I’d assumed that Susie would request a ballet theme for her birthday party this year–I’d bought a ton of ballerina party stuff last year, she’s even more obsessed this year, and she lives in a tutu. But she insisted back in March that she wanted a “hook in the hand” party, which it took me several days to figure out meant pirates. The girls would be princesses, of course, but she wanted a pirate themed party. I was stumped. Fortunately, I happened to mention my conundrum during a phone date with Naomi, who was doing creative, original party plans well before pinterest. Knowing how much Susie loves Richard Scarry, Naomi immediately suggested I make the theme around his book Pie Rats, Ahoy! I immediately bought the book and latched on to Naomi’s idea of mini pies for the guests. I didn’t know how to tie in the princess theme other than telling Rebekah to come in a princess costume, but as usual, Sarah came to my rescue. While picking up the big girl bike I’d hidden at their house last week, Sarah pulled out a box of leftover party supplies, including crowns, wands, and bubbles. Craft, snack, take-home gift, all suddenly provided for me! The girls decorated crowns and dressed up as princesses while Tommy and James played legos. Then we made mini apple-blueberry pies for the kids to take home, had cake while I read Pie Rats, Ahoy! to them, and played a bit more. It was a perfect four year old party!
decorating the crowns
pie dough
filling the pies!
rolling out the top crusts
Rebekah had to go before the pies were cool, and Janie and Ellis had to go down for naps, but James stayed long enough for a photo shoot with the finished products!