I love planning parties and activities. So planning a birthday party is fun for me! Ashton is at the age where I figured she would get excited about a party. She's such a social person that I knew she would want to invite people and could take a very involved part in planning her party. She did! Ashton helped put invitations together, made the pinata, helped set up, make cupcakes, etc. I was impressed by her willingness to help with many aspects of the party.
We did a Splish Splash theme. Beach balls was a main component of decorations and planning.
Pull string beach ball pinata that my nephews and Ashton helped make.
The main decorations in the garage. The party was in the front yard and food in the garage. This meant I didn't need to clean the house for the party too.
Beach ball fruit tray
Mouthful of cupcake
For her birthday, she went to preschool in the morning. At night, we had her favorite dinner; pancakes at IHop. Then I had a few cupcakes leftover from the party. She blew out her candles. Until this point, we didn't tell Ashton there would be gifts for her birthday. We opted out of gifts for her party, which I'm grateful we did. She had no clue you receive gifts for your birthday. It was nice to not have her asking all day to open presents. We opened them after dinner and she loved the things she got from family. All day, she kept asking when her exact birthday was. She thought there was a precise moment to have her birthday. It was a fun day.
Showing off her dance moves with her new "Cinderella shoes"
Wearing one of her new dress-up hats
The cool science experiment set she received. Future engineer in our family!
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