We celebrated Nora Kate's third birthday with family and friends at her birthday party on Saturday, August 20th, 2016. For months Nora Kate had been asking for a pony party. She loves playing with her My Little Pony toys. This girl knew exactly what she wanted (surprise, surprise)...she requested a pony cake that had pink on it and was fancy, she wanted pink and purple balloons, she wanted a pony on her shirt, and she wanted a real pony to come to her party. I think her party met all of her requests. She had such a fun time, and we had fun watching her enjoy her friends and party!
Our party girl!
We were looking a little serious at the beginning of the party since I woke her up from nap early, but she quickly got in party-mode!
All about our sweet girl at age 3!
I LOVE her sweet expression here!
Nora Kate requested I draw a pony on the sign...specifically the My Little Pony named Pinky Pie.
Sweet friend Harper pushing Nora Kate on the swings.
Olivia and Ava swinging
We surprised her and had facepainting.
Of course, she wanted a fancy pony painted on her face.
Her first time on the pony.
Nora Kate's first time riding a pony!
They had temporarily painted the pony's mane, so Nora Kate kept saying it was Rainbow Dash (that's one of the My Little Ponies).
Everyone at the party got multiple pony rides.
Dawson's first time on a pony.
Carter's first time on a pony.
Clayton's first time on a pony.
He kept looking at the pony with this expression.
"What in the world are you doing, Momma?! I'm a baby, on a pony?!"
Nora Kate always has this dreamy look on her face when she's holding Mr. Baby (as she calls him). She wanted to hold Clayton ON the pony...all of her favorite things combined.
Pop and Clayton.
Our sweet niece Zoe checking out the pony!
Carter opted to have his arm painted rather than his face.
I think all the kids really enjoyed the pony!
Charlie with his tattoo!
Our sweet birthday girl!
Nora Kate's birthday cake I made. It was strawberry cake with white frosting.
Singing happy birthday to our sweet girl.
Blowing out the candle.
Cannot believe our baby girl is THREE!!
We were thrilled that Nora Kate's friend Jackson who moved to Nashville this year was in town and came to her birthday party! She always, always talked about playing with Jackson in her class on Sunday mornings at church and didn't want to go to church for a while after they moved away. She LOVES playing with this sweet friend!
Nora Kate has sweet and generous friends and family. She was thrilled to open lots of presents!
Check out that fancy face painting.
I also made her shirt for her party.
Love her expressions.
Nora Kate's party went really well! The kids LOVED riding the pony around, getting their faces/arms painted, eating cake, ice cream, and snacks, playing on the playset, and running around together! We are thankful to have so many wonderful friends who help make our sweet girl's birthday party so special!
Happy birthday, Nora Kate!
