We celebrated Ava's birthday on Saturday, September 17th with a few friends. We had a small lunch at Lake of the Woods and had a great time. It was an absolutely gorgeous fall day and the setting was perfect. I decided to do an owl themed party and I was happy with how it turned out
The night before the party my cute husband helped me make these little owl bean bags. (Here's a little known fact about Drew - he's actually really good with a sewing machine because he uses one at work to sew straps and things onto braces.) While I was putting Ava down for bed he took over at the sewing machine and he did a better job than me so I let him finish the rest!
When I saw this owl cupcake cake in an issue of Family Fun Magazine I knew I just had to do an owl party for Ava. I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was (which is why I could actually make it!)
Bill and Pam Devlin with Ava (Bill is Drew's co-worker)
Theron Waisath and Riley, Kim and Tenille Bode with our spread of food. I made Cafe Rio knock-off pork salads with a fruit salad, homemade salsa and tortilla chips.
Drew, Dan and Dean Stone and Ava
Tate Bode and Scarlett Stone had a blast running around the park with the balloons. Precious.
Tenille caught a little frog and was quite proud of herself, even if she was a little scared of it!
After lunch Drew helped the kids with the bean bag toss.
Morgan Waisath had a great time seeing how many bean bags she could hold at once.
The kids had to try and hit one of the three targets Drew had made out of some cute owl fabric I found.
Ava joined in on the action too!
Next was present time and Ava had a ball! She was all about looking in the bags to see what they held!
All of the kids were so cute and "helped" her open her gifts and try them out.
"Wow! This whole thing is for me?"
A tower of little owls
Ava dove right in to her cupcake, of course! No hesitation there! (We took a video of us singing Happy Birthday and her "blowing" out the candles, but it's far too long to post on here).
Oh look, I was there too!
After all the festivities, poor little Dean was all tuckered out. I love how he is clinging onto his little owl. Too cute!
All and all, it was such a fun day and a perfect way to celebrate our little Ava. Happy Birthday sweet girl!
7 comments:
I'm already thinking of ideas for P's first birthday party!! The owls are so cute!
Love the pictures! And we play with the beanbags all the time!
Such a fun party with a completely adorable theme! Happy Birthday, sweet Ava.
Happy Birthday to Ava! You both did an amazing job and all the fun owls.
Can't believe she's already 1! Wish we could have been there to celebrate with you.
Happy Birthday!! One year has gone by. Funny thing is, sometimes I look at Eliza and I think, Ava. It must be that they have the same face shape.
How nice this birthday party decorations look! Thanks for sharing these pictures here. I also need a couple of party inspirations for my daughter’s birthday. She wants an outdoor party at a local rental spaces for parties. So please help me by suggesting some nice birthday themes!
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