This party sort of just came together.  I got Noelle’s shirt on clearance at a boutique back in the winter, and she liked it so much, we decided to do a pink/brown themed party.  She originally wanted a horse drawn carriage, which we had booked, but somehow the company double booked us, and “couldn’t fit us in” two weeks before the party, which left Noelle in tears because she had already told all her friends at school there were going to be ponies at her party.  So then, by the grace of God, we found the adorable ponies to come let the kids ride that you saw in the earlier pics!  So thankful that all worked out and our little cowgirl got to rope the day away!  Lol…

I’m not a crafty person, but I’m a good learner and do take everything in… I had fun remembering neat ideas my friends have taught me along the way to decorate!

Sharon and Bo made this beautiful flower arrangement for the party, and I could NOT have pulled this party off without Sharon.  She was here 3 hours before the party, working with me the whole time getting everything ready.  She’s the closest person to Rara I could ever ask for!  Thank you Sharon… you know what you did!

Mike and I stayed up sooo late several nights last week dipping pretzels in chocolate and sprinkles.  We did get to talk and joke around a lot (and listen to The Ticket) while doing it, so it ended up being a lot of fun! 

Poppa and Rara couldn’t come because they went to England to visit the Ebert family, but in true Rosie fashion, she had a present wrapped in party colors waiting for Noelle on her big day!

I made this by tracing plates while watching American Idol… I think it turned out cute!

I painted this picture frame, designed this cake, and glued ribbon around this vase… you’d think I like crafting, lol!  I had the cutest water bottles with Noelle and 6 labels (you can see all 70 of them behind the flowers) but I didn’t take a picture of them.  Bummer, because they were cute and took the longest out of anything else to make.

I ended up finding a pic on my phone of the water bottles, yay!

With it being Cinco de Mayo and all, we had some adult beverages for the parents!

Noelle LOVED this cute pony card at the store and asked for it last week.  I didn’t give it much attention in front of her but couldn’t wait to go back and get it for her big day!  We sang happy birthday to her in bed to wake her up on Saturday and gave her this card… she was excited!  Of course, the party favors are always a fun part of any party… hope the kids liked them!  We had fun making them altogether!