February 2, 2010

a carnival party

I’m not really sure how this happened.  From what i can remember molly was an idea. Her calm delivery, her pretty seamless (said very loosely) infant-hood, flew by.  I always knew i would have a middle child and i knew how she would be.  Kind of like me (also a middle child of 3 girls) but a with a little more rebel flair.  And then she was born, then she was 1, then 2, now 3?!  THREE…my middle child is 3.  When did it happen…or more like when i asked her: “when did you get so big?!” her: “yesterday!”  me: “oh, right. yesterday." Time is flying  by. My 2nd baby is 3.  So grown. She’s already cooler than i ever was am and for this cool girl we had a (very cold!) carnival birthday party…enjoy!
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thank you to arre for help with the setup and i am sorry for throwing a stick at your head (the stick was thrown trying to decorate with the flag banners, arre’s head just got in the way)
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our ribbon chandelier hung over the gift table: my mom found the “branch”, jim removed the swing that hung from the ropes, & arre had the ribbon idea
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“happy birthday” sign i was forced to move outdoors…
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so glad people came despite the weather!!
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the birthday girl
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blurry hands=uncontrolled excitementmj
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and a few of our precious guests….
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a fun-filled day with a budget friendly party – if you’d like any how-to’s just ask and I would love to share! And check out MJ’s princess tea party from last summer for another fun party idea.  Happy week everyone!
post by kristen

9 comments:

  1. LOVED every minute of this! it's so fun to get to relive it here (and i'm even in my freezing cold office, so i'm getting the full effect)! xx
    -a

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  2. oh yeh, and (DUH) great job, you SUPER MOM, you! your girls are so blessed to get to belong to you. -a

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  3. Kristen, this is so cute! Happy birthday to Molly!

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  4. puh-lease arre!! i couldn't do it all without lots of help!! but still it was sweet of you to say :)
    and thanks katy!
    k

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  5. Great job ladies, perfectly executed. Like us readers would expect anything less! You guys are brilliant!

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  6. Oh, so fun, Kristin! I love it - all the details are adorable. Your girls are just so precious. I hope I can meet them in person one day!:) ~Joni

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  7. Happy Birthday Molls!! Wish we could have been there!

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  8. FOund it!!! Would love to hear ideas. Loved the invite and the braches everywhere. Are you a party organizer? You should be!

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