Ryder turns 3!!! (Part 2 - the PARTY!)

So our sweet little Ryder turned 3 this weekend.  How could that be???  We had a Cowboy Party (all the decor and stuff in the previous blog!!!).  He has been SO excited for the party for weeks!  Every day he would ask if today was the party!  He watched me make all the stuff and just kept coming up with funny things he wanted at his party - like tents, the $3000 playscape at Costco, a swimming pool, specific people, a horse, etc.  And then he would be so sweet and say, "Mommy, do you think I can have a cupcake at my party?"  :)  

So it was finally party day!  Mimi & Poppy came in Friday night to help get ready and Grammy, Grandpa, Aunt Rachel & Aunt Sarah came in Saturday morning.  AND Nana and Grandma even made the trip to celebrate.  It was so fun to have the party at home and let all of our friends and family meet!  And my awesome friend, Melisa Urban who has taken so many great pics of the kids came and took pics for me, which was so great! 

Ryder was out front with me when Ellie (Ewwie) his girlfriend arrived!  It was straight out of a movie.  They ran across the yard to each other...

And met with a big embrace!!!  Could they be any cuter???!!!!

Hats off.  Boots soon followed.  Time to play!

Bounce time!

Ryder & Karter bouncing!

 Sebastian

 Sweet Haddon checking it all out

 And Addi.

 Grammy watching the kids!

 Sweet lil sissy!

 My precious Grandma.

Gabriella.  She is just darling!

Brooklyn striking a pose!

 Aunt Sarah get her cowboy stache on!

 Pausing to take a deep breath!

Kristin & Ashley

 The dads.

And... the WANTED SIGN.  I had this idea and my amazing husband went beyond any expectations and built this out of old wood and torched these letters in!  He is amazing.
 WANTED.

The Mr. & The Mrs.

 Paisley & Ryder

 

 Sebastian & Gabriella

 

 Ellie & Brooklyn

 

 Rachel & Sarah

 

 Gracie & Christy

 

 Finley & Brynlee

 

 Karter & Provi

 

 The Daddy & The Daughter

 

Pinata time!!!

 These girls have brothers!  Can you tell?!?

Paisley wanted a turn!

 The pinata just would not break.  All the kids took a couple turns at it, so finally I stepped in...

 Cupcake time!   

Phillip & Baby Elle

 

 PRESENTS!

I still find this to be the most stressful time for moms at littles' b-day parties!  Ahhh.  Mass Chaos...

 The great-grandmothers watching.

 Beautiful Jennifer and Baby Serena

One last present.  A water & sand table from Mimi & Poppy!

time to say good bye.  getting favors...

While everyone was leaving Paisley decided to go for some seconds.  She went outside climbed up in this chair and started eating people's leftover desserts!!!  This is how they found her.  Happy as can be!

It was a great party and we were again, SO blessed by all of our sweet family & friends who love our kiddos so much to come hang out and celebrate with us.  Ryder had a blast.  Thanks to everyone!!!

After everyone left we were wiped out.  We put on Toy Story and they laid down.  I went to get a shower and came back to find this at 7pm...

 HAPPY TRAILS! :)

Buckaroo Birthday! (Part one... the get-up!)

So this is all about Ryder's turing 3!!!  I had TONS of pictures so I split it into 2 blogs.  First round - the decorations & such!  If you like anything you see that I made please check out my website: PerfectlyPaisleyShop.com !!!  The only things not made by Perfectly Paisley are the invites & printed stickers on the favors.  

The invites.  These adorable things came from an ETSY shop.  

THE BUCKAROO.  

Ryder Marcus!  He was born on April 3rd, 2008!  :)

The cowboy theme in general was chosen by him and I was glad to oblige.  Thank goodness for fun themes!  He's been really into cowboys since he was introduced to Woody from Toy Story.  (And buying boots a month ago just put it over the edge!)

I'll let him show you around the party!  Let's go...

Door sign

Pinwheels out front in the yard

Welcome banner in the entry

Stopping point for the little ones...

The Birthday Banner.

Mantle.  This is my new favorite party idea - having a 'changeable' mantle that you can easily swap out for seasons changing & parties.

Banner with old denim.  There was another one of these lining the bar counter as well.

Backyard.  Pinwheels & hay bales lining this table to sit on.

There was also an EXTRA special outside prop made by my amazing party planning assistant ;) and husband to be seen in the next blog!

The spread...

 Cupcakes!  I did the cupcakes and toppers.  There were 2 stands full and a tray!  Dark chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting.

 Ryder's special topper!  I think it's funny that he actually calls it his "cupcake topper."

 wax mustaches.  made for some fun photo ops. ;)

The craft.  I got the crafts & favors from oriental trading company.  

Favors!  Inside - cowboy shaped candies and silly bands.  

Tags made with stickers from and ETSY shop.

 50 boot cookies!  (Favors for kids & grown ups!) ;)

 So there you have it.  I'm working on new themes and can put together just about anything you like, so check out my site or contact me at PerfectlyPaisleyShop@gmail.com.

Now on to the Cowboy Party!!!