Four

Lily is four.

That's crazy.  How did that happen?!  

I have learned finally, that it is so much easier to have birthday parties out somewhere than at your house.  So much less cleaning and pressure.  The hardest part is deciding where.  This time around, we decided, after several ideas, to rent the gymnastics gym.  It was a very fun time with family and friends.  We had a Tinkerbell/Peter Pan theme.

We started with these cute invitations that I found on Etsy.  Too cute.  I then asked the gym to have some games with a fairy/pirate twist- which they did.  They played versions of hide and seek and tag and all kinds of other things, along with lots of free time on the gym equipment.

The birthday girl with her fairy wings

... and then the food.  All of my ideas are straight from Pinterest.  (Can I get a "God Bless Pinterest?")

The labels for the food are from Etsy also.

Mr. Smee's Sea Dip (ranch dip dyed blue with goldfish crackers)

Strawberries from Neverland and Fairy Cookie Wands 

Pirate Pretzel Swords and Gold Doubloons (Nilla Wafers)

Pixie Dust as party favors (you know, to use in case of emergencies)

(I bought the bottles from Hobby Lobby and hot glued them shut)

-and then on her "real" birthday we celebrated with a cupcake from our favorite cupcake bakery.  YUM.

Playing with some of her new Legos

Playing with her new Doc McStuffins puzzle