Six years ago I was shaky and terrified, happy and full of tears, in love and exhausted. Six years ago I became a mama, with a tiny little 6 pound 1 ounce baby laid across my chest, wanting me, needing me… and I her.
It was the most thrilling moment of my life.
Since then? There have been six years of happiness and growing, for both Aliyah and I. So we celebrate our girl and her beautiful, amazing six years of teaching us about life and what real, raw love is like.
We celebrate with plenty of pink, and ponies. With sweet things and girly things. With sticky things and lovely things, and oh so many things that make us smile.
My baby girl, my little one that isn’t so little anymore, just soaks it all in and takes the reigns, knowing what it’s all about… the ponies of course. And the little kitten she happened to “adopt” for the first hour of her party.
Our pretty in pink pony celebration of her, in few words and many photos.
You’ll find vendor deets at the end of this post.
We hung sheer curtains (that are now hanging in our outdoor space at home) all along the shelter area for a softer, more serene effect. Click here for the easy, DIY instructions for creating the white washed “Celebrate” sign (which now hangs over our fireplace mantle).
We opted to have the party at a local horse ranch, where there would be pony rides and a petting zoo, a train ride and a jungle gym. I’m sure they had no idea what to expect when we rolled in that morning with a truckload of supplies and began to unload, but soon the sideways glances and stares became “Oohs” and “Ahhs”, pictures and questions. I’d just smile and reply, “We do parties big.”
And it’s hard to do a party big without face paint.
The pony rides were a hit, with wee ones all taking their turn riding, over and over and over again, smiling through cheeks of painted snakes and butterflies.
Speaking of snakes, oh yes there were some! Click here to read all about it.
And so maybe I thought mustaches would be totally adorable and went ahead and “made it work” by adding a bit of a western element to the party. They fit into a pony party theme, right?
Plant a Kissis a completely adorable book, and the character is so Aliyah. We asked all of her guests to sign the book and leave a note. A little kiss from our loved ones planted on the pages that she’ll cherish for years to come.
We didn’t need to come up with many activities because there was so much at the ranch to do, but the scavenger hunt we made was a huge hit with the girls.
Every party is better with prezzies. For the kids, we wrapped up little goodies in a bandana and tied to sticks from our yard to make a western themed hobo bag. They scored a loot of bubbles, tattoos, a paper horse craft with crayons, harmonica and small toy horse.
Much love, from our growing family to yours.
Gerri says
Oh, so fun Tab!!! Beautiful and Vibrant, I know she loved it!
Moving Forward says
Looks like it was a blast!
Adrienne says
I’ve got to actually comment and stop coming back just to look at the loveliness! Every folded piece of paper, pink pennant and fancy straw will add up in her heart to knowing that she’s loved and precious! You really have a special touch!
Farah says
You obviously cute little queen. Of course, I think it is the observation that male suit in blue whereas the female kid in pink.Heparin here
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Kimberly says
I was just showing my niece all of your party posts and she said, “How do I get invited to one of her parties?” I said well you’d probably have to live in the same state for starters, but we can borrow some of her ideas.
You do such a great job!