Handful's 4th Birthday....Party

A couple of weeks ago we fought the sickies to celebrate Handful's 4th Birthday.  We invited an assortment of family, old friends and some new.  Below are the posts for her  previous birthday.  Oh my how she has grown up.

• 3rd Birthday
• 2nd Birthday
• 1st Birthday

All year long since her last birthday, we have to hear about the next one.  Finally, the day had come and she was just as excited.  The only thing is, we had one major issue.  Everybody in the house was super sick all week long.  That is, until The day before her party.  She perked up somehow and our thoughts of cancelling the party altogether got put away.  So, her mom and I pushed through to make sure she enjoyed her day....and boy did she ever!

Mrs. Jones put her Pinterest surfing to good use on this day.  She decided to go with an artists theme instead of Hello Kitty.  This four year old didn't seem to care as long as she was having fun with her friends and family.

Paint Brush Rice Krispie Treats

So, we started off the festivities with a little bit of canvas painting.  Here's handful with her new friend Boyd.  For having never met before today, they hit it off from the moment they met. 

And a little bit of finger painting

And then we went on to some Sand Art.  Well, I'm noticing that I put these pictures our out of order and I don't feel like going back to organize them.  Sand Art was the third art/craft that we did.

Here she is with her cousin Koko, as she calls her and her new friend Kierra.

And of course, just as we do every year, we commemorate the date with pictures of all of the party attendants.

Aunt Courtna, Aunt Minnie Mouse & Grandmother

Memaw

Aunt Danielle & Uncle Deon

Grandma, Koko, Paw Paw and Gumz...of course trying to grab Koko's hair.

Oh, I forgot!  The guests also made their own suckers too.

Kierra, Sierra...lol and Koko

I saved this picture for last because of it's significance.  Sometimes you never know how God finds a way to connect people.  Tess met our good friend Nicolle and her son Boyd through their blogs....about 3 years ago.  And guess what?  This was our very first time meeting each other in person.  Please visit her blog here at Boyd's Crazy Mama.  She and her energetic 4 year old are awesome, genuinely loving people who really love people.  She was everything we thought she'd be.  Thanks Nicolle for traveling way out here to hang with us on this special day.

Now on to next year!!!  Wondering just how much she will have grown between now and then.