Gracie's 4th Bday Party

My sweet girl turned 4 this past Sunday, Oct. 2nd. I still have a hard time saying she’s 4 for some reason. Just doesn’t seem real. She had a super fun birthday and loved every second of it. Pretty much was an entire birthday weekend and she got spoiled rotten. Grandma Gauger came and brought Grandma Sawyer all the way from Minnesota. It was Grandma’s very first plane ride and were were soooo happy she came to Texas.

Since just moving and still settling in our house we decided to have a very small party for her and just use our resources- so we had the party at the park across from our house. It couldn’t have been more perfect. After all, Gracie considers that her park anyways. It’s a park you can’t reserve so I was the crazy mom out there on Sat. morning at 7:15 putting reserved signs on the tables! Everything worked out as planned (except a balloon fiasco and brownies not being ready!) but Gracie had fun and that’s all that matters, right??
Some pictures from the fun day!

How she rode up to the party. In style, for sure! I really needed the wagon to transport goods but she wanted to ride.

This little lady bug was super excited to finally wear her ladybug shirt! And she especially requested chocolate cake and cupcakes.

It was actually chilly that morning (60’s) so I put her in jeans. Then it got warm and she was hot. The good thing about being across the street was that I just ran her over and we changed. Loved it!

She was thrilled when Maxum arrived!

Gracie and sweet Abbie that came in from Houston. Such a sweet, sweet, friend!

The kids had fun playing. They had several playgrounds to chose from.

Cute Lily Pad

 

After some play time it was time for CAKE!

 

She was READY :)

I hope she made good wishes :)

Next it was chocolate on the face for the rest of the party!

One of my favs from the day.

All the chocolate made for some silly yilly kids. Especially Gracie and Maxum!

 

Group shot:

The best part, when it was over- we just WALKED back to our house. Everyone grabbed something and we were off. Super easy :)

We had Schlotzsky's make up a sandwich tray for everyone. It was easy and yummy. The kids had a great time playing in her new play room. They even had a parade through the house. Next it was time for PRESENTS.... what she'd been waiting for for DAYS!

She got some great stuff: Jessie doll, doll high chair, doll wagon, games, books, clothes, coloring books, Dora doll, tea set, and MORE. She is so spoiled! But she loved every second!!

Right when our guests were leaving GG was helping to clean up and discovered we were having a HUGE plumbing problem. Our shower drain had not been draining well and then our kitchen sink would not drain. NOT good. Pop to the rescue. He called some plumbers and within an hour we had some one out and fixed in no time. Grandma and Grandma were outside enjoying the sun and missed all the excitement!

After everyone left GG let Gracie open up one more gift. Her very own telephone from PB kids. It's super cute. Funny though because both Gracie and Maxum did not know what it was b/c it's an old school style phone. She loves it :)

Someone in all the excitement I did manage to get her down for a bday nap and she slept OVER 3 HOURS. So long I had to wake her up around 5:30 long. She was in a pretty good mood though after that. What a great birthday party she had! Through  moving into our new school and unpacking, packing up our entire home and moving 3 weeks ago, having bronchitis, and birthday planning I was WIPED! It was so much fun though and I CANT BELIEVE WE HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD!

Up next, her actual birthday day and school party :)