This year for Natalie's birthday, we decided to do it at home. Grant, unfortunately will never be able to have a birthday party like this since his birthday is in October. But Natalie's is in the beautiful month of June, so what the heck... let's just have an "at home" party. She decided on a butterfly theme. A lot of my friends asked me if I was crazy. Crazy? What do you mean?
Having 10 little girls come over for a party isn't crazy! Exploring
Pinterest at length for birthday party ideas isn't crazy!
Please note in the above picture several things: One, we rented that table and chairs. But that centerpiece? That's all me! My MacGuyver-like centerpiece consisted of some green moss, some big sticks from the backyard that the kids helped me find, some butterflies found on Amazon.com, and a glue gun.
We broke out the slip and slide and the inflatable kiddie pool. Not much room in there, but it was a warm day and they just liked splashing around.
There were also games! How cute is my husband here? Sorry ladies, he's taken. A 40 something year old man playing water balloon toss with a bunch of 6-year-olds. Super sexy. Oh and please note his calves. That's one of the reasons I married him... boo ya.
Let the games continue! Next up was a rousing couple of rounds of "Simon Says" which, because we were dealing with little girls here, became, "Simonetta Says." Here, Morgan leads the girls (and Todd of course) in a round of "Simonetta Says crouch down on the ground!"
One of my favorite moments of the day. Lili's little sister Ava and Natalie's little brother Grant playing on the swingset. Ava decided that she wanted to push Grant on the swing! She's a bit older than Grant (by 6 months or so) but it was so sweet and motherly! And he totally let her!
The ladies (and Grant) having some pizza for lunch. Major faux pas by Mommy... totally expected to get some gluten free pizza at Bill's Pizzeria here in Natick. But it turns out they're closed on Sundays. Whoops. So Nick's Pizza hooked us up with some pizzas (not gluten free, but if we had to choose a non-gluten free pizza in Natick, Nick's would be it!) Side note: Heather V and I may or may not have had some of this pizza.
Lili and the rest of the girls singing happy birthday to Natalie! Bagel Bistrol in Westborough was once again our go-to place for birthday treats. Can't beat it. In addition, you can see on the table behind Lili that we had set up an ice cream sundae bar with vanilla and chocolate ice cream, and all of the delicious toppings! Another side note: Heather V and I may also have made ourselves some ice cream sundaes and helped ourselves to a cupcake.
I'm not entirely certain what Natalie is doing here, but I think it was going something like this: "So I was like, 'Ma! If you don't get me those Bagel Bistro cupcakes, I'm gonna whack ya like Tony Soprano, capiche?'" Silly girl. I hope you had a great 6th birthday party! Happy birthday Bugaboo!
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