Baby and Me Party For Our 3 Year Old

Somehow life can get ahead of you sometimes. That’s how November felt for me. Suddenly it was two weeks before Beka’s birthday and she announced she really wanted a party… sigh… what kind of party do you want? A friend party or a family party? Friend… double sigh. 

For me when planning a birthday party, I need a theme. With a theme you can plan the decorations, games, treats, and invitations. Also, keeping in mind that my brain is still fried from having a newborn in the house well I really struggled to figure out what my sweet Beka Boo likes. She pretty much likes anything Emma is doing. However, the one thing she really loves to do is take care of her baby dolls. She loves to rock them, take them for walks, pretend to give them baths, change diapers, feed them… of course she also like to draw on them and throw them around but it’s all good!

So, a baby party it was. I started surfing the internet and a fabulous site called pintrest for ideas. I came up with a few ideas and it was off to the races. Now, I’d learned a lesson from Emma’s party. Her party went too long. So, I planned a 1 hour party for Beka and it was perfect!

We got baby shower invitations at the dollar store.  We took the invitations to a couple of friends from church and a couple of cousins.  We used a baby shower table cloth and little baby bottles as the decorations… Which of course I forgot to take a picture of!

I decided to set up stations for the girls/boys to take care of their babies.

The first station was the check in station. I totally forgot to take a picture, ugh mommy brain… We had a small kitchen scale to weigh the babies. They got birth certificates with their baby’s weight, height, and name. Then they got to listen to their baby’s heart.

Station 2 was a diaper changing. I used this pattern to make little diapers for each kid to take home with them. Then I used the extra scraps for wipes.

Station 3 was giving your baby a bath. I brought our little baby bath and filled it with rubber ducks (no water!). They got to use scraps of felt for their washcloths. They had  little felt sheets to use as towels for their babies.

 

  Station 4 was a portrait station. I got the cutest pictures of some of our little mommies and their babies. I  had grand ideas of using these for thank you notes… but I didn’t get all the kids over to the station. Sigh, it’s all good!

 

I took Beka through all the stations before her friends arrived. They were so excited! Everyone parked their strollers and came to the check in station. The most popular station was the bath.

After everyone had a chance to do all the activities, I had the kids sit at the table to make a paper diaper bag. Each of them put their babies down for a “nap”.  It was so cute! They were each given a white paper bag, crayons,  and a bunch of Tinkerbelle stickers (Beka’s favorite Disney character)

Love how intent they were! The bags doubled as the grab bags.

As the decoration wound down, I gave each kid a cupcake to decorate. They LOVED this! Beka had picked out the flavor and icing.

   

I LOVE Beka’s face! How can you not get into your frosting. She was so happy!

After cupcakes, I had the kids get their babies and we took them to story time. I had them sit in on the rug and listen to two of Beka’s favorite books. Then with everyone sitting and a little calm we did presents. I was a little nervous about how this would go. When Emma was three we tried to open the gifts with all the guests and it didn’t go well at all. But this time it went just fine. Beka’s favorite gift was from Grandma and Grandpa Peterson. She got her own stroller! She’s been using Riley and Emma’s.

After the gifts were open we took the kids outside to do a stroller parade! This was the best:  

Such a fun time for all. Beka had a blast, and loved her new stroller. Grandpa was the hero and put it together while we took the kids outside.

And then it was over! We loaded each kid up with their diaper bag, diaper, bottle, and birth certificate.

I can’t believe our little Beka Boo is 3! She is very excited to start primary and loves to help mommy in the kitchen. She’s is constantly into something, and is generally laughing about it.

We love you Beka Sue! You defiantly keep us on our toes, and we wouldn’t have you any other way!