Sadie's Pony Party

We were fortunate enough to have a family in the ward that keeps horses and ponies. Their daughters compete in pageants and Riley was trying to earn money for the Children's Miracle Network. It's the best way to throw a party!! Not only are we making Sadie's pony dreams come true, but I'm also donating to a great cause. It's also nice to be able to help Riley in her competition. Sadie and all her friends had SO much fun. Nothing is more fun than riding a pony, especially a REAL one.

We started out with some face painting but that didn't last long once the pony rides started. Cute Riley and her mom, Marilyn were out there for an hour giving all the kids a ride. Most of them didn't want to be done so it was a good thing there was cake to look forward to.

We got Sadie a big rainbow Cake from Costco (I wasn't in the mood to slave over a pony shaped cake this year) and put ponies all over it. Sadie was pleased and that's all that matters, right?





Sadie was insistent on wearing this riding helmet that was WAY too big for her. There were others that would have fit better, but this one was THE one. I got her to wear a cowboy hat a little later. She still looks pretty cute!!

Jack was a total trooper during the whole event. He just hung out on Chase's hip and watched the pony rides. He wasn't quite big enough for a ride of his own.

Here's cute Marilyn with the birthday girl. What an nice lady to walk all those kids around the stable over and over again!!

After about an hour Jack started to fade. Poor Chase had no choice but to just hold Jack as he slept. His arm went completely numb.

There always seems to be a lot of wind on Sadie's birthday. Luckily the candles held out for a whole ten seconds for her to blow them out.

I found little finger prints all over the rainbow cake. I think while some kids were getting pony rides, the others couldn't resist the frosting while waiting for their turn.

We were very pleased with the turn out!! Look at all those kiddos!! I'm glad the Copan's had such a large round table. I'm also glad Ashley was there to help me distribute the plates, cake and water. Every kid wanted part of the rainbow in their piece which made for a lot of demanding and not so much of the "please and thank yous." It was hilarious!!

Then it was time for the pinata. I couldn't believe Party City had one of these. In fact they had a whole "My Little Pony" section. Pinkie Pie was a hit, literally. Those kids whacked her pretty hard.

After every kid had a turn whacking the pony, my strong, ridiculously clad husband took one for the team. They make those pinatas way to indestructible!! Once the candy was out the kids raced to the scene to collect as much candy as possible.

By the time we had finished cleaning up, everyone was pretty tuckered out. Sadie's eyes were red and puffy from the dust and pollen, and Jack is looking at the camera with total disgust.

We are on the activities committee and were needed at the ward to set up tables and displays for the talent show that evening.

The whole ward sang Happy Birthday to Sadie and she was literally on cloud nine the entire evening. She loves to dance and took every opportunity to do so on stage, just like Angelina Ballerina!!

It was a lot of fun and luckily Jack got a good nap before it started because after all the musical numbers, dancing and ice cream, we were all ready to pass out!! Sadie waited as far the the parking lot before she fell asleep in the car.

*Special thanks to all who came, Jenny Henshaw for taking most of the pictures (I'm so glad she was there:-), and for the Copan Fam for a great party!!