hazel's 7th birthday {a pony party}

we had such a fun party for hazel today

she decided on a pony party months ago

so we looked into getting real ponies for it and we were able to get some!

i have loved horses since i was little and i love that hazel does, too

she especially loves pony rides

look at this gorgeous girl!

i made her this dress which she loves

and bought her riding boots

and michael made her flower crown

 with some of our kids it takes a while to catch up with their new age

but hazel always feels like she's older than she is

it was really fun to put the treats together

 pony sugar cookies

 we served watermelon, a veggie tray, pizza, sugar cookies, krispy kreme donuts, 

chocolate dipped oreos, cake and lemonade 

as soon as the party started the kids had pony rides

for the first hour they all took turns and ate

they each got several rides

hazel preferred riding whinny 

 noah looked so big on cookie

 eleanor was the cutest little horseback rider

her hair kept bouncing all around

it made my heart swell

 henry wasn't super thrilled to sit on the pony

 olive has a deep love for animals

and i kept watching her lean forward to pet the ponies during her rides

she also fed them some carrots

 so happy

 we decided to play pin the tail on the pony

noah drew our pony on a poster board

and he let hazel paint it 

isn't it the cutest?

the kids had a lot of fun playing it

hazel is looking so old! 

 present time!

have you ever seen a happier girl?

 then it was time for cake

 hazel had 12 friends

which was pretty good for memorial day weekend

 then it was time for the pony pinata

and then it was time to go

 we gave each girl a little horse, a candy bracelet, a purple flower clip and some candy

then the candy they got from the pinata

it was a really fun party

we had some down time 

then i took hazel to hobby lobby to spend a gift card she got and out to fro-yo

and then we went mini golfing

to reward hazel for filling her food chart

 it went about as well as expected #awful

but the kids had fun

 off and on

it was a super fun day celebrating our hazel girl

she deserves it