A Pink Pony Party

Annabelle requested a pink pony party for her fifth birthday. I still can’t think about her being FIVE. HOW did she get so big so fast? Five just seems so grown up…and when she woke up on December 9th, she told me she “felt bigger” and “like a five year old.” 

Her party was the day before her actual birthday, and a Sunday afternoon this time of year just seems to work out best.  

We had been searching for a pony for the party for WEEKS. The craziest thing happened and a friend posted a picture of her daughter on facebook on a pony – so I messaged her to see if we could borrow it. They saved the day and “Cisco” was the highlight of the party!

All the kids loved him. He’s seriously the fattest pony I’ve ever seen – and so stinking cute!!!! The party hat nearly sent me over the edge. How CUTE was he? He wore it proud, too. :)

I used lots of burlap I already had for decoration and made a few “winning ribbons” to use.

We set up our old school table outside for the kids

and had a hitching post put up for Cisco.

We sang Happy Birthday first.

AB wanted cupcakes, but she also requested a cake, too… I didn’t really understand why, but it was her day, so she got a cake. :)She also asked me THE MORNING of her party where her balloons were. I didn’t know she wanted balloons… I guess I should have… I mean what is a party without balloons? This momma was down at the Winn Dixie at 8:00 that morning buying some balloons. :)

After that, the kids had cupcakes and an ice cream bar.

This year, we let AB invite 5 little girls – everyone was able to come except for one. We also invited our immediate family, like always.

After cake and ice cream, we had our “pony events” – I’d planned three events as a part of the “Birthday Triple Crown…”

The first, event was “Pin the Tale on the Pony…”

Next was the “Pony Races” – these stick ponies are well over thirty years old.

Last, it was “Pony Shoes” – I’d spray painted some small horse shoes pink, and not just to keep with the pony theme, it just felt wrong to call them horse shoes. :)

After the games, we took some more pony rides…

& then opened presents…

AB got so many fun things and I think she ended up with every Barbie horse there is! :) She was thrilled to say the least.

The girls all wanted to ride Cisco again. That pony got his workout that afternoon. AB had gotten some pink dress-up chaps from one of her friends, so a few of the the girls wanted to try those out while they rode Cisco. They were too cute…

The girls ran around the yard, in and out of the playroom and took turns riding Cisco for at least another hour before everyone headed home.

We sent her little friends home with a pink cowgirl hat, and a pony bottlecap necklace that had their names on them.

Everyone else got bottlecap magnets personalized with their names.…

It was such a sweet afternoon and so much fun to celebrate our big FIVE year old girl, who’s loved beyond measure.

~amw~