Our Life: Keeley's Birthday Party

For Keeley's birthday this year she requested a Belle party at our house, with a bounce house, no cake - just cupcakes, and "only" her class. That meant I was inviting 22 kids plus several siblings to our house! Yikes! She held on to that request for several months so I gave in and set about planning. The original party was scheduled for right after her birthday. While I knew she would be sad people were out of town (spring break), I was relieved that the total number of guests would be lower. Unfortunately, she ended up getting a virus that gave her a temp of over 104 so we had to reschedule. It worked out well for her though because several of her friends that would have missed were now able to come.

Beauty and the Beast/Belle is not a common birthday theme so it was incredibly difficult to find supplies. I ended up on Etsy to purchase some cupcake toppers

Our food spread

Aren't they so cute? Edible pictures designed just for the party.

and these adorable candy tubes.

I did have to fill the tubes with candy, but I totally think it was worth it. Adorable.

We also gave out princess puzzles. Unfortunately, there are a lot of boys in her class and I didn't figure they'd be too excited about a princess puzzle so we gave them a little Spiderman game. Dollar spot steals!

For the rest of the decorations, I just went with the "Disney Princess" theme.

Brother was napping when we snapped this photo. I planned the party for after nap time. No one wants a grumpy Brother Bear at a birthday party!

As the kids gathered we played outside.

A banner I found online.

The bounce house, our swing set and the sand tubs.

Grandad pushing Keeley and Owen (her best friend)

Keeley and Lily B. in the bounce house.

Keeley and Ella

Brother playing in one of the playhouses.

Sand! Parker, Gavin (Tyler's brother), and Lexi P playing.

Gavin played here most of the time and mixed the colors all together. His mom thanked me because that type of play apparently really stresses her out! Didn't bother me a bit. However, the birthday girl was a little frustrated he had mixed all the colors of sand together!

Chloe swinging.

Kids playing in one of the houses.

When the kids became too hot, they came inside to decorate their treasure chests.

Adding jewels. Oma, Grandma, and Dad removed all the backing and placed on wax paper so the kids could get them more easily.

Parker being silly. He is a very silly boy!

Look how hard she is concentrating!!!

Then we had cake and ice cream.

Watching the cake get prepared.

Counting her candles. FIVE! I still can't believe it.

No idea what she is thinking but I love this face!

Eating with Owen. He is quite a silly kiddo too!

Kayden was needing some Mom time.

Dad and Oma apparently thought Killian needed cake. He loved it.

Pretty girl.

I guess if he needed cake he should try ice cream too. You'll notice Dad holding and Oma feeding...

After cake and ice cream, we headed back out to the back yard for an Easter Egg hunt. (While the kids were eating, Oma, Grandma, and Grandad hid the eggs). Grandad was the "gate keeper" after kids finished and made sure to keep them inside until it was time!