This weekend the time had finally come for Ava's "Punzel Party." Never mind that her birthday was early LAST month... We've been busy and I needed time to prep for this one. Ava didn't care though. She just wanted to have some fun.
On a side note: I got a lot of these ideas from pintrest. So anywhere you see {via} you can click there to find the site I got the idea from.
These are what we made up to invite Ava's friends to the party. I go the idea {via} but we tweaked it a little to make it our own.
On the day of the party, as the guests arrived they were greeted by the beautiful ribbon wands (to resemble Rapunzel's hair) and the purple hats with Punzel Braids.
My amazing husband stayed up until an ungodly hour the night before making those ribbon wands {via} and assembling the goody bags. Talk about a real man. I told him the wands were a "man project" because of the wooden dowels. I don't think he bought it but he didn't complain.
I will blog about making these hats later. But the templates for the hats can be found {via} and the idea for adding the Punzel Braid {via}.
"Rapunzel, let down your hair!"
{via}
Ava didn't want regular cake. She asked for an Ooey Gooey Butter cake. So that's what I made. I was a little worried about the cake sticking to the cast iron frying pan but with two sticks of butter in it (a Paula Dean Recipe of course {via}) I should have known the only thing it was going to stick to was my thighs!
The first thing we did was paint in the back yard. Rapunzel loves to paint,
and so does Ava.
After that it was tattoo time. Even some of the Mommies got a tattoo too.
Next we played pin the pan on Flynn.
It was super hot outside so we headed inside after the game to sing happy birthday and have some cake. I had made some Pascal blowers {via} for the girls to "help" Ava blow out the candles. Ava said "Mommy, look Pascal likes all his Pascal friends!"
Parker got a tattoo and a Pascal too!
Ooey Gooey Butter cake!
Those cute little things are supposed to be cupcake toppers {via} that I bought from etsy long before Ava decided she wanted the Butter Cake. Oh well, they are still cute and the kids loved them. A few of the girls asked to take some home. I also purchased the tags on the goody bags from the same shop. They were great quality and shipped very fast.
Happy Birthday to you Ava!
That smile says it all. That smile makes everything worth it. I think it's safe to say she had a blast and I hope all her friends did too.
I had mixed emotions leading up to this day. This is the first birthday party we've had to do without any family here visiting. I was having a hard time with that. Family is a big deal to us and it was hard knowing that they couldn't be here to be a part of this special day. That is a huge reason why this blog exists. I want to be able to share the day with everyone who wishes they could be here. A big thank you to all our friends who came out to help make Ava's day special.
After the party was over and the last guest had gone home, Brian and I plopped down on the couch out of sheer exhaustion. But the girls were still going strong. They busted into the presents and danced around the living room with the ribbon wands.
Happy second birthday Ava-Ba-Dava! You will always be a princess in Daddy and Mommy's eyes.
Two great things that I want to remember that you said from this day are:
"I am so excited to be 5 now. I am 5 right? I just had my 4th birthday last morning. So now I'm 5 right?!"
and
"Is a pony going to show up soon?"
You are so silly. No baby girl, you're still 4 until next year. And no, there will be no pony at this party. For those of you who missed the post about the My Little Pony party the girls had last year here it is {via}. I guess I could have looked into finding a Maximus look alike.
There's always next year...
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