Our sweet, silly, sassy little girl turned 4. Years. Old. Ohmygoodness. Time.....flies!!!
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After Kaylie's first visit to Disneyland, and the purchase of The Little Mermaid movie (love it!), Kaylie (ok, I) decided that the theme for her birthday party this year would be Under the Sea, loosely based on The Little Mermaid. I was so happy that this year her birthday (March 1st) fell on a Saturday - we could have her party ON her actual birthday! I mean, that only happens every 5 or 6 years or so, right?! So yay, Saturday birthday! We had it all planned, evites sent.......and then we saw the weather forecast. Rain. 100% chance. Of rain. Ok, step back....we live in a little So Cal bubble of wonderful weather, we really are blessed. While the rest of the country is posting pictures of rulers in the snow, snow angels, or gales of wind blowing things over, we post pictures of 80 degree January days at the pool/beach. This winter in particular, has been unseasonable warm. And now that we live in the desert, our amount of rain per year is extremely minimal....think drought. So really.........you're telling me that the one weekend we have a birthday party planned (where with a multitude of kids hopped up on sugar, a backyard/outdoor play area is a must) it's 100% chance of rain?!?! This just would not do. So we rescheduled. And boy am I glad we did.....this was our backyard......
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While I "complain" I really LOVED that weekend of storming and rain, we definitely needed it! So amidst the deluge of rain, we celebrated the newly 4 year old Kaylie indoors :)
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The week after her birthday warmed up and dried everything up, thankfully, and her birthday party day finally arrived! To throw something else into the mix.....the day of her party ended up being the beginning of daylight savings, meaning we lost an hour of sleep....meaning that the delivery of the bounce house at 6:40am (when 7am was supposed to be the earliest possibility) felt mysteriously a lot like 5:40am.....
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Again, while I "complain" about the early delivery, at least my day was started early, I needed as much time as possible to get everything ready :) I had the day to myself to ready the house, while the kids were spending time with my parents....they all arrived an hour before the party and helped me pull it all together.....and here's what I pulled together to make Kaylie's Under the Sea birthday party - photos courtesy of my talented photographer brother, Greg Helton (check him out!)
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The snacks: Goldfish, Whale crackers & Vanilla Cupcake Goldfish
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Clever Crabs....chicken salad croissant sandwiches.....Mmmmm!
The snack table/display :)
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Sea Foam Punch! Sprite, Pina Colada mix & Vanilla Ice Cream. A little strange, but fun :)
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Sweet treats display :)
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Had fun with the cupcakes :) Wish the glitter was visible!
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While I didn't have the time/energy to make cake pops this time around, I had a lot of fun with these marshmallow pops :)
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The sweets for the goody bags....just bags of multicolored swedish fish, tied with a hand-stamped tag with love from Kaylie :)
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Bounce house!! Not sure we'll be able to have another party again without one....what fun!
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Look at them.....brother and sister, best friends, so excited for her party to begin! Love these two :)
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We were enjoying ourselves so much we didn't take the time for many pictures actually during the party, but here's one of Kaylie blowing out her birthday candle :)
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And there you go :) What fun it was to celebrate in our new home, our first party, and the first time many of our friends/family had made it up to the house! Thanks to all who came, and all who wanted to make it but couldn't - we had a blast and can't wait to celebrate many future events in our home!
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BUT WAIT!!!! I might have to turn in my "good mom" card......I'm here writing this big long post about Kaylie's birthday, while I skipped Matthew's birthday blog altogether (from November...) So I'll remedy that here. Remember that "whirlwind" I talked about a few blogs ago?? Unfortunately, Matthew's 6th birthday kind of got swallowed up in that.....between Kaylie's surgery/recovery, holidays, and our move *which happened in November*, Matthew's birthday was special, but very low key. We celebrated in the morning with cinnamon rolls, spent the day enjoying Matthew and whatever he wanted to do, and ended his birthday at the Spaghetti Factory, where he LOVED being sung to by the restaurant!! Happy belated (way-belated) 6th Birthday, Matthew, we love you!!!
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