Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Bow-wow Birthday

"Whens my birthday?" Are the three words I have heard weekly from Isabella's lips since the Christmas season was over. Needless to say, this 4Th birthday has been much anticipated by the little lady for months.
Issy wanted to do a "puppy party". So,with that theme in mind, we made collars for each of the children, gave them a puppy nose, and put the little party-goers through puppy training where the practiced sitting, speaking, rolling over, & playing dead.



After training we did relay races. Each team had to crawl across the floor and eat "people-puppy-food" out of their dog bowl. Isabella (totally into dog role playing) made an off color comment that she "would go sniff the other dogs butts." I couldn't hold back my laughter, only encouraging her more I'm sure.

Then in entered Jake to help the pups get their dance on. And what more appropriate dance tunes for the occasion than "Who let the dogs out."



It was definitely the highlight of the party


Isabella had some mad dance skills!


This little cuttie had the air guitar down


Owens hyper-hop moves


Issy's shy side only made one appearance during the party, and it was when all the attention was on her for the birthday song.

Latter that evening we made her favorite dinner, she took a scooter ride with Jake, we roasted marshmallows in the fire pit, and finished the birthday event with a sleepover and movie in our tent in the backyard.

Totally content with the days events Isabella laid in her sleeping bag grinning and said "this day was a dream come true." That little comment alone made it all worth it.

3 comments:

Meggie Stevens said...

I am so sad that we missed the party. It looked like it was a blast. That was very creative to do a puppy theme. We need to plan another day to meet for lunch or something.

Michelle said...

I seriously thought her comment about sniffing the other's butts was so funny~!

Katy and Rob Bodily said...

What a fun party. What cute little puppies you have. That was a cute idea to keep all the little ones entertained.