A Berry Sweet Party

On Jan 12, we hosted Mary's fourth birthday party.  I wanted it to be very special for her and I wanted to try something different than the loud whole-family parties we'd had in the past.  After much deliberation, I put  together a Mommy-and-Me, Berry Sweet Treat party.  What is a Berry Sweet Treat Party?  If it's yummy and sweet and especially if it has strawberries too, it's a Berry Sweet Treat.  And what better way to enjoy these treats, than with a group of girls and their mommies.

So, the mommies and the girls came and we had a great time making sweet crafts, eating sweet foods and celebrating Mary's 4th birthday.  

No party is complete without the sweetest treat of all...the cake:  

And the sweetest girl:  

Our friends arrived and we started on some berry sweet crafts:

After the pretzels were dipped and sprinkled, a walnut was turned into a strawberry, the bookmarks were beaded, the playdough moulded, the wisks filled with chocolate, and our brooches sparkled with jewels, we got a treat and played two games.  First we filled our treat boxes with spoonfuls of candy.  Yum!  Next, we gathered hidden berries.  6 little girls can make short work of finding a basket full of red berries.  Then, we sat together for a friendly game of "hot muffin," which is a lot like Hot Potato, but a lot sweeter.  


After all that fun, we needed some refreshment. We served meatloaf and mashed potato cupcakes, strawberries and other fruit with chocolate and whipped cream, and a few other appetizers. The delicious snacks were topped off by a delicious cake.



We finished the party by opening the presents our generous friends brought. We had such a sweet time celebrating with all our guests and hope that they did too.