Taelin's 4th Birthday Party!

Last weekend we had Taelin's 4th birthday party and as requested by her, we had a museum party.  Instead of going too crazy, I just asked her what she wanted for her cake, decorations, etc and then I added a few things.  We ended up not having as many people as we expected (several of the kids that we were planning on were sick and others had a change in plans) but we still had a great time!  My sister Lorie and her husband Charlie drove down from Seattle and Joe's mom flew in from Spokane.  We had a couple of close friends also in attendance and more than anything Taelin was happy at the end of her party!

Here are some pictures from the day...

She requested a cake that looked like an art palette.
Two stacked cakes, a sister that carved them into the shape
and a shot glass cutting the thumb hole and we had the shape.
 She picked the colors for the paint/frosting blobs and we were in business!

She requested her art to be the decorations so we did
some special for the party and used some of her old favorites and
again my sister helped and "artfully" put them up on the wall!

Balloon banner!  Thanks to Lorie...again! 

Rice Krispy Paintbrushes for favors for everyone!
Cut into squares, stuck on a tongue depressor (which you can't really see here)
 and then dipped in colored meltaways.
I wrapped them up individually and sent them off with each person!
Yummy and really darn cute!  

It was hard to find party hats that fit the theme...so I made some!
These were originally John Deere hats but they looked like Crayola
boxes so I just covered up the John Deere logo with a little help from my Cricut and glue dots! 

We had quite a few kids (7) planned to come until the day before the party so I had planned a few different art activities for them to do.  Taelin's friend Maddie was the only one that was able to make it so they did one of the little activities but then just ended up playing!  I did send Maddie home with a bag of loot!

My sister made an AWESOME frame with some crown moulding, wood glue and gold paint!
 We had a fun time getting some pictures using this frame!
 I would have like to get more but they were much more interested in playing!

Good looking sisters!

FUN!

Opening presents!

While we were singing!

Blowing out the candles!

We had a wonderful time celebrating a fantastic little girl!