Come on Vamanos, Let's Party!

Brianna turns 3 tomorrow and celebrated today with a bunch of her friends!
I must first say that I have the BEST Visiting Teachers EVER! The both stopped by before the party to help me finish setting up. I would never have finished in time without them! And they are both VERY pregnant! They are fantastic! I also had other friends who were very helpful before and after the party! Thanks guys!
To start our Princess Dora Adventure we had the kids decorate their party hats and crowns.2 Princesses ready for an adventure!To start the adventure each kid got a "backpack" that I made for them. The girls had purple and the boys got orange ones like Diego's. Inside were things to help on the adventure plus some party favors.The first stop on the adventure was Crocodile Lake. To cross we had to fix the rainbow bridge. Then it was off to the Rainforest to save the baby monkey! This didn't quite turn out how I invisioned it...but it was still fun!Of course we had a run in with Swiper on the way....and he swiped the key to the castle! Chad did a fantastic job and even made one kid run away crying! Luckily we were able to find the key to the castle inside the pinata! It took lots of kids, and the bravery of Nick who ended up holding the pinata while our last kid took some swings at it! There was lots of candy to add to our back packs too! Having a good time! We also had stars hidden throughout the entire thing so they could do some "star catching" and add them to their back packs. I think that helped add more things for each kid to be able to participate along the way.

We did it!!! We made it to the castle! (Luckily a friend of mine chipped in and we're sharing props for her party next week, so the castle and a few other things will be used twice!)

Inside we found the Dora cake...notice the plastic Dora inside the pink cake! I think it's much cuter than the fondant one that Bri ate! I was sad because I didn't have time to add the last details to the cake, but I had spent too much time on it already! This is my 3rd fondant cake, apparently I only make one once a year for Bri's birthday! Hopefully I'll get better!

I think this is the biggest breath I've ever see a kid take before blowing out the candles....SO glad I caught it on camera! I've gotta show this picture at her wedding some day! She is so expressive! She had to finally climb onto the table to blow the candles out!

Bri made out like a bandit with gifts and has had a ton of fun all day playing with them!

We had such a fun time! And though it was quite a challenging task to plan and execute this party with a baby I am happy with how it turned out! I am mostly happy that it is over and I can get back to normal life! (I think my husband will be the happiest that it's over!!! )

Tomorrow we'll just have dinner and left over cake while Bri opens her presents from us on her actual birthday!

She was one happy girl today! Thanks everyone for making her day! And no, I don't plan on letting my kids have a big friend party every year....thank goodness!