The Sweatman Family

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Reese's Purple Zebra 3rd Birthday Party

Reese's 3rd birthday party was WILD! We had 16 little zebras running around :) We couldn't have asked for a better turn out! It was chilly out but no one seemed to care ;) Enjoy the pictures!!! (details at bottom)

Calling All Purple Zebras!!

The Dessert Buffet

Purple Sprinkles Cake

Purple Zebra Cake with Cake Glaze

Cupcake Towers

Candied Popcorn, Pretzels, & M&Ms

I need to say THANK YOU to Aunt Ashley for doing a fabulous job making this:

Pin The Tail On The Zebra

Glue the Stripes on the Zebra

Z is for Zebra Coloring Station

Purple Zebra Ball Pit

Favors: Mini Pinatas To-Go

The girls got bracelets made by my sister

Party Like An Animal! Zebra Mask Favors

The Birthday Girl (notice the purple nails)!

Mason, Reese & Emma

Mason

Elise & Sarah

Mason, Emma, Reese & "Banana"

Reese Coloring Her Purple Zebra with "Banana"

The Sweatman Men

Pin the tail on the zebra was a lot of fun!

Sarah was the winner (prize: zebra coloring book)

What's a Party without a Pinata?!

Josh gave the pinata a beating!

Elise used a one handed technique :)

Sarah got after it!

"Banana" loosened it up!

Zachary created a weak spot!

Ezekiel almost busted it!

Shae got the candy flying!

Papa & Aunt Ashley

Our Long Distance Travelers: Papa, Uncle Nathan & Shae

Kasi & Mason

Singing Happy Birthday got a bit overwhelming for this little zebra:

Recruiting help to blow out the candles

Purple Rainbow Cake with Sprinkles

Purple Zebra Cake

Since Reese didn't want to wear her party hat, Uncle Kenneth decided to be a champ!

Our Littlest Zebra had some good babysitters while Mommy & Daddy were focused on Reese:

Scarlett & Great Grandma

Scarlett & Meme

Scarlett & Nana

Scarlett & Uncle Nathan

Scarlett & Papa

Scarlett & Aunt Ashley & Future Uncle Victor

Emma

Wiped Out!

THANK YOU to each and every "zebra" who helped Reese celebrate turning THREE!!! I wasn't able to capture pictures of every zebra but we know who you are ;) We couldn't have had such a wonderful party without you!

Details:

Zebra Ballons/Candles/Plates/Napkins: Hobby Lobby

Zebra Party Hat: made by me (zebra felt, stiff Pellon, and a purple boa)

Purple Zebra Tissue Poms: made by me (tutorial)

Purple Sprinkles Cake: made by me using Funfetti cake mix, Regal Purple Gel Food Coloring, homemade buttercream icing & Lavender nonpareil sprinkles (inspiration)

Purple Zebra Cake: made by me using this recipe & I added a cake glaze since it tasted a little plain without

Birthday Girl Shirt: Etsy

Littlest Zebra Outfit: Walmart

Mini Pinatas To Go: made by me

Treat Cones: made by me (tutorial)

Zebra Masks: made by me (image printed on cardstock and modge podged to foam)

Pin the Tail: made by my sister freehand using felt

Zebra Coloring Pages: here

Glue the Stripes: here

Zebra Ball Pit: is a zebra pool we already had from Target

Purple Zebra Pinata: made by me (tutorial)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day 2012

Lots of LOVE!!

Our Sweeties

Reese got Cat in the Hat!

Emma got Happy Feet!

These are Wanted posters at the girls' school :)

Emma looks just like Cody as a baby!

Monday, February 13, 2012

will you o'fish'ally be my valentine?

I love the girls' Valentine's this year for their friends at school!

All I did was create a Word document to fit the size of my cardstock (4.5" x 6.5") and created the phrase to fit my 2" circle puncher. I was able to fit 6 labels per sheet of cardstock. I punched them out and stapled them to these Valentine Goldfish packs I found at Target. The whole process took about 10 minutes to do and was super easy!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Happy 3rd Birthday Reese!!!

Happy THIRD Birthday Reese!!!

Where has the time gone? I can't believe it has been 3 years already since we welcomed our daughter into this world! Reese is the joy of our lives!!! She is so incredibly smart and a talented little artist ;) She is so sweet and nurturing toward her little sisters. Reese makes us laugh everyday and is constantly surprising us with the things she knows and says. She has such a FUN personality and loves to PLAY and RUN and JUMP! I need to look into gymnastics classes for her because I think she'd love it!

Yesterday I baked cupcakes (Funfetti with homemade butter cream icing) for Reese to take to her class at school.

She volunteered to be my "taste tester" ;)

Last night I stayed up and hung streamers so Reese would have to walk through them when she woke up ;)

Goodmorning Birthday Girl!

Today I baked a 5 layer cake of different shades of purple and frosted it with homemade butter cream icing so I could practice before her party (I'll blog details separately).