Brighton's Birthday Party

First, I need to thank Shawna for offering to let us have Brighton's party had her house. We wanted to have a bounce house, and Shawna's yard was perfect.  She was the most awesome host ever, and I seriously can't thank her enough!  Seriously.

Brighton's party was for family and a few friends. And we're so thankful that so many of you were able to come.  Even though Brighton yells no at everyone and runs away, she secretly loves all of it.

She talked for months about her princess birthday party that would have a bounce house AND balloons. So that is what we did. I would have loved to copy this party. But who has that kind of time or money! So I did my own version of their decor, and I am really happy with how it turned out.


The party favors included: A princess tiara, a princess wand, a princess coloring book and a pink balloon.




No party is complete without a cricut made sign, right? I forgot to get a picture of it at her party. But I'm going to leave it hung up in her room for a little while.

The cake I made... well that's another story. Here's how I described it.  Flesh colored skin with neon pink hearts. The "flesh" color was supposed to be pink... then that wasn't working, so I tried to make it more purple.  I stopped before it looked like poop. Nude is better than Brown, right?  Putting the crown on top made it a little better.  But oh geez, I definitely don't have the same genes as my cousin Jami.

We had a bounce house that was provided by All About Jumpers. I got a Living Social voucher for them. It was an 8 hour bounce house rental plus 3 long tables and 18 folding chairs. All for $49! Great deal huh? Thank you Nana and Grandpa for helping with that!

Brighton was in heaven, and bounced 90% of the time.

I had a table with bowls of beads and yarn for the girls to make bracelets. It was a total hit. Every girl left decked out with new jewelry.

For food we stuck with some kid favorites. Domino's Pizza, watermelon, grapes, Pringles, Capri Suns and soda.

When it was time to sing Happy Birthday, Brighton of course told us all to be quiet and plugged her ears.  The video cut off after a few seconds, but you can see her for a second plugging her ears.  The best part was at the end, Brighton sang "No, no, no, no, no, noooo!" With the last, "Happy birthday to you". So sassy.

For dessert we obviously had cake, but then I also had ice cream and root beer to make floats. I was told the cake tasted pretty good. So that is all that matters, right? If you were just saying that to be nice. Thank you.

 Auntie Catherine and soon to be Auntie Kristy. 

(Darrel & Kristy are getting married this week!)

 Auntie Soni and Great Aunt Janice

Princess Boston. Isn't she so cute in purple?

Brighton was spoiled with so many fun, cute presents. Thank you to everyone! She seriously loves every single thing.

Happy Birthday Miss B! We sure love your sweet and sassy personality!