My Messy Mess Birthday Party

WOWZER!! Did Mommy and Daddy ever throw me a fun and memorable 3rd birthday party!! They decided that the party should be one in which 3-year-olds get to do what they love to do most: make a big messy mess!

But before the party we had lots of preparations to do, and I couldn't let Mommy and Daddy do it all by themselves. I helped Mommy and Daddy choose all the party supplies like the decorations and Pass the Parcel gifts and even the goodies for the lolly bags, which Mommy called (un)lolly bags because she's a fuddyduddy and doesn't think little kids should be eating lots of sugar. Whatever Mommy! But we did get some good stuff for my friends like curly straws and bubbles and party-sized Play-Dohs. And she did relent and allow me to choose a couple of gummy snakes and candies to put in my friends' bags.

And then we had lots of cooking to do. I stirred the cupcake mix and added the food colouring to make them yellow and blue. And I cut the finger Jello into all sorts of shapes with my cookie cutters. And best of all, I helped Mommy to make the frosting and decorate my birthday cake. It was both of our first times using an actual frosting bag thingie and Mommy thought we did a great job! What do you think?

Just like a pro!

And then it was time for the party! Mommy greeted all my friends and styled them up with with some blue and purple hairspray so they'd get into the messy spirit right away. She also gave some of the older kids cans of silly string, and they had a blast running around spraying us all. As for us littler kids, we dove right into the messy mess with body painting.

Bradley contemplates the colours

James wants to join in the fun

Elizabeth shows off her artistic talent

Once we were all thoroughly painted, Mommy brought out the cupcakes and frosting and marshmallows and sprinkles, and we all had a great time decorating our own cupcakes, then licking off all the frosting and goodies and decorating them again.

Is there any cupcake under all the frosting, marshmallows and sprinkles?

Regan, Xander, Elizabeth, Cailey and I waiting for the frosting

Tim shows off his creations

Elizabeth sprinkles with the utmost care

After all that sugar, it was time for a game of Pass the Parcel. Some of us younger kids weren't exactly sure how to play and just wanted to hold onto the parcel and even start to unwrap it, but the mommies were there to make sure we kept passing it along until the music stopped and then whoever was holding it could unwrap a layer and uncover a pressie. Mommy got so carried away with all the layers of presents that some of us even got two of them.

Reuben showing me how this game works

Zach and Lachlan checking out the goods

Look at me! I'm three!

Ben unwraps with care

Regan 'helping' me unwrap the parcel

Then after a bit of playing and running amok, Mommy brought out our masterpiece of a cake so that we could all sing me Happy Birthday and take turns blowing out the candles (that was Mommy's idea because Cailey and Elizabeth kept blowing out the candles before I could!)

Happy Birthday to me!

Cailey clearly awed by our beautiful cake

After more licking off of frosting, it was time for the messiest of our messy messes. Some folks call it 'goo' and some call it 'slime', but I call it F-U-N. And I think Mommy and Sam and the big kids had as much fun as any of us. Before long, it was in our hair, on our clothes, everywhere! So Daddy got the sprinklers going for all of us littlies to run around in until all the slime washed off.

Blake, Wil, Tiana, Cailey, Ryder, Regan and I getting into the slime

So messy and so much fun!

Mommy sharing some slime with Ollie

And Elizabeth 'sharing' some slime with Sam

Once we were all clean and dry, Mommy handed out the (un)lolly bags and we all sat around and compared our goodies.

Ryder, Zach, Brad, Tim and I checking out the lolly bags

You can probably tell from the pictures that we had a pretty great time. All the kids ran and played until the sugar high fizzled out and we were all very tired. Then it was time to say good-bye to my friends, have a bath and settle down in front of one of my new movies while Mommy and Daddy started cleaning up all that messy mess. ~ Elliot

Thanks Mommy and Daddy for an awesome party!

Xander keeping nice and tidy

Blake and Wil wielding the silly string and rocking to the music

Reuben cleaning the slime off the seesaw

Oliver and Lachlan comparing notes about their upcoming birthday parties

Rob and Sam on towel duty

Daddy, Blake and Wil hanging out