Birthday Week(s) are upon us!

So Amber and I have the good fortune of having daughter's born 11 days apart (how cool is that?). It's neat because now we can bounce birthday party ideas off one another, favor choices, food, decor etc! Plus when they were little we could compare every milestone and all the trials and tribulations of being a first time mom, but that's a whole other story!

So very soon the girls are turning three (OMG where has the time gone!?). With Mia's birthday coming up at the end of May, and Finley's the beginning of June, it is getting to crunch time and we're birthday planning fools right around now! :) The kids are totally different from one another, so their parties obviously will be as well.

Finley adores books and hates crowds. So a small intimate (4 guests!) book party is what we are up to this year. This is a picture of the invitation I made. They're Laura Ashley cards that I picked up and I printed the text and stuck them in there. It says "Once upon a time, not too long ago, in a land not so far away, there lived a young girl named Finley who loved to read books..." Finley loves Fairy Tales, so that's why I went this route.

I was majorly inspired by this woman who wrote all about her daughter's 7th birthday party which was entirely book themed! Well, maybe I was more than inspired, I ahem, plagiarised a little :) But I do give credit where credit is due so there it is! I plan on using some of her other ideas too perhaps. I'm tinkering with the idea of a treasure hunt based on books though it might be advanced for 3 year olds. Thoughts?

Anyhow, I'll reveal some more details over the coming weeks, don't want to ruin it entirely for those 4 guests! ;-) Plus Amber and I were thinking about doing a few themed posts, starting with kids parties, so you'll probably see some of that over the next few weeks over here.

If you come across anything brilliant about kids birthday parties, PLEASE leave us a comment and share, we'd love to hear from you!

Next post...the perfect birthday party outfit...we have some awesome ideas! As a teaser, here is Finley this morning in her Twirly Girl dress, how awesome is that? :) More Twirly Girl designs can be found here.

Happy planning!
Shari