Celebrate

This past weekend, we celebrated Ellie's 5th Birthday Party! Wow! It is so hard to believe that she is already 5! She thinks she is now going to "big school" and no longer to preschool because she is 5 - but that is a different story.

Ellie wanted to have a hayride for her party this year, so to go along w/ an outdoor theme I used owls, but with a little twist by using bright colors-mostly orange & pink with accents of other colors. I took advantage of our local library's di-cut room. They have a huge selection of di-cuts from letters, shapes, animals, and anything else that you can imagine, plus it is free to use them-all you have to bring is the paper. I was able to cut the birthday banner, the tags for the favors, and the little owls. I painted sticks from the yard with hot pink & orange spray paint stuck them in glass jars and hung the owls from for the table centerpieces. It was easy & cheap - my kind of decor! And, thanks to our babysitter, who happens to make our birthday cakes as well.
Loading up for the hayride. Special Thanks to the local gin for allowing us to use their cotton trailer. Ellie wants to say thank you to everyone who was able to attend her party. You made her day extra special!

Not only was this past weekend Ellie's party, but her parent's 6th anniversary. Jamie treated me to an extra special dinner of grilled hot dogs & a nice hayride - ha!

Special loves to my wonderful hubby-can't wait to see what special date you have planned next year :) (No worries-we have plans at a later date)