Emmy's Bow-tique

If fun and fashion are what you seek, you're always welcome at Emmy's Bowtique.


For her fourth birthday, Emmy chose to have a Minnie Mouse party.  Since we were about a month into having a new baby, I thought this was a fabulous idea.  I could go to Party City and buy decorations and we could have a low key affair.   I'm sure you can guess how that turned out. 

I really had the best intentions on not going overboard, but my mom kept egging me on and so we had to put a few extra "projects" in.  Without further ado, here is Emmy's Bowtique.  The kids seemed to have a great time, and I'm glad that Emmy got to choose something that she really does love right now.

I bought lots of hair bows at Sam Moon and we made these little center pieces.  I could have done more to them, but we were taking it "easy".  :)




My cousin had a Minnie party for her daughter too, so she sent me some of there left over decorations.  CHA-CHING.  I told her we can do this every year. These were the best kinds of leftovers.



Lincoln decided that there needed to be a little Mickey at the party too.





I tried to get pictures of as many of the kids as I could by the Minnie wall.



BUT some of them preferred to be outside on the bounce houses.  Can you imagine that?  Shout out to my dad and Brad for setting up not one but two bounce houses.  I was shocked when I went outside.





Rae of course made some of her beautiful creations after the catastrophe that I caused last year.  They were beautiful and delicious.





Fun was had by everyone!









When it was time to come in, you could tell that everyone was having a good time by the color in their cheeks and the sweat in their hair.  That's four-year-old speak for good times.


We served Pizza Hut pizza, and that really did save a ton of time. The only food that Mom and I made was a few dips and a fruit tray.  That took a lot of stress off of us day of, and it was really a lot cheaper.





We played a fun game called pass the Lincoln.  You can tell that he was enjoying every minute of it.



It was finally time for the birthday girl to have her moment.  I love the way the crepe paper background looks in the photos.  Best two hours I spent on this party.  (Yes, that took two hours).





She was so sweet and happy to have a cupcake.



Everyone else enjoyed them too.





I kept this party on track, and we started opening gifts.







She got so many pretty things, and there was Minnie Mouse stuff overflowing.  You can tell from that smile how she felt about all the Minnie stuff.



It was a great party, and it lasted just over two hours.  That's like a record for us folks.  This proved to me that you can have a good party where everyone has fun without doing "every" pinterest project that you pinned.  Maybe next year we will really do a simple party.

I wouldn't hold your breath.

Happy Fourth Birthday Emmy Baby!  We love you lots, and we hope that you had a bowtiful day at your party!

My 28th Birthday

My birthday started off in a very promising nature, but it took a nose-dive early on.  I got to work and before I could finish with my second class, the daycare called and said that Emmy was sick.  I finished my class and went to pick her up.  After a quick trip home for medicine, I went to Mom's house to eat the lunch that we had planned. 

My cousin, Kayela, saved the day and stayed with Emmy.  I had already planned to leave school by 3:00 so that I could make it to my doctor's appointment.  By the time I got there to pick her up, I was already starting to sneeze and run fever as well.

We got to the doctor's office, and the appointment went well.  My family was meeting us in Rosenberg to have dinner, so we decided to brave it.  Emmarie and I were both feeling shaky and not at our best, but we did our best to enjoy our dinner.

I really do have a great family!



Notice the sleepy eyes on grumpy gills in the following photo.



There were lots of presents and singing involved as well.







Even though it wasn't the dream day that I had imagined, it was still a great day.  I was surrounded by the people I love and they made me feel very special.  What more could a girl ask for?

Emmy's 3rd Birthday Party {The Party}

We had Emmy's Little Mermaid swim party at our local aquatic center.  It is a nice covered facility, so it was nice to have the little people indoors during the heat of the day. I wouldn't want anyone's party favor to be a lobster roasted toddler. :)

Emmy had a great time playing in the water with her friends and family.  Although it was a busy day at the aquatic center, everyone was really nice and we got to do everything we wanted.  Happy Birthday Emmarie!  I hope you enjoyed your party as much as I did!  Love you to pieces!

The birthday girl!


Emmy's two proud aunts!



Chilling with her BFF Abby!

Emma & Ella got to go swimming for the first time!











Even the adults seemed to be having a good time.

I painted an Ariel scene that I found online, so people could pretend to be a mermaid for the day.  I think it turned out really nicely, and people seemed to enjoy taking their photo.



More of our splashing good time!









Once an hour, they clear the pool for five minutes for safety reasons.  We took advantage of one of those times to sing happy birthday and have some cupcakes.














I really do love this kid!



The birthday girl had to have her picture made with everyone.



A few more people wanted to try out the photo prop.





Once all of the cupcakes had been wolfed down, the kids made a bee-line back into the pool.  I couldn't blame them though because I can remember being a kid during the summer and all you wanted most was to just play in the water all day.

I made Emmy take off her crown, and we found out there were a few more special princesses at the party.















The party favors were summer hats and sunglasses along with some little Ariel favors.  The kids looked so cute posing in their new gear.

Some of the adults wanted to try them on as well!



Everyone just hung out and ate, swam, and visited.  It was such a nice day.



Finally it was time to open a few presents.  I didn't want her to open all of them since there were so many people at the pool, but she opened a few of the out of town people's gifts.





Then pretty soon it was time to start giving out hugs and saying our goodbyes.



After we got everything cleaned up and loaded in the car, we headed over to my parent's house with some of the family to watch Emmy open the rest of her gifts.  SHE LOVED EVERYTHING!










It was such an amazing day, and I am so thankful that Emmy has so many people that care about her.  It makes me smile that she has so many people that cared enough to drive so far to celebrate with her for a few hours.  I am eternally grateful for these small kindnesses, and I hope that I can bring that kind of happiness to someone else's party.  Although let's don't get crazy--I'm really a ray of sunshine. :)

Happy 3rd Birthday Emmarie!