see a belly under that plumpy shirt. I am impressed with all the activities you had. I guess it's a good way to keep all the kids corraled and occupied, huh? Looks good!
That looks like so much fun! you are so creative!
lily's birthday is december 19. i know it's not the best time to fly to upstate NY but i am offering a FREE roundtrip ticket if you will come up and coordinate/decorate/organize her birthday party. It will have to be princess since she is unaware that there is anything else that exists.
AWESOME job on the party! Could not have been fun in the heat and with the bambino. well worth the effort!
Ha! I think I'm going to have to pass Katie, but only because the bambino will only be about 6 weeks old then. One day, however, I WILL get to NY and I'll do my best to plan it around one of Lily's birthdays. :)
And thanks for the compliment!
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