Maisy's Ballet Birthday Party

Sunday was little Maisy's big birthday. She turned three and to celebrate we had a little ballet themed party. Maisy has just started dance this year and she is 'all about ballet'.

So I planned her party around twirling with friends.

I painted a grapevine wreath with white spray paint and hung a little pair of ballet slippers from a big pink bow. The slippers are actually Christmas ornaments-- one advantage of Hobby Lobby having their holiday goods out so early is that I snagged several cute ballet ornaments at 40% off!

We turned the sitting area off our kitchen into Maisy's dance studio by removing all the furniture. The open space, hard wood floors, and natural light made the perfect space for dancing.

 I took down our wall decor and replaced it with draped fabric, adorable party bunting and tissue paper poms. The party table also held mini-cupcakes, our crafts, hydrangeas, and of course the cake.

 I made a table skirt into a tutu by gathering several yards of tulle with the sewing machine. I hot glued the ribbon over my stitch line. Maisy was delighted to see that even the table was 'dressed up' for the occasion. 

All the party printables were created by BrieZee's Boutique. I love her style- the little ballerina looks just like my tiny dancer. Briana was easy to work with and made sure all of our printables were perfect. The package I used for this party included the invites, party circles, centerpiece circles, a coloring sheet, a birthday sign, cupcake wrappers, folding blank tents, water bottle labels, bunting, favor tags, and thank you notes. Everything was personalized- so all I had to do was print it out!

 This year I had the cake made by the bakery at Market Street. I brought in a photo of a cake I had seen on the Amy Atlas website. I was so pleased with how it turned out. The little ballerina is another Christmas decoration from Hobby Lobby :)

 About 15 minutes before our guests arrived, Maisy fell asleep on the couch. I guess all of our party prep wore her out!

 But after the first little friend arrived, she was up and ready to go. The girls played upstairs for a bit then came down and decorated crowns and wands.

 As they were wrapping up the crafts, our special guest arrived. To make our party extra sweet, we hired the ballerina that taught Afton last year. Miss Rachel was amazing with the girls. She captivated them for a good 30 minutes with a mini-dance lesson. She truly has a gift for dance and teaching-- the girls loved her!

After dancing, the girls played outside in the bounce house and then back upstairs. Then we moved on to cake and ice cream, followed by presents and a bit more playing.

Celebrating with our dear friends and family was the perfect way to spend the day.

 We love this little three year old so much! Happy Birthday Maisy Lou!

Maisy Lou is TWO

Our sweet girl is now a two year old. A toddler. A child who laughs at funny faces, sings Barney songs, and seems to know exactly what she wants. I adore the person she is growing to be. And I feel a strange mix of happiness and sadness as we leave 'baby hood'.

Favorite things about Maisy at two:
-Sings songs "I Love You", "Barney theme song" "Jesus Loves You"
-Dances, runs, does push-ups, sit-ups, cheers and 'tumbles'. She imitates everything she sees us doing.
-If 'you are what you eat' is true, Maisy would be a pancake :)
-Needs her blankie and fabulous shoes at all times.
-Favorite games are hide and seek, horsey with Daddy, babies, cooking, coloring and performing
-Things Maisy says "No Yike", "Okey Okey", "No Way!", "Oh yeah", "Love you", "What's dat??", and of course "NO!"
 -And for the stats: Maisy is 33.75 inches tall (33%), 25.5 lbs (31%). Tiny little thing!

To celebrate her arrival into the world of "Two"- we started the day with a new drum set and a candle in her pancakes. Jeff has always had a thing for music, seems Maisy does too!

The next day friends and family gathered together at Hall's Farm for Miss Maisy's Pumpkin Party.

The kids kept busy on the playground, running through the corn maze, and even feeding farm animals during the hayride.

 

Did you know that cows eat bread??





Did you know that cows 'moo' very loudly when they want more bread? :)

After the hayride it was time for lunch- CFA nuggets, chips and fruit. Maisy's favorite meal!

 And finally we had cake!

Happy Birthday to our lil pumpkin. I know that two will be a year full of fun and blessings!

xoxo

Pumpkins and Cowgirls

What a weekend! We kicked it off with a visit to Hall's Pumpkin Patch. We drive by the farm everyday on our way to school and such. In September we saw the farmers plant the corn and since then we have watched that corn grow. Afton was more than ready to run through that corn maze!











It was such a beautiful afternoon- the girls had a blast checking out the pumpkins and the animals.






Lots of opportunities for photos!







Sunday was Maisy's "Vintage Cowgirl" Party.

















So many friends and family came over to help us celebrate our sweet Maisy Lou.














Maisy seemed to enjoy the entire party- especially the cupcake.



She knew just what to do!


Maisy got a ton of adorable clothes and fun toys. One of her favorite's is the shopping cart (pottery barn of course- the girl has good taste!) She is now zooming around the driveway with her babies. I think she enjoys the freedom!





Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes and your kindness. We love you all!





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