Y'all, on my best day, I couldn't make this day up...
Lula-Belle loves her some Tangled (and Frozen), so we decided a Rapunzel party would be perfect. And for the grand finale, I ordered fancy floating lanterns to release at her party, just like they do in the movie. Hand-painted "Snuggly Duckling" sign made by Daddy, check. All Lucy's favorite snacks, check. Anamana's world famous birthday cupcakes, double check. It was shaping up a little something like this...
...and then this happened.
Twenty minutes before the party started, Sam has a run-in with the Kabota, and he lost. His white blonde hair was streaked red and his green "Pascal" shirt looked like it came from a crime scene. Just trust
me, this smile does not accurately capture his initial response.
But, Anamana and PawPaw cleaned him up, Daddy glued his head back together, and we proceeded to party. Danielle to the rescue on bringing out the ipad with cartoons to distract him. He sat next to his new turtle friend, so he could watch Ninja Turtles too. Love me some super-parents.
(Please notice he wanted to continue wearing the Pascal shirt, regardless.)
And, those fancy lanterns I ordered...never came. It's a good thing though, because it turns out they are illegal in Tennessee. Moving on. Plan B was to float "glowing balloons" by putting glow sticks inside the balloons. Good plan, right?! Nope. The balloons wouldn't float with the glow sticks in them. Go figure. We couldn't have watched them anyway since it was POURING down rain for Lucy's outdoor playground party. 100% chance in the forecast. Fine time for the weather man to get it right. So, we had a great balloon chase game under the covered front porch in the rain.
Did the birthday girl care that things didn't exactly go as planned?!
She couldn't have cared less. We rolled up our pants and ventured out through the wet grass and mud and played and partied and ziplined anyway.
Did I mention we all went home covered in grass and mud?
After the second downpour, we ran back inside for food and cupcakes.
Sweet birthday girl face
And, this girl.
Sweet Heather, who owns Captured Memories by Heather, was so kind to attend the party as our friend and photographer, so I could just be Mom this time and enjoy the party. These pictures are amazing and priceless to me. Thank you for capturing Lucy's special day so perfectly. I look forward to many family sessions together in the future.
And, what would a Rapunzel birthday party be without lots of princess Rapunzel gifts?!
Rapunzel click clack shoes, these might be her favorite.
Happy birthday, sweet girl. You are well loved.
I'll leave you with our only family photo from the party. Pretty accurate shot of who we are if you ask me. It might not have turned out exactly as planned, but it was a pretty great day, anyway.
