Hoppin' To 9

 Have I ever mentioned Lucy is obsessed with frogs?  Not the cutest animal, I admit, but it's her thing.  So when she asked me for a "small frog birthday party", I wasn't surprised.  I was a little stumped.  How does one make a frog birthday that is age appropriate for a 9 year old?  

I'm always up for a birthday party planning challenge so I got right to work.  She gave me her "small" list of friends she wanted to celebrate with and gave me the location.  Out lake house...naturally because frogs love to swim.

One might be surprised at how many frog related items there actually are.  I certainly was.  I set up the long dining table with a few froggy centerpieces and lily pads. At each child's seat there was a frog bucket hat, a frog tee, and frog gummies.

I knew the girls would spend most of their time swimming.  Especially since Lucy had requested a special boat ride to the water park.  But I also wanted to have a few things for them to do in the evening and the following morning.

The "activity" table had personalized green water bottles with a bowl full of frog stickers to decorate them, a frog piñata, and frog garden stone painting kits.

The piñata served as a great decorative centerpiece until we used it.

Here's a look at the food bar before the food actually arrived. The girls dined on green grapes, green applesauce pouches, green Gatorade, green bags of chips, and sadly NOT green hot dogs.  Any idea on a  green main course kids would actually eat? Yeah, me neither.

 

In lieu of a birthday cake we decorated cupcakes with little frog figurines.  The girls loved them and were very specific about which pair of frogs they wanted.

Since it was a sleep over, I thought it would be fun to give the girls a favor that could be used at the party.  I found these cozy frog blankets and stuffies on Amazon.

And that's what it looked like until the party started...

These pictures make me smile every time I look at them.  These girls truly had a frog-tastic time!  Such sweet friends.

The fun didn't end there either.  Just a few short days later we celebrated as a family on Lucy's real day.  She got balloons at the bus stop, birthday cake, and sibling gifts.

You sure are loved little Lu!  Happy Birthday!  It's been an incredible 9 years.  I can't wait to see all that is  to come with you.