the carnival

This past weekend we got to celebrate with the Dean family in all 3 of their children's birthdays.  All 3 kids are born in the month of October.  Emmy turned 4, Macy turned 3 and Nora turned 1.

The great thing about having all your kids' birthdays in the same month?  You get to combine birthday parties and have one big blow out!  

This year Emmy and Macy had their birthday parties together while Nora had a separate one since it was her first birthday.  The theme for Emmy and Macy's party was a carnival.  

Courtney went all out.  She should be a party planner.  There was a dunking booth, cotton candy machine, popcorn machine and a snow cone machine.  The backyard was set up just like a carnival with tents that had games in them.  As the kids arrived they were given tickets to go play games.  They had great prizes just like a carnival!  Some of the games were ring toss, go fish, a pie eating contest and a cake walk.  Too cute!

One of the birthday girls, Emmy.

Mommy and Daddy sharing a kiss after Daddy got dunked in the water.

Ava was so excited to have a cupcake painted on her face, but of course like every 2 year old she reached up to touch it and messed it up.  She was a little sad to say the least.  She needed some comfort from Mommy.

Emma's personal favorite, popcorn.

The other birthday girl, Macy.

Courtney surprised Macy with a pie to the face.  In all fairness, Macy got to return the favor to Courtney.

This lovely game sent us home with 2 beta fish.  We'll see how long they live in this house.

Our friend Melanie helping Ava throw the ball to knock down the cans.

Melanie's husband JJ as the clown.

At the end of the day, the family posed for some cute pics with their clown noses on.  Then, they realized these balloons in the air.  Such a precious family and a precious party!