This year I wanted to keep Alice’s birthday party pretty simple (for me).

Her party was a small affair of just family, and her three very best friends.

I decided to just make the party all about all the things Alice loves — pink and purple, cupcakes, cookies, hot dogs, play-doh, coloring and crafts.

And that was it!

It was a really fun day, and I’m so happy with how it all turned out.

(My only regret is that I somehow really messed up on time-management on this one!  I have no idea how I did that — but the party was pretty much ready to go and all set up about 20 minutes after it actually started.  Oops!  Thanks for helping me out, friends and family!)

Birthday girl.

Ready for a party!

Table for the littles.

Play-Doh, coloring and crafts in the playroom!

Personalized color pages for each guest, free from Frecklebox.com.

Presents!

Ice Cream princess!

She had a wonderful day and I was so happy with her sweet little party!

She laughed and smiled all day — you know, kind of like she does every day!

But I’m pretty sure her smile was a just a *little* bigger on this day.

LOVE!