Paige's 3rd Birthday

This year we decided to keep the party a little more low key than we had in previous years. Her birthday fell on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I decided to take the whole week off and we planned the party for her actual party. She had 4 friends come (Audrey-5, Faith-4, Zane-2, and Josie- 1). It was a perfect #.

The theme this year was a bug party. When the kids showed up, they all played for a little while and warmed up to each other. Then we moved them into the dining room. We had covered one of the walls with paper and gave them some crayons. They had a great time drawing different things.

After they were done drawing, the each receiving a small plastic bug catcher with their names on it and a magnifying glass. We had an indoor scavenger hunt. They had to find 2 plastic butterflies and 4 plastic spiders. Once they found their bugs, they got to pick out a few bug tattoo's.

Then we had some food. I served: Ants on a log, some small sandwiches in the shape of a flower, raisins, cheez-its and some pickles/olives. For dessert, instead of a cake- we had "Make your own Bug Garden". Each kid got a small plastic cup with chocolate pudding. Then they got to put some dirt (Crushed oreos) and some "realistic" gummy bugs and sour gummy worms on top.

They all seemed to have a lot of fun. I am looking forward to smaller parties going forward.







In the evening, Justin brought our nephews Tyler & Joseph home since they were coming to Thanksgiving with us. We had dinner and cup-cakes. Our neighbors, Tim & Paula came over with a present for Paige and enjoyed the cup-cakes with us.