We Had a Party!!

Nope, it wasn't a Kentucky Derby Party and it wasn't' a Mother's Day Party.....

it was a BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!!

The Oldest turned 6 this weekend and to celebrate we had a Garden Tea Party. She invited seven of her closest friends from school and they enjoyed all sorts of treats including: chocolate milk, pink lemonade, chocolate wafers, sushi made with rice krispy treats and fruit roll-ups, lemon bars, watermelon, cupcakes and ice cream. I threw the watermelon in there just to make myself feel better:) Can you say sugar high?!?!?!

I love, love, love planning birthday parties and this was the first party we have had where it was just the kids and no parents (well, except for The Husband and me) so I wanted to make it extra special.

Details clockwise from the top: The Oldest wanted a cake shaped like a teapot but I talked her into letting me make cupcakes if I promised to put little pink roses on them. We also got great flower balloon centerpieces from the balloon store two doors down. I raided the dollar bin at Target to get all sorts of fun hats and jewels for the girls to dress up in. Of course there is the always present Birthday Banner. We used my Grammy's china and the girls were so cute and careful with it - it has a beautiful pink rose pattern on it, perfect for a Garden Tea Party. The Lemon Bars weren't a very big hit but they looked good in on my cake plate. The watermelon was a hit and fit the color scheme perfectly!

And here is the birthday girl dressed in her flower headband because she wanted to dress up as a part of the decorations:) We almost didn't have a candle for her because we didn't have a lighter anywhere in the house until we remembered we could light it off of the gas stove:)

Happy Birthday Lainey Lyn!!!

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