Last weekend we celebrated little Lucy's 1st birthday with a Zoo Party since our little Lu is so into animals... and food. We partied it up big time.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICOLE CHRISTENSEN (formerly Carmen)
I cannot believe she is 1 already, where did the time go?
When the guest arrived we sent them around back to get their hand stamped for Zoo entry by this little Zookeeper who abandoned the ticket booth as soon as her friends arrived.
Our favorite face painter who we like to have at any great kids party. Also brought her equally talented ballon artist to make the kids some balloon zoo animals
(my 3 little party animals)
then it was dinner time, I love the centerpieces but was so sad, somehow they forgot to put in the little paper animals and Lucy's Zoo pennants in them... and I didn't notice until afterwards.
Amazing dinner by the always perfect Culinary Crafts, the only thing better than their food is their amazing service.
The traveling petting zoo.
The kids were enthralled.
I made these little wooden signs for all over my yard, some of them, like this one above had Lucy sayings on them like"ohh wassat?" which is something Lucy says all the time.
Most of them meant nothing to anyone but us. But I think it'll be funny to look back and remember those Lu sayings.
Kandell family with our 1 year old sister Lu. Ady as you can see Ady changed into her dance Lion costume half way through the party.
Then it was cake and sparkler time... amazingly only one kid got burned...
the tag on the sparklers said "tikkum" for coming to my party, another Lucy saying "tikkum" as she says all the time we think, means thank you.
Happy Birthday LULU!
Time for dessert, delicious birthday cake, candy station and gelato and cookie bar for making ice cream sandwiches... all by Culinary Crafts. Love them.
Then it was time for games and dancing... til the super late time of 9pm...
Lucy actually exited the party around 8:30pm.... tired from partyin' so hard.
thanks to all our wonderful friends and family who made Lucy's 1 year old birthday so special.
We are lucky to have such great people in our lives.
And so is Lucy.
12 comments:
We had a great time! Petting zoo and candy was the kids favorite part! They were in heaven!
Ok you are out of control and such a darling mom! Love it and your blog. Now could you just throw a party for us blog followers ;)
Sooo cute! Who is that face paint artist? Amazing. And gotta love Culinary Crafts!!
What a GREAT party! I would love hope someday in the distant future that i would be able to attend one of your amazing parties:)
Oh Hailey! Happy Birthday to your sweet Lu!! Her party looked a-mazing. Every detail made me smile bigger and bigger...the "lucy's zoo" stamps, your hand-painted signs, the face-painting, the pet zoo, and the hula-hoop and limbo contests (the photo of Addy the lion under the limbo stick is the CUTEST thing i've ever seen!) You sure know how to celebrate the ones you love :)
wow. what an amazing party! I am so sad we missed it. Monet would have been in absolute heaven. Happy Birthday Little Lucy. I can't believe a whole year has gone by. It seems like she was just a newborn.
Lets get together sometime this summer... with or without the kiddos!
You guys are such incredible hosts! We had so much fun. Poppy was in heaven the entire time!! Let's party every weekend.
I love it,, Lucy is getting so big and such a cute smile!! you outdid yourself once again. Looks Amazing. Your such a fun mom to capture the fun moments like this! Hugs
what a darling party!!! your parties are always amazing....
So cute as always!! Very inspiring and creative. Good job.
Saw your party on Love-the-Day and was amazed!! Great Job!
I saw your party on Love-the-Day and linked on over to your blog. What an incredible party - every single detail! Do you mind sharing where you found your petting zoo - I love the variety of animals they brought?
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