Pony Party

Lydia loves so many things.  Stuffed animals have been a favorite of hers for quite some time now.  Dogs.  Bears.  Bunnies.  She's not very particular.  They're all wonderful.  In fact animals in general are wonderful.  Living or not.  She had a blast teasing her Great Grandmother's little dog just last Sunday.  For those of you who are not aware, Lydia can be quite the tease.  She's learned it from watching her dad.  I loved watching her giggle as she ran away from Misty (Great Grandma's dog) before Misty could take a drink of Lydia's water.

 She also loves to make animal sounds.  And she's very good at it.  You might just think you're sitting next to a pig.  Or perhaps a horse.  Her go to is a dog, and she can pant like the best of them.

Anyway, knowing all of this made deciding to throw her a pony party quite easy.  Oh yes.  I'd better mention something else.  Not just a pony party.  A pink pony party.  The girl knows her colors.  She eats out of her orange bowl unless it's not available.  Always chooses a green bubble bath (if we decide to throw in some food coloring).  And always always wants to wear pink if given the choice.  She loves her shoes with the pink bows.  So, a pink pony party it was.  Can I just say that the Internet is a wonderful thing?  I found this super fantastic site with step-by-step easy to follow instructions for her cake and I'd like to thank Pinterest for leading me to our party favors.  Little pony necklaces.

Everything came together in the end, despite the hiccough we had after the girls were loaded in the car and it wouldn't start.  We just wanted to get some balloons.  And ice cream.  I called Jon and he left work to rescue us.  Unfortunately it wasn't a quick fix- a dead battery- but thanks to Jon we moved Lydia's car seat to the Yaris and were good to go!

Family came and supported her- thank you so much for coming!!  And that's when things really got started.  My favorite moment of the evening, well one of the many anyway, was watching her open her gifts.  She was so girly about it!  Tearing tiny bits of paper off oh so very slowly.  But even better than that was watching her reaction after she'd opened whatever it was.  She wanted to open each book after it was unwrapped.  There was no tearing through her presents just to get them all opened.  And she was so excited about everything!  Then when we sang to her she got so shy!  She covered her face and hid.  We should have videoed that!  Watching her blow out her candles was entertaining too.  She's a pro at blowing on hot food to cool it, but she needed a bit more umph! to get those candles out.  And she found it eventually.  Then when she got the chance (I wanted a picture of her with the horse cake) she slid a finger across one ear to taste the frosting.  She had been eying it ever since she woke up from her  nap so that shouldn't have been a surprise.




Sophie was a sweetheart through it all.  She didn't love the singing and clapping, but she didn't make too much of a fuss. She definitely let Lydia have the spotlight!  Happy birthday Lydia!