A Very Merry Birthday Celebration

Shasta and Shelby had birthdays and we celebrated with madness. Mad Hatter Madness that is. Shasta is friends with two little twin girls, Lizzy and Robyn, that also have April birthdays so we got together and threw a Mad Hatter's Tea Party for our girls. We invited all their little friends from the ward and around the Valley and had an Alice in Wonderland themed party.

The food: PB&J finger sandwiches, strawberries, apple slices, cheese and crackers, bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, and dip)

And cupcakes for dessert

The set up. I thought I took a picture of the table before everyone got there, but I guess I forgot. Every place setting was complete with a teacup, saucer, and place card (playing card). And the table was decorated with red roses, and playing cards and paper hearts scattered about)

Meili sure looks cute in her getup. We asked the kids to wear their favorite hat, but of course my girls neither one would wear one!

And since Shelby can't sit in a chair without constant supervision, she hung out on the floor eating her lunch.

Those cupcakes sure look tasty!

We planned two games; a Cakewalk, and Pin the Grin on the Cheshire Cat. Since we had so many children we decided to split them into two groups. While one group was doing the Cakewalk the other was doing Pin the Grin. Then once all the children had a turn and won a prize, we switched.

Then after we were done playing games we played the movie Alice in Wonderland (forgot to take a picture of the station) while the children waited their turn to have their picture taken. We set up a backdrop for a photo station and had props for them to hold. A big thanks to Jaime for making all the props and backdrop!

These are the poses we did. I love the first one of Shasta!

The party seemed like it would be hectic considering how many kids came (I didn't get an exact head count, but it was around 14-17 kids under 4) and we used real, breakable teacups, but overall I think it was a lot of fun and the chaos was pretty under control. I'm glad we went to the trouble and I hope we can make it a tradition to do this every year as a non-birthday party; or rather, a Very Merry Un-birthday!