Because I waited until the last minute I ordered my invitations from an etsy shop. She actually just designed the invitation and I had them printed at CVS as a photo. Easy peasy.
I asked my dear, sweet friend John who is an actual photographer to take pictures for me at the party. He so graciously agreed and I couldn't have been happier! If you need a photographer (or graphic designer) he's your guy! He's worth every penny!
Beware: the following post has lots of pictures. And this is the narrowed down bunch!
The morning started with some pictures of Avery and the fam (I actually took these).
I can't believe the girl is 4!
Such sweet sisters!
I love this picture of Avery with her eyes closed. She just loves her sister so much!
After the photo session the fun really started. The girls go to pick their own princess wand,
decorate their own princess crown,
and even had princess jewels including necklaces, bracelet, earrings, ring and even lip gloss. All the Princess essentials.
The princesses looked divine!
I won't bore you with the details of the present opening but there were lots of gifts.
But the best gift we had kept hidden for 2 days!
We have been wanting to get a playset for quite some time. We wanted one that Avery could enjoy for the next few years and something Ellie would be able to enjoy as she got older as well. We found the perfect set at Sam's. We even went to Sam's a few times with Avery to look at it and Avery was dying to play on it. She would talk about it when we came home and she called it a tree house. We knew she would LOVE it for her birthday! We did get some help from both our parents and we are so appreciative.
We had the playset put together before her party. The guy started on Thursday and finished up on Friday. It wasn't too hard to keep her out of the yard, it was just hard not showing it to her. Ronnie and I were so excited. But we made the big reveal at her party.
I think it was a hit!
She loved it! As did all her other friends.
Avery wasn't too happy that I made her come blow out birthday candles and take a family picture right after we let her see her big present. But she cooperated for the most part. In hindsight, that was pretty mean of me!
Thats my girl!
I did made Avery's cake. It was a 4 layer white cake with each of the layers a graduated shade of pink (it's hard to tell in the pictures).
And while I was pleased with how it looked, I was not pleased with the texture. It was way too dry! That's what I get for trying a new recipe before testing it. I'm sure no one left the party thinking it was a total failure but the the cake was my first cake fail!
The party was great and we are so thankful to everyone that came out. Everyone had a great time and we couldn't have been more pleased with how it went! The next party will be Ellie's 1 year party! Luckily I have a few more months to recover from this one!
More adventures to come!
1 comment:
What a great party! We got Madi that same swing set for her bday, she's loving it too! Did you get that cake recipe from Pinterest? My mom made a similar one and it was dry too.
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