Ellie's Fairy Party

Here are my long-promised pics from E's birthday party. It was a fairy party. I have birthdays on my mind today because Sam's party is coming up and he wants a frog and butterfly party. Maybe with turtles too. And he picked out a dollhouse that he wants for himself as a present.  Along with trains and other more gender (Meghan, what is the word I want here? typical, no, normal, no, stereotypical, yes) toys.  Planning has begun. (And when does a family in transition fit in a 4th birthday party that is pinterest* worthy?)

(My friend Neeta took the above pic and sewed the crepe paper together to make it ruffly. Apparently you can do that. Yeah Neeta!)

 Fairies eat well. We had magical crisps and fairy fruit wands.  

 We had marsh twigs and fairy dust sandwiches.

 Cake, of course. 

 I actually never took pictures of the best room ever, the fairy room, so Hil will have to send them to me and I will have to post them. But this gives you a glimpse. There were tulle and lights on the ceiling and walls, and it was a pretty awesome room. We made fairy wands, fairy homes in little boxes, and took home fairy dust. All in all, Ellie was happy with the party, I threw it together in about a week with a ton of help from the BEST AUNTIE EVER, and it was fun. That's all that matters.

*Pinterest can be totally stressful. Do you *see* what some of those kid parties look like?  People also have super cute ideas, though, so I also love it.