Tea for Three!

This year we had a mega birthday party for three of the cutest girls I know. :) Avery (my sister, Cortni's, daughter) turned one, Abby Kate turned two, and Kendyll turned seven all within a couple of weeks of each other. So, in order to save time, money, and most importantly, energy...we combined forces to throw a fun Mad Hatter tea for three!

And, oh my goodness, it was so much fun! Cortni & Adam came over the night before to decorate, and we were quite proud of how fast we pulled this party together...especially for starting everything at 9:00 pm. :) Our husbands were great sports, as their jobs entailed everything from hanging paper lanterns from the ceiling fan, to making apricot tea sandwiches!

Cassie also came over early to take the CUTE tutu pictures of the girls. This one is one of my very favorites...thank you Aunt Cassie, for always giving us such "keepers" of our girls.

Here are more pictures from the party too!

The decorations...

The "kids table"...

The party guests (I am severely lacking in this section...hopefully some others took more pictures of our guests!! If so, send them my way!)

I love this picture of the girls with my dad. It reminds me of many other funny pictures of us as girls with our dad, rolling our eyes at his goofiness. :)

And, the always-important sister picture. I love that no matter what---at least two of us dress alike. This time, the popular choice was argyle!

And, here are some sweet shots of the three birthday girls (and some of their mommies too):

And, then there was cake time! (Since I was busy lighting three sets of candles, I'm REALLY lacking in cake pictures...Cass, I hope you have a few too!) But, here is Abby Kate, at least!We decided to play some crazy but fun games, including "unwrap tiny presents as fast as you can to music". Which kind of didn't work. :) But, the kids still had fun unwrapping lots of little party favors, while listening to some of our favorite silly music from Go Fish.

We also played a sugar cube relay with adults and kids, involving spoons held in everyone's mouths. We have this on video and it is so funny. Even Abby Kate gets in on the relay action. (but, unfortunately, I didn't take one picture.)

It was a fun party, and Cortni and I are definitely in favor of the combo party. I think all the girls felt very celebrated, and hopefully our family enjoyed having ONE party instead of three in two weeks. Happy Birthday Avery, AK, and Kendyll!