you're invited to share our "teddy bear breakfast" memories

Wednesday was Avery's birthday and her party. We invited 6 kids over to celebrate her birthday with a "teddy bear breakfast." Each child came over at 9:30 am for breakfast, dressed in jammies and with their favorite teddy bear. Our party started out with pancakes topped with sprinkles. We played with toys in the basement for a while, before moving on to organized games. The kids especially loved the relay races which included hopping to the finish line with their teddy bear in tow. We did a craft. I made teddy bear paper dolls. The kids each decorated and dressed their own paper teddy bear. It was fun to pick out the different outfits. My favorite comment came from Luke... "this outfit does not match, Ms Laurie." We had cupcakes. Put on our party hats. I had made each kiddo and their teddy bear a visor to wear. It was silly and fun trying to get our animals to keep the hats on. ha. Avery is not keen on the idea of everyone singing Happy birthday to her, however the children broke out in song anyway. We compromised by saying we would not look at her during the "Happy Birthday" song. I guess she doesn't revel in the attention. Of course, we opened presents and Avery is a very gracious hostess. She politely thanked everyone and is enjoying all the wonderful gifts her friends brought. We finished off the party with a pinata. Avery has talked about having a pinata for a whole year now, so we knew it wouldn't be a party without her pinata. The kids went home with some candy, their visors (party hats) a little teddy bear and teddy grahams. I love birthday parties for 4 year old, these kids are easy to please. Simple and inexpensive. Looking around the room I saw 6 sweet children all giggling together, and enjoying their time. Thank you to all her friends who came to celebrate with Avery. She had a great birthday party.