started with cleaning up after the copious amounts of rain we had the night before.
So while the boys were still snoring upstairs and breakfast was cooking on the stove (steel-cut oats, Grandma! ☺), Lily and I were busy emptying out the pool and tidying the yard.
(Side note: kiddie pool season has begun here, and is thoroughly enjoyed by Finn and Lily, but we wanted the pool out of the way for the party, hence the emptying out. This is a picture from Friday afternoon.)
But back to Saturday. Lily enjoyed "helping" me with the cake decorating.
As did Finn. And thus the Marshmellow Madness began. And lasted all day.
Table is set!
Cupcakes are done!
"Are my guests here yet?" - I kept hearing this from about 6:30am until 3pm, when they FINALLY FINALLY arrived.
Hard to see here, but Lily is about to blow out the candles pictured above:
And no party without Rosalie!
The kids were too excited to sit and eat for long (though they kept coming back for the candy), but others thoroughly enjoyed the cake.
Some of the activities: Throw the ball/frog in the flower pot. (After Neil put cardboard in the pots and moved them closer, the kids actually scored a few hits.)
Face painting
Painting flower wind chimes
Making thumb print flower t-shirts
Except for Finn, who ended up with a "cool shirt" (And will look like a walking commercial for Jägermeister now ☺):
Egg race
Playing pirates / knight and princesses
And sharing the booty that fell out of the pinata
took care of the aftermath.
So while the boys were still snoring upstairs and breakfast was cooking on the stove (steel-cut oats, Grandma! ☺), Lily and I were busy emptying out the pool and tidying the yard.
(Side note: kiddie pool season has begun here, and is thoroughly enjoyed by Finn and Lily, but we wanted the pool out of the way for the party, hence the emptying out. This is a picture from Friday afternoon.)
But back to Saturday. Lily enjoyed "helping" me with the cake decorating.
As did Finn. And thus the Marshmellow Madness began. And lasted all day.
Table is set!
Cupcakes are done!
"Are my guests here yet?" - I kept hearing this from about 6:30am until 3pm, when they FINALLY FINALLY arrived.
Hard to see here, but Lily is about to blow out the candles pictured above:
And no party without Rosalie!
The kids were too excited to sit and eat for long (though they kept coming back for the candy), but others thoroughly enjoyed the cake.
Some of the activities: Throw the ball/frog in the flower pot. (After Neil put cardboard in the pots and moved them closer, the kids actually scored a few hits.)
Face painting
Painting flower wind chimes
Making thumb print flower t-shirts
Except for Finn, who ended up with a "cool shirt" (And will look like a walking commercial for Jägermeister now ☺):
Egg race
Playing pirates / knight and princesses
And sharing the booty that fell out of the pinata
It was a nice little birthday party! I know Lily and Finn really enjoyed it, and I think so did the guests. Finn was not bothered by the fact that he was the only boy at all. It helped that he sees the girls at preschool every day (except for Jana, but she is practically part of the family anyway), so they were more than happy to play "knight and princesses" with him when he brought his assorted swords and shields out to the garden. He only wished we would have made a fire, but there simply wasn't time (the party was from 3-6pm).
And after everyone had gone home Finn and Lily happily played with bubbles while Neil and I
And after everyone had gone home Finn and Lily happily played with bubbles while Neil and I
took care of the aftermath.
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