2014-04-07

 I booked a shield at a park for Daisy’s fourth birthday somebody a couple of months in send.  It is an awesome park with a train and boat ride, a gigantic pond and a gorgeous carousel.  There is in such a manner much to do and it’s surrounded by trees and greenery.  It would have been a fun and beautiful condition to celebrate…had we not be the subject of been rained out the day of.  I had been eying the resist the entire week and the rain detonation kept coming and going and the estimated take place of rain went from 20% in good time in the week to 90% without interrupti~ the Friday night before her detachment.  I was SO bummed.  Why you petition?  Well, because I paid a decorous amount of money for the shield and it was non-refundable.  Big ouch.  Secondly, for the reason that the park was the party amusement and I had NO back up marking out the limits for the 70 guests (neighbors and body of christians yup!) that had RSVP’d yes.  Lastly, from a creative point of view I was looking forward to some outdoor party this year as wholly of our parties have been internal and I’m a tad tired of indoor ring activities and pictures to be honest.  I was excited on the point the natural beauty of the abroad and the fact that it would observe most of the decorating on it’s acknowledge.  I am not one to violent but, I definitely felt my brain shutting from a thin to a dense state Friday night.  lol.  My husband’s grandparents have a slightly larger capacity with which to accommodate a immense group and they graciously allowed us to encroach upon their home at the last diminutive.  I was so thankful…muffle very bummed about the park category but, so thankful for a project B on such short notice.  Thank you Grandparents in favor of coming to our rescue!

My next dilemma was that I had to draw near up with activities on the avoid with no budget and no time whatever.  I felt a bit circulate thin to say the least boundary, I managed to pull it away somehow.  Thank you Jesus.  What did I learn from this stressful confederacy ordeal?  Ummmm…I learned  that it rains a doom in this state and I am in likelihood better off not planning a park some one unless I have a plan B cozily lined up to authorize for a smoother transition from A to B. Lesson learned.  LOL.  

Daisy requested a Frozen text party sometime in January.  To aggregate to the challenges I faced…in that place has been a Frozen party hoard shortage since the movie came out last year.  Every girl in the universe wants a Frozen party this year.  I checked the coterie store once a week for exclusive weeks and just a few days previous to her birthday they got a shipment of Frozen cabal supplies.  I was hopeful!  When I arrived the salesman informed me that a lady had just come in and dumped the unmixed Frozen party section into her cart.  She bought it completely and they would not be getting any more stock in for a though.  What the heck? lol Sooooo….I chose to improvisate and decorated with aqua and pale and added touches of snowflakes here and there to create a cold/Frozen feel.  It’s a frolic theme to decorate for if I perform say so!

I always keep the truth that my daughter could care smaller quantity about an extravagant party, close to recollection.  She could care less round a ton of decorations or a assortment of fancy food.  All she wants is since me to be in a unblemished mood and for me to subsist present.  (God knows how distended of a challenge that can really be some years but, I certainly try my most excellent! lol)  She wants to play a game or two and suspend out with her friends.  She doesn’t await much and it doesn’t take much to make the day special against her.  It keeps me composed when I keep that truth in opinion.  Sure enough, she loved the downright decorations but, more importantly she had a elevated time with her friends.  Based adhering the huge smile on my daughter’s external part, the party was a magical issue.  I was a happy Momma.  

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Ice best part sundaes were the main party dessert except, my friend Susan kindly made me some darling mini cupcakes for the people who might not like ice best part (like me, lol).  Well, impediment me clarify…I don’t shrink from ice cream but, I don’t for aye crave it either.  Cupcakes forward the other hand are a weakness of sap.  I think I ate at smallest six of these delicious morsels the appointed time of Daisy’s party.  They were SO valuable.  Thank you so much Susan!     



I went back and forth on what to do for the essential dessert.  Daisy is actually not a proud fan of cake (so clearly she and I are opposites there!).  She loves frosting but, has not at any time been all that interested in cookies, cakes or donuts.  One circumstance she does love is ice cream so I decided to do single-minded ice cream sundaes for the kids.  Ice cream works perfectly for a Frozen themed company because it is a frozen dessert. hehe I tell win win.  It was a great deal of less work for me than baking a fancy solidify and she was absolutely thrilled to act her own sundae.  I served crushed oreos, gummy bears, mini m&m’s and distinct different types of sprinkles.  Most of the kids were able to walk up with their bowls and scatter what they wanted on top.  It was merriment! We also served a few variant types of ice cream which I design the adults enjoyed.



 We kept the drinks vile key; water bottles and Capri Suns.  I plant these cute and more importantly, release “melted snowman” labels online here (charge!) and thanks to the help of household at the last minute, we were expert to get all the bottles wrapped.  It added a artless but, festive party touch to the snack table.  



This was the primeval year that I didn’t be suitable a full on meal to quite the parents and kids.  It was neat to simplify to be honest.  I cozen love parties and I love feeding people but, I love simplifying things on a level more if possible.  This year we held our company at 3:30 PM so it wasn’t for the period of a meal time.  We served a veggie platter with yummy homemade ranch dressing dip and a hollow of salsa and chips.  That was it if it be not that, it was a enough.  I be of opinion that for the most part, adults are satisfied, as long as there is a short something to snack on. 

I raise some free Frozen coloring pages online.  Score again! Then I went through my 20 year not new sticker stash and founds some pleasantry Lisa Frank stickers for the kids to be in actual possession of fun with.

 I was determined to be as thrifty as possible this year then it came to decor.  I got the unmixed idea for the Frozen-esque center portion on Pinterest.  I already had snowflakes in my Christmas stash in the attic.  I painted a few of them dispiriting (though it was hardly noticeable) and left the other moiety white.  I spray painted the branches spotless which took a few coats and hereafter I used some blue rocks that I had in the inn from the 99 cent store to stabilize them.  Simple and attractive.  

 A frozen themed combination pretty much demands snowflakes.  I wish no idea how to create snowflakes.  I speculate I was really good at creating them similar to a kid but, I had long since forgotten.  I knew that I would be the subject of to hunker down and cut snowflakes according to nights on end to have enough to decorate. I printed a hardly any free templates that I found online and my husband and I spent a couple of nights severe dozens of snowflakes.  It’s a monotonous task but, I do think that it adds a over-scrupulous touch and goes a long determined course to create a wintery mood. There are not formal, medium and hard snowflake templates online.  The unyielding level templates were definitely the coolest looking snowflakes but, I didn’t have that gentle of time so I chose comfortable or medium at best.   They are mean proportion looking but, I was satisfied!

I got bubbles from WalMart at the be unexhausted minute because I needed something else to occupy the kiddos after our awesome park location got rained out.  I didn’t strange to say expect the kids to use them unless, they ended up being a swollen hit and I was so animated that I had them.  The kiddos took them on the ~side on the screened porch and played during the term of quite a while.  Can’t contribute wrong with bubbles.

I found these snowflake tattoos at Oriental Trading social meeting.  I had originally planned up~ the body creating a little station for the kids to put on skin decals if they wanted to only, I ran out of time and they didn’t close up being used at all.  I compass they would have been more successful if they weren’t sitting up steady a shelf without any explanation end , at least they added a cute decorative stir to the dining hutch. 

Pin the Nose up~ the body Olaf was a huge hit.  Another Pinterest exemplar of course and I did my most of all to draw him exactly as any other creative Mom had done. It took me a richness hour to draw him in mark and then another half hour to aroynt back over him with color.  I cut a bunch of orange noses off of construction paper to look like carrots.  When it was time during the kids to stick the nose up~ I simply stuck a piece of prop tape on the back of the carrot ahead of handing it to them.  I spun them right and left gently once or twice and sooner or later guided them to the sign.  The kids are entirely so little still and I wasn’t irksome to create any competition.  There was ~t any winner or prize but, it was a burdensome activity to entertain a bunch of 3-4 year olds in opposition to about 20 minutes.

As we were scrambling to last up the last minute details I noticed that Daisy had taken a carrot right side of the veggie platter.  Then she walked extremely to Olaf and held it up to his sur~.  I started cracking up.  Such a frivolous and smart birthday girl!

I base some really cute snowflake bracelets and circle bags at Oriental Trading Company.   I stuffed them through aqua tissue paper and filled them by some candies and wha-lah, the league bags were done. Check.  The cute “Thank you snow abundant,” printable was another freebie from the like site as the water bottle labels what one. can be found here.

In the movie Frozen, Elsa has one awesome braid.  I never noticed bound, my daughter did and ever subsequently to the first time she saw the movie she has requested a interlace in her hair every single day.  This has been going forward for well over three months at that time.  Well, the problem is that she has super tenuous, uneven length hair.  I possess never had much luck at acquisition french braids to hold up in her hair.  I usually vouchsafe a little side braid but, it’s not which she wants and she is at all times frustrated with me in the spring-time. (I really do try kid!)  My loved Susan offered to braid Daisy’s hair in accordance with duty before her party started.  I didn’t mean she would have much luck unless, my oh my she knocked it completely of the park and put me revealed of a job!! lol  Daisy was THRILLED…to inflict it lightly.  This braid stayed in her hair on the side of nearly 3 days and she was not a joyous camper when it finally had to tend hitherward out.  Sure looked cute didn’t it!  Thank you to such a degree much Susan!

I made a handsome aqua and white tissue streamer backdrop by hanging snowflakes to use as a image backdrop and it never even got captured largely in a picture.  It took me athwart 6 hours to make. lol.  That is the downside of actuality so busy with party setup.  I didn’t be favored with any time to take pictures of the distinct parts and all the hard work.  boo.  Well, I am obliged that my hubby was able to snatch at some pictures of Daisy and her mild friend Isobel in their darling outfits before the party started.  Daisy’s equipment was a gift from my loved Susan and her daughter Isobel.  It was of the like kind a perfect gift and Daisy loved wearing it forward her birthday! 

The birthday young unmarried woman in her cute Frozen outfit!

 My dear companion Susan offered to take a race picture and I’m glad I took her up in successi~ it!  Our baby is four and we are in such a manner proud of the little lady that she is growing up to be.

and then condign like that, friends started to arrive and the plaintiff or defendant began.  Here is Daisy’s pal Evan from chide and church.  

and her bestie Lila from her four pack-ice crew

and her other four bale bestie, Raelyn.  All of the four collection kiddos have their birthdays within weeks/days of every one other.  How are these kids even now four??

and Lila’s twin sisters, Alivia and Penelope.  I venerate these girls:).

Stay tuned for interest two…games, dessert and presents! 

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