halle's princess birthday adventure

Halle is into all things princess and all things adventure so we decided to combine the two for her 3rd birthday. We made invitations that asked, "mirror, mirror on the wall...who is the bravest princess of all?" We delivered her invitations a few days before her party to a couple of friends all dressed up like a princess.

The morning of her big day came and she was so excited to have both grandmas and her aunts at her party. Her little friends arrived and sat down to decorate some foam crowns before we started our adventure.

While they were making their crowns a terrible dragon had entered the house and stolen Halle's princess cake. He left a note saying he took their cake and the adventure began as they set off to find it.

The first place they looked was the seven dwarf's cottage only to discover that the evil queen was there and would not tell them the next place to look until they tried a bit of a poisoned apple.

The queen told them to look under the sea where they found Sebastian who would not tell them what he knew until they danced with the fishes.

Sebastian said they should try asking Sleeping Beauty who of course was sleeping in her bed.

Halle had to wake her from her deep sleep with a kiss in order to ask her where the dragon and the cake were.

Sleeping Beauty told them to ask Rapunzel. The tots asked Rapunzel to let down her hair and they climbed up it to find Flynn Rider tied to a chair.

He would not tell them anything until the kids freed him from Rapunzel's hair.

He then told them the dragon was waiting for them in the enchanted garden. They marched through flowers and trees to find a sword waiting for them in front of the garden door. Each princess and prince took a turn trying to slay the dragon, but in the end Flynn Rider had to finish him off.

The adventurers collected the dragon's innards and found a note lying on the ground that told them they would find the cake in a treasure chest.

Halle knew right where to go and found her princess cake.

We sang to her and ate cake (mostly frosting for Halle).

She opened her gifts from her sweet friends and then the highlight of her day and possibly life had arrived.

We rented a princess bouncy house for her to bounce in all day. She bounced with her friends until her party was over.

She bounced with her aunts until she opened their gifts, including a mermaid barbie and new ballet clothes and shoes.

She was having so much fun she forgot to go to the bathroom and ended up peeing her pants. After a nap she went right back out to the bouncy house and stayed in there all day.

Easton Bell came to bounce with her in the afternoon and Uncle Ryan came later that night

The only times she was not in the bouncy house were to eat dinner and open presents. She wanted a soft Sally doll from The Nightmare Before Christmas movie and Cinderella's castle.

The Nimer's gave her a fantastic doll house.

It was a little traumatic when the man came to deflate the bouncy house and pack it up. She even went and looked for it the next morning only to realize it was not her birthday anymore. She received so many wonderful gifts and had a very special day filled with so much love, fun, and family.