Walker's Puppy Birthday Party

We had Walker's fourth birthday party this past week.
We went with a puppy theme. Walker's two favorite things are trucks and dogs, so it was either or. Georgia also loves dogs, so she was totally on board with a puppy theme.

 I found these really cute invites and had them printed up, then realized that the date on the invite overlapped a swim meet. So, I had to scratch the date and time out and make a few phone calls. We started the party on a Friday after school, and since it starts getting dark around these parts at about 4:00 in the afternoon, it looks like we had a party in the middle of the night in the pictures!

Here are some shots of the dessert table.

We sent the guests home with some individually wrapped play doh. Red, brown, and white. It is tough to find play doh in the colors you want in a big tub, so I made the brown and red. My kids thought that was the coolest thing ever. I have obviously never made home made play doh before.

My amazing friend Jane came to the rescue again and made exactly what I envisioned with the cake pops and cupcakes.

I liked the idea of the cupcakes looking like hostess cupcakes. The brown cupcakes looked so cute with our theme.

Kid food. We went with the kid food.

Didn't realize the cheese shapes had cracked until I posted this.

The kid's table.

Not many of the decor was labeled, because most four year old's cant read. But I couldn't resist the "sit: sign.

Coco Crispies as a center piece. Some of the kids really thought was dog food when I handed them a bag to fill and take home at the end of the party. So cute! Loved the marquee sign number 4 I found.

Puppy straws.

Walker told me "It so pretty in here Mom!" So sweet! He also said that one of his favorite things at the party were the huge red balloons.

We set up the activity tables in my kids play area in the basement. I decided to just set up some pre-school age appropriate stations for our party entertainment. It worked out really well. The guests were happy to have time to play with the toys in the basement when they were done with the stations.

We had an adopt a puppy station. The kids picked a puppy, gave him a name, and made a collar for him with pipe cleaner and beads. They loved this! It was cute to see them get excited to pick an animal.

Coloring station. We had eyes and a fluffy brown nose to glue on a puppy coloring page.

Time to party!

The birthday boy!

The gift unwrapping kind of got underway thanks to Georgia taking the lead. This meant it was kind of chaotic, and I am still not 100% sure who gave him what! But everyone is always so generous with my kids on their birthdays!

Walker's favorite sitter, Nicole, or "Cole" as he calls her, came and helped me out at the party. She is so cute and amazing. Walker specifically told me to invite her! He loves her!

We are very grateful for this boy. Our baby guy is getting so big, and I can't believe that I am in the stage of my youngest getting so big! Love ya Walkie boy!