Lilly turned four on April 7 and requested a rainbow themed party. This was not as easy as you might think and was made even more difficult when, after I had bought most of the supplies and made all of the plans, Lilly said, "How about a pink party? Everything in pink?" That would have been so easy. But, rainbows she wanted and rainbows she got.
We started the weekend with a party for Lilly and her friends at Monkey Joe's. Well, actually, we started the weekend with a fever, runny nose and slight eye infection. I text the other mothers, gave a warning and we pressed on with the party at Monkey Joe's. In reality almost everyone had (or soon would have) a runny nose and possible eye infection so Lilly's cold was no big deal, and most of the moms carried an arsenal of tissues and boogie wipes and used them on any child in our group without discretion. Lilly was a little tired, but she had a great time with her friends.
The door to Lilly's party room.
The princess on her throne with a balloon and special gift box from Monkey Joe himself.
Monkey Joe came to the party and visited with all of the kids for a few minutes. Everyone loved him...except Lilly. While most of the kids hugged him or gave him a high five, Lilly would only lean away a wave. Then, when we told the kids that Monkey Joe lived in one of the bounce houses, Lilly made Bryan look to make sure he wasn't in any of them asleep before she would play again. Oops.
Even Dylan gave Monkey Joe a hug. Dylan, who I have known since he was born, who has been to my house, eaten my snacks, and was happy enough to see me when he got turned around and didn't see his mom, Dylan, who wouldn't hug me...hugged Monkey Joe, the stranger in the creepy costume. Yeah, D...your next birthday gift will reflect this moment.
Rainbow cupcakes. While these were not my idea (I found them on a website), I did make them myself. Very time consuming, but well worth it.
Close up of the four candles and layered cupcake.
Big girl blowing out her candles.
This was actually the only picture of all of the kids. I wanted to get a group shot, but that just didn't seem possible. Starting at the left is Morgan, Avery, Lilly, Georgie, Aiden, Acelyn, and Dylan.
Lilly eating her cupcake. You can tell in this picture just how tired/sick the poor birthday girl was, but also how determined she was to go on with the show.
Jack waiting for his cupcake.
"Where to next?"
Jack's favorite part of the party was when he too received a balloon, even if it wasn't his birthday. And, it even matched his shirt.
The next day, Lilly's actual birthday, we continued celebrating with a cookout for her family. Lilly woke up from her nap (and late for her own party) to find the house decorated and a table full of gifts. The bike was from her mommy and daddy. She rode it almost immediately.
Rainbow balloon arch that Bryan made for the party. He would be happy to make one for your next function, it would be no trouble, really. Just ask him...I dare you.
It was surprisingly hard to find rainbow party supplies so Lilly and I decided to just get all sorts of bright colors.
Fluffy rainbow decorations that Lilly picked out.
Turns out it is only $15 to rent a bubble machine for 24 hours so, why not?
Bubbles!
Jack stares down the last bubble.
Rainbow birthday gift. There were two... I worked really hard and spent a lot of time wrapping these and then forgot to take a picture until right before the ribbon on the second one was being torn off.
Riding her bike. I assume the gift ribbon will remain on the handlebars forever.
Only Lilly could convince three adults to sit at the world's smallest table when plenty of normal sized seating was available.
Blowing out the candles on her rainbow cake. Again, I worked really hard to make the cake special for Lilly and this is the only picture I got.
The inside. Oh yeah.
Rainbow cake buzz.
Cake. Yum.
At the end of the party Bryan got the rainbow balloon arch down for the kids to play with. Jack lost interest when the balloons started popping, but Lilly seemed to enjoy destroying the arch.
Happy 4th Birthday Lilly. We love you and can't wait to see what you do this year!!
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