Monday, October 30, 2017

Carsyn's 4th Birthday - Princess Belle/Hello Kitty

Happy 4th Birthday to our precious baby girl Carsyn.  You are full of spunk and life with a lovely, quirky sense of humor.  You brighten up our lives with your generous nature, amazing hugs and lovable kisses.

Carsyn was the happiest princess on the block for her royal celebration.  She was beyond ecstatic when Princess Belle arrived to socialize with the birthday girl and entertain her guests.  I was concerned about the weather as a cold front came through that weekend accompanied by 20 mph winds!  Luckily it warmed up to a comfortable 68 degrees just in time for her party, albeit a bit windy.  This year we hosted her party at our neighborhood pavilion. 

Carsyn is all about Hello Kitty and Princess Belle, so we combined them both as her theme!  I found most of her party supplies at Party City or Amazon.com.  As the party started after lunch we provided royal snacks based on Disney movies.  In the background we played Kids Disney songs from Pandora.

We found Princess Belle at Princess Parties and More and booked the Glass Slipper package.  Carsyn and all the other kids reactions were priceless, totally worth it!  They played games, read books, had their faces painted and took pictures with the Princess.  The night before her party, Princess Belle called Carsyn to tell her how excited she was to be invited to her celebration.  She even sent Carsyn a thank you note with a picture of the two of them after the party. 


The evite:


Be Our Guest
for an Enchanted Royal Celebration!

Princess Carsyn is turning 4!

All Princesses, Princes and Pirates from across the land
are gathering for an event that's sure to be grand!

Royal attire encouraged. (Any storybook character will do!)
Carsyn is all about Hello Kitty, so it's a Princess Hello Kitty party!

We will have a visit from Princess Belle for storytelling, games, magic and so much more!

Royal Snacks, drinks and cake will be served.


Happy Birthday Carsyn!

Princess Belle and Birthday girl

Make a wish!

The setup
The royal setup, complete with costumes!


The foods:  Disney themed
midnight kisses, Chips chips and Ariel's fish food

Try the grey stuff, it's delicious!  Frog prince crown sandwiches

forest fruit

Belle Cake and Hello Kitty cupcakes

I found the cake idea on Pinterest.  I already had the giant cupcake pan so I used that as the base (dress) part.  The Beast and Belle dolls I ordered off Amazon.  I had to remove Belle's clothing to put her in the cake and then frosted on her dress.  For the hello kitty cupcakes I bought ring toppers and the stand came from party city.  Easy peasy!  Carsyn's dress/costume came from Sam's Club or Costco.

Princess Belle attended the party!

fancy slippers

pirate coins



parachute games




chasing bubbles

playtime


Goodie bags:
Swords, jewels, ring pops and frogs for the boys
Tiaras, wands, jewels, ring pops and frogs for the girls

my little lady







We waited until we were back home to open gifts.  Carsyn was one happy little princess.  A huge thank you to everyone that was able to join us and celebrate Carsyn's royal 4th birthday! 




Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Yet another scar

My daughter has a knack for tripping and landing on her face, resulting now in her 3rd facial scar.  😞  I'm not sure if she tripped over her own feet or the floor but she landed on the edge of a wooden stool and received this pretty laceration.  This chick digs scars....


A quick trip to the ER and they were able to glue it closed.


It didn't even phase her, she was back to her normal self as soon as we left the ER.