Bayli's Party

today we had a little party celebrating Bayli's fourth birthday! we invited just a few friends and had lunch, cake, played with play-doh and opened presents. when we asked bayli a few days ago what she wanted to do for her birthday, she said have really yummy cake, make the house cute (with decorations) and play with friends. so, we tried to give her exactly that. she helped bake and decorate the cake. she was the one who told me where to put the decorations, and she came up with the guest list. we tried to do things her way, and it turned out to be really cute and fun! we will have to see if she actually remembers this one when shes older.

Everli was a champ and slept through the wholeee thing. for 5 hours.

Terribly Awesome Two's!

i have way too many photos to share, and not really much to say beside the fact that she has had such a fun day, hanging out with friends, watching her new present: Frozen, playing outside with her bubble gun, and wearing all her new cute clothes. who wouldn't have a fun day if that was all that was on your agenda for the day?! right now she is taking a much needed nap, and when she wakes up, we will take her to the play Honk. she loves going to the theater. so, i have a feeling this will be a great way to end the day.

 ^^that beauty right there is Stephanie from Rad Mom Cool Kid, obviously we had a good time.

the candle holders were from gnome sweet gnome shop. click here to learn how to enter their giveaway.

food items for the afternoon included: mac and cheese, bananas, and cheese sticks for the kiddos, 

pineapple, bananas, hummus and homemade pita chips, as well as mac and cheese for the mommies.

i got these little animal figurines from joanns and spray painted them gold to put as cupcake toppers for the kids to take home. 

i made her flower crown out of silk daisies hot glued to green pipe cleaners.

i made the coffee filter peonies from this tutorial

i made the tissue paper pom poms from this tutorial

i made the invitations on photoshop using fonts from this collection, and added the glitter with modge podge. 

i made the envelopes out of glitter cardstock using the pattern below (once cut out it kinda looks like a fish). the calligraphy i did with my calligraphy pen and a sharpie for touch-ups.