Peyton's Dora Birthday Party

Peyton was excited to have an all girl party. We scheduled the party to begin at 12:30, an hour after Jackson's party was over. When the girls arrived, they each put on their Dora lipgloss bracelets we had found for party favors and went outside for an adventure using map to find the pinata Swiper had swiped from the party. Instead of diligently following map, we ended up just playing outside in the water for a little while and eating some snacks before miraculously "finding" the pinata and relieving it of all of its goodies. After eating a few pieces of their pinata candy, the girls were finished with the great outdoors, so we came inside to play some games and color. They all sat down to color a booklet of Dora Saves the Mermaid coloring pages. While they were sitting at the table, Peyton looked around and in a sweet voice said: "Girls, thanks for coming to my birthday party.". It was cute. After coloring, we played a few party games and put together a big Dora puzzle before we sang to Peyton and cut her birthday cake. The boys joined us for the cake because they are always "in" when food is involved. It was humorous to see the differences between the boys and the girls at the two parties!Peyton had a great time at her party! After everyone left, Peyton took a bath all by herself (a novelty for her) and played with some of her new Dora bath toys. She stayed so long in the water that by the time she was ready to get out, the water had turned rather cold and she was freezing. After getting warm again and dressed, Peyton sat down to enjoy another piece of her cake. That pretty much ended up being dinner. No one wanted to eat dinner after all of the treats! Peyton was exhausted after playing at Jackson's pirate party and her own party and had a meltdown before being tucked into bed a bit early. Happy 4th Birthday my sweet Peyton!