We've had a crazy weekend!! On Friday night we celebrated Abby's birthday with a sleepover. Then on Saturday, we celebrated Wyatt's 3rd birthday. There birthdays are only 5 days apart and our families live out of town, so it takes a lot of energy and planning to orchestrate the birthday bash weekend every year to ensure that our families can be here. But it's always fun!!
Abby really wanted to have a sleepover this year since she is growing up, so that's what we did. We originally invited 4 little girls to stay over but only 2 ended up being able to make it. One was out of town and didn't make it back in time as originally planned. The other one had a wedding rehearsal that ended really late in the evening. It was still a blast and maybe a blessing that the group was as small as it was. :)
The Theme: Sleepover! I took my color scheme from the invitations and favor bags; pink and green with polka dots.
The Decorations: I kept it pretty simple. I made a few tissue paper pom poms and wrapped some tulle around the chandelier in the dining room. I just stuck to a pink and green color palette.
The Food: Abby wanted hot dogs so we grilled up some dogs. I found a bucket at Walmart that was the exact color of the green I used to decorate, so I bought it to put bags of chips in.
These are rice krispie "pops" that I dipped in pink candy melts and sprinkled with jumbo confetti sprinkles. They were a huge hit with the girls!
A painted flower pot filled with jumbo blow pops. Another hit, especially with Wyatt. ;)
I had to have some fruit to balance out all of the sugary treats!
I found this sparkling strawberry lemonade at Walmart. I fit the girly theme well.
The Cake: I always like to make my children's birthday cakes but it was seriously a lot of work this year since I had to make them so close together. Abby's was pretty simple.
I made a two tier chocolate cake with a vanilla pudding filling. I tinted the buttercream icing pink and green and piped some various swirls and ruffles on the cake and then sprinkled with the jumbo confetti. Notice that this is not a professional cake. I had originally planned on piping stars on the top but my hand cramped pretty bad so I just took whatever came out. (I've heard that your hand doesn't cramp up when you do it the right way, so I obviously haven't figured it out yet.)
The Fun: Abby wanted to play in the sprinkler, so I had the girls bring their swimsuits.
I just love the picture of Wyatt. He played in the sprinkler with a hotdog in his hand and then ate the soggy dog.
Having fun!!
We got Abby a Wii and some games which provided hours of fun. The played
Just Dance 2 and
WipeOut.
Opening up presents. Her sweet friends got her some cute things!
The Jellybean Challenge!! I had each girl guess how many jellybeans were in the jar (there were 533) and the closest guesser won a prize. Since I didn't figure parents would appreciate me sending someone home with a jarful of jellybeans, the winner won a
Smencil.
Those are the highlights from the sleepover. I can't believe my baby is already 7 years old. Time flies!
Happy Birthday, Abby Rose!! We love you!!!
