Rose's "Bird-day" Party

Today our sweet little lady turned 4 years old! Since she's obsessed with parrots, we threw her a "bird-day" party yesterday. Here's the cute invitation my dad designed:

And here's the birthday girl standing by the piñata I made:

Here are the cupcakes. I topped them with edible bird nests and eggs:

Here are some foam parrots/cockatoos I made and taped to the walls (guess which one Rose helped decorate):

There were a few of these bird cages hanging from the ceiling, too. I also made them out of craft foam:

Now on to the party! As people started arriving we had them put on smocks and we decorated some wooden bird houses:

Next, Mr. Razz--Rose's magical grandpa--put on an awesome magic show. He used to do this for me when I was a little girl, and he still has the magic touch! I am bummed that I don't have a pic of him performing (I was trying to clean up birdhouses and make chicken nuggets at the time), but I do have a video of his intro which is too long to post here. I think the kids' favorite trick was when he had them throw the colors off their clothes onto a blank coloring book, which then became colored. Here's a shot of some of the kids enjoying the show:

Then it was on to lunchtime. We had chicken nuggets and fries...because chicken is a bird, right?

And "pin the beak on the parrot:"

Then we played a fun and messy game where the kids had to dig a gummy worm out of whipped cream using only their "beaks:"

Next was the piñata! It turned out very well...everyone got a turn and it actually broke at the end:

Then we ate cupcakes and opened gifts:

Rose loved celebrating with her 7 little friends, and her 1 sweet little brother! We also took her out to get a haircut (her first real one), so I think it was a very good day for her. 

I love my little four year-old!