I still can't believe that Laurel turns 3 over the weekend! We had such a fun weekend celebrating her. The year she was born, we came home from the hospital the day before Easter and with Easter being my absolute favorite holiday of the year, you know I had already started planning an Easter birthday party in my head. Since Laurel has been obsessed with bunnies for the past year and her birthday fell on Easter Sunday this year, I threw the idea out to her for a bunny party and not only did she get excited, she got very opinionated. It was so fun planning her little party WITH her (for the first time) and letting her pick stuff out. It all started with the invitation... she sat by me while I worked on it and was very particular about the colors. She wanted all of the bunnies for the party to be "light pink, not hot pink". Here are some picture of the party details:
We had the party at our neighborhood park (
just like Micah's 3rd) and the weather held out for a perfect morning and a perfect setting for our Easter egg hunt. I had a picture in my head of exactly what I wanted to use to make centerpieces but couldn't find it anywhere. My mom found these crates at the Bryan Farmer's Market that were PERFECT and FREE! I filled them with moss, florist foam and "bunny grass" (Hobby Lobby) and then stuck eggs and Peeps in them and then wrapped them with a cute burlap ribbon and bunnies (cut out with my Silhouette). I had a bunny book for everyone to sign as they walked in, we did these for the kids first birthdays and I love being able to look back and see who came to their parties. I had a little kid craft table setup where they could decorate a bag for the Easter egg hunt. The kids used their bags for the hunt and then as they were leaving, I had a little "favor bar" set up with bunny bouncy balls, hopping bunnies and carrot shaped bags filled with goldfish.
For the party food, we had "Bunny Treats" (orange chocolate covered colored strawberries to look like carrots), "Veggie Patch Nibbles" (cups with sliced veggies and a little bit of Ranch in the bottom of each cup), Bunny shaped PJ&J sandwiches, "Easter Eggs" (Chick Fil A nuggets), "Bunny Snacks" (Annie's bunny snack mix), and "Cotton Tail Cookies & Cupcakes". I had so much fun with all of the food for this one. I made little miniature bunny cookies for toppers on the cupcakes and they were a hit with all of the kids-- because what kid doesn't like getting a cookie AND a cupcake all in one?!?
The kids rolled up to the party in style and were excited to celebrate! My little introverted birthday girl took a while to warm up and had major attitude when she got there but she calmed down after a while. I kept the party much smaller than years past (due to how much she shuts down in large groups) but she still got overwhelmed. Big huge thanks to Mimi for helping with the kids while I worked on party stuff on Friday, Audrey who helped me a ton to get ready for the party and to Audrey and Suzu for helping to set up! I couldn't have done it without y'all! Party pics...
{Bottom left- this is the face she made the entire time we sang to her. She's not a huge fan of all the attention}
We opened a few presents at the park but then decided to wait to open the rest until we got home. Her big gift from us was her pink princess bike and she was even more excited about it than I could've ever imagined it was precious. The bike even came with a seat for her baby (big win). We had such a fun day celebrating our big girl!
