***I'm determined to catch up on cataloging our family's events this year. Be ready for outdated posts galore!

3/03/2010

The First of Friend Parties

madison turned 3 last weekend and i decided kind of last minute to put together a party and invite her friends and cousins. it turned out wonderful. simple and fun.


we started with sidewalk chalk as our meet and greet and then moved on to games.
red light.
green light.
duck, duck, goose!!
{i love how she picked her dad when it was her turn}
bean bag toss
they were able to choose a sucker when they made it into the basket.
grace about to dunk it

walking down the street to the farm.
um, did i mention my mom and mark and kadin and angie {mark's son and daughter in-law} came down and surprised us? madison was really excited to have my mom there.

destination #1
pick up eggs in the chicken coop.




madison was the ever-important egg carrier from that moment on.

destination #2
horses - first baby of the season


destination #3
piggies

part of our entourage

thanks to the nelson's for letting us invade their property with 10 little kids while they were out of town. 
one of the cutest things ever? yep.

she opened presents and did quite well considering all the attention was on her.

bubbles while waiting for lunch


lunch

birthday cupcakes!!

thank you to everyone that came - madison had a blast!!

2 comments:

michelle parker said...

it was soo much fun marie. it may have been planned last minute but it was perfect! thanks for inviting us we had a blast!

Katie said...

what a fun birthday party. so cute, and you're so creative, too. loved the rainbow cake.
your girls are as cute as ever. happy birthday madison.