Kate's 4th

Kate turned four in July and we had lots of fun celebrating. We went to the zoo the day before and had fun hanging out with Tyler during the day. On her actual birthday we took Kate out to dinner at Granny Annie's for her favorite food--pancakes! We then went home to open presents and eat chocolate cake. The next day was her party. It was her first year getting a friend party and she loved it. She wanted a Dumbo circus theme so I did my best to satisfy her.

Blowing out the candles

Party invitations

Opening presents

The bird show at the zoo

Kate's favorite: the elephants

Riding the train

Obligatory Hogle Zoo pic

Watching Dumbo while waiting for friends to arrive at the party. I was originally planning on doing the party outside but decided it was way too hot

The table

Bean bag toss

Ring toss

Group 1: Kayla, Kate, Raimana, Shem, and Grace D.

All the friends with their tickets

Pin-the-feather-on-Dumbo

Friends

Group 2: Brynlee, Ada, Grace T., Berklie, and Nixon

Ada at the photo booth. Some people were scared and didn't want to participate

Shem

Raimana

Grace

Nixon

Kayla

We blew giant bubbles since, you know, Dumbo gets drunk and blows funny bubbles

Morgan and her girls. We are indebted to Morgan, Jordan, and my mom for their help

Some preferred to play while we blew bubbles

Opening presents

Big top cupcakes, drinks, and popcorn (we forgot to bust out the ice cream)

Kate blowing out her candle

Kate hitting the elephant pinata

Berklie

Grace T.

Raimana

Shem

Brynlee

Nixon

Kayla

Grace D.

Ada

The loot

 

Grace tossing a ring

 

Nixon tossing bean bags