Thursday, September 18, 2008

eleanor's birthday carnival...


Saturday we celebrated Eleanor's birthday carnival style. We made a little carnival in the backyard complete with a beanbag toss, a blow up jumping toy, balloon popping with darts, pin the nose on the clown, tickets, fun prizes, an awesome cake (thanks aunt Jay), sparklers, corn dogs & hamburgers, jar full of bubble gum, a pinata stuffed with 40lbs. of candy, lights and plenty of family and friends!! We had such a fun night seeing all our family and friends. Eleanor was a little preoccupied with being held by Mimi, but I think overall she had a good time. This year she didn't freak about the pinata (thanks Sara and Dick for NOT getting an animal), but was a little freaked out about the sparklers on her cake. All summer she's been obsessed with fireworks, so I thought they would be a hit. We had such a fun night seeing all our friends and family. I always wish I had more time to talk to everyone!



8 comments:

kh said...

Julie this is just darling! What a creative momma you are! She looks so stinkin' cute at her smallest carnival. I will have to steal this idea.

You are too fun!

Crystal said...

Yeah Ella..Happy Birthday!! Thanks for the fun Party! Riley LoVeD it!

AMiller said...

What a great cake. OK - you totally win mom of the year for that party. It looked awesome. Eleanor is a lucky girl!

heAtHeR said...

Happy Birthday ella! thanks for the invite...we didn't hear about it until Saturday morning and we already had plans for that night. Sounds like you had a great party!

our family said...

that cake is so cute. i love it. what a fun party. looks like tons of people came. happy birthday!

Angie said...

Julie, what an awesome fun party. You went all out. I know that my kids had a blast. Sorry that we didn't make it. Eleanor is adorable.

rkkorth said...

So fun! I'm sorry we couldn't make it. You are sooo creative! Can you believe our babies are 2 already?

mikkilynn said...

What a great cake! She's a lucky little girl to have such a creative mom.