woodland party

Sydney had her 4th birthday party this week. We live right behind our neighborhood park, so we had it in the little "forest" of clustered trees. 

everyone got a gnome hat when they came, and left with a goodie bag of treats and foresty trinkets

catching "butterflies" (balloons)

everyone painted their fairy or gnome house

Max stood at the Bobbing for Apples basin almost the entire time - splashing, munching on every apple, and washing his shoes.

my sister, Kathleen, made a visit as the story-telling fairy

Sydney's first pinata!

After everyone left, Sydney and I took a few shots of her as a big FOUR year old. :)