Sunshine Day!

This spring, simply out of nowhere, B has started calling Little A ‘Sunshine Girl’. 

The name is quite fitting as that describes our littlest nugget to a tee.  Her smile lights up a room, her giggle is contagious and her little life has provided some much appreciated sunshine throughout this past whirl-wind of a year.

We felt it only appropriate to throw our precious Sunshine Girl a sunny themed party. 

I will admit that B’s first birthday was a little over the top but so much fun to plan…wanting to keep things as equal as possible, I fully admit that I may have gone a little over the top in planning A’s…especially because we just invited family…but it all was a labor of love and so much fun to put together.

Our invitation looked a little like this…

A

is our sunshine, Our precious sunshine!

It’s hard to believe she’s turning one!

Please join our family as we celebrate,

with some sweet ‘sunny’ birthday fun!

Saturday, April 21st 3:30pm

Pinterest spurred on some fun ideas for the sunny theme as I tried to keep everything yellow and pink.

It was fun to pull out serving pieces that haven’t been used since our move…things I’ve collected over the years for showers and other get togethers…

We enjoyed a miniature candy bar with yellow and pink nerds, candy dots and yellow sixlets, lemon bars, yellow peeps, banana pudding, sugar cookie bars, pineapple and strawberry kabobs, lemonade and a delicious lemonade cake!

A friend from Cowtown had given me these pink pom poms specifically to be used for little A’s first birthday…in effort to tie in the yellow I tried my had at making some…super easy and really fun for little ones to play with.

We pulled the playhouse out last minute as the forecast predicted rain. With the basement still under construction the kitchen doubled as a playroom/party spot.

I ventured out of my creativity comfort zone by saving various jars, puff painting them to add some ‘detail’ and then spray painted them to create these whimsical vases. We asked everyone to sign this ‘You Are My Sunshine Book’ as a little keepsake for A’s special day.

When it was time to sing, little A quieted down to take it all in. 

As we sang, she simply watched everyone looking pretty puzzled.

We were certain that she would dig into the cake without a second thought…to our surprise, she hesitated…

Cried…

Tried it again…

Got some help from C and B…

Cried again…

And finished her few bites very tentatively.

A good old bottle helped wash her very confused cake experience down before enjoying some more play time with cousins and other special family members.

Our hearts continue to be blessed by this little sunshine, it is hard to believe that we’ve known her for an entire year and are grateful for all the sweetness she brings to our family.

Happy Birthday Sunshine Girl!

Be blessed.

Gigi…thank you for helping with the sugar cookie bars and other treats!

Gram…thank you for making the cake…it was simply fantastic & Little A’s dress was such a gift!