Mission Celebration!

Lauren's 3rd birthday party was a success! We incorporated her favorite tv show, the Little Einsteins, into the decorations and activities. If you're not familiar with them, the Little Einsteins teach kids about art, music, dance, and traveling the world. It's a cute cartoon and Lauren just loves..I mean LOVES it!

I went a little nuts with the streamers...like this curtain near the entry way and in the dining room...

I love this dress..so pretty, and it went well with the pretty party hats that we made. The dress was a gift from a friend (Thanks, Megan!) and the hats are just regular ol' party hats that I dressed up with crepe paper (I got a lot of use out of those streamers!)

My nieces and nephew helped me put up these construction paper balloons which ended up being a favorite photo spot of kids and adults alike. (Inspiration from Color Me Katie)

We had lots of food as usual. The usual suspects: pancit, lumpia, Hawaiian bbq chicken from L &L, spam musubi. Most people are closet spam lovers...they are always best sellers at our parties. Come on, admit it, YOU LOVE SPAM!

The kids painted in the outdoor art studio that we set up. Some of them stayed indoors and worked on the 'masterpiece' coloring books that I put together (famous works of art that the kids could color). For party favors, the kids took home the coloring books, crayons, colored pencils and a Little Einstein's classical music CD.

Cake! According to Lauren the "3" candle was upside down and we HAD to turn it over before she even considered blowing it out.

Pre and post meltdown. It was all good in the end. Not so much in the middle.

Pinata! We had the ribbon-pull kind. Not as exciting as the swing-and-beat-up kind...but much safer..especially the little ones who aren't so coordinated yet.

Yay Presents! Her favorite: Toy Story toys.

Best part of the party: hanging out with family and friends.

FLASHBACK!!!

Flashback! Here's our boo at her 1st birthday party. Sigh...where'd the time go?!