Tatum's 5th Birthday Party

Oh, the fun of putting on a princess birthday party! Tatum LOVES the movie Tangled with Rapunzel, so she had to have a Tangled themed party which was actually a lot of fun to put together. I went to a few websites to get some ideas and after hours of crafting (with lots of help from Grandma!) we had the party favors, Tangled activity pages in a book with a set of paint that I put a label on which said "Rapunzel's Paints, thanks for coming to my party".

Of course we HAD to incorporate Flynn Rider's satchel so here it is, holding the party favors. Thanks to Grandma's keen eye, she found this beauty at the Salvation Army. :)

As for decorations, we braided some yarn and hung it in the house, through and over the front door, to greet Tatum's princess guests.

And here's the excited birthday girl! We had left over yarn so I braided it into her hair so she had long, Rapunzel hair. :)

And here are most of the princesses! A few girls came late so I believe we had 10 guest in all, what a great turn out! These are mostly little girls at Tatum's preschool, with exception of Mattie, Tatum's childhood BFF. :)

After a few fun pictures with her friends and the Rapunzel braid...

we had craft time! The kids made Pascal blowers (Pascal is Rapunzel's chameleon friend that lives with her in the tower)...

Ty loved this one of course!...

and sun necklaces, since the sun symbol plays a big part in the movie.

Kaitlin and Sarah beading their necklaces.

Kelsey and Ellie.

Jenny helping Mattie.

And Sarah with her finished product! The necklaces were lots of fun for the kids, and they had something to take home with them.

GM was flying out that day for Germany but still came by to give the birthday girl a big hug and wish her a happy birthday. We're so lucky Shauna lives right around the corner!

And then it was lunch time! We had a spread of Hazelnut Bisque soup (Rapunzel's favorite in the movie), bread, salad, PB and J sandwiches,...

and I tried to label every item with a name from the movie such as Maximus' apples (he's the horse in the movie),...

Veggie sticks,...

and a meat and cheese platter.

Shae brought her brother Dillon, and he and Ty enjoyed lunch together! Dillon just turned one so there's an age difference but the boys didn't mind. :)

After lunch we played Pin the Nose on Flynn Rider. The kids loved it!

And Tatum loved giving everyone a spin!

Even Ty lined up and joined the fun!

And Kelsey was the winning princess so she got a crown.

Sarah, Ellie, Kelsey and Janelle hanging out.

Cake Time! It wouldn't be a Tangled party without a Tangled cake. I had glorious plans of making a cake tower but I got a little burnt out on the craftiness. :)

Ty is our sugar nut so he couldn't wait for his piece of cake.

And then present time, everyone's favorite.

I loved how excited all the girls were and how they couldn't wait for Tatum to open their gift. Look how tightly circled in they all were! :)

The birthday princess with all her presents. What a wonderful birthday party and a great day with friends. Happy birthday my big 5 year old!!

Monster Truck!

Garrett and Ty were invited by Todd and his neighbors to join them for Monster Truck. A total boys night out! They enjoyed tail gating out in the parking lot where Ty got to play with another little boy his age, and then they headed in to their seats to watch the show. It was raining that whole day so the boys bundled up but it cleared up and was nice when the show started. Ty loved it!

Ty also loved wearing these ear covers. He calls them DJs since DJs wear them, so cute.

While the boys had a rough and tough boy night, us girls went to get our nails done and then got frozen yogurt and watched Tangled for the millionth time. ;)

Bite of Old Town

Shauna, Garrett and I bought a tasting tour through Old Town a few months ago on Groupon so we took our tour last week and enjoyed some yummy food, drinks and found a few new restaurants as well.

Old Town is such an eclectic place, made to look just like the wagon days with people in clothing from that time and little shops made to look just like a western town.

Besides meeting some fun friends on the tour and enjoying new places, there was a few fun things to take pictures of and try out my new camera. Like this big, beautiful tree.

And the front of this Catholic church.

Here's a grave site that dates back many years. Actually, when they built up the town and had to put a major street through the cemetery, people had the choice of either moving their loved ones, or leaving them under the street. If someone was left, there's a small marker on the street and sidewalk letting you know that you're walking over someones remains below. Crazy!

Oh, there's a live person in the cemetery! :) Ok, maybe we had too many big margaritas.