Oops…this is already over a month late but I can’t let it slide off my list because it was an absolute blast!  After discussions of a flamingo party or a peacock party, Reece decided to go with unicorns.  Admittedly, this wasn’t my top choice, but now that I look back on it, I’m pretty thrilled with it!  In my opinion, unicorns are just weird.  However, they are trendy at the moment and little girls usually love them so I decided to go with a more subdued look with horns, flowers, and big lashes and I think it turned out pretty magical (you know…unicorns are magical and all!)

Of all the birthday parties I’ve thrown over the years, I have never had such an awesome reaction.  Ever!  And I’ve done a lot of parties!  Our little friend, Lila, was literally in tears over the beauty she was seeing before her eyes!  At first I thought she might have been upset about something or maybe she was missing her mom, but nope – that was not the case.  She was actually overcome with love for the unicorn party!  Thank you, Lila, for absolutely making my year!!  You’re awesome.

As soon as I knew that we were lucky enough to have 10+ girls in attendance, I immediately called on Morgan and her friends for help.  They are the BEST party helpers ever!

We played pin the horn on the unicorn – it was a close one, but our sweet little neighbor, Olivia, won out.  Congratulations Olivia!

The dining room was a ‘no boys zone’ but Drew was trying to sneak in there to get in on the fun…

We designed unicorn horns with sugar cones, frosting, and candy.  I though they would take them home to eat but before I could get a picture of them…they were eating them!  It was hit for sure!

We played a fun (but difficulte) game of uniorn ring toss…

I mean seriously, have you ever seen such cute unicorn party girls!!?

We had a unicorn pinata – it broke before many of the girls could take a swing at it (I’m notorious for overfilling pinatas!) so Morgan tossed it up in the air for Brian to swing at it and it ended up being a crazy candy free-for-all!

We also made little unicorn necklaces with unicorn cereal.  This also proved to be a little difficult because our yarn kept fraying.  When in doubt just eat the cereal!  That’s what most of the girls did!  We had one persistent one, Kate, who got hers completed.  Way to go Kate!

We enjoyed dinner and LOTS of sweets as usual.  These girls sang the most spirited rendition of happy birthday that I have ever heard!  I loved every minute of it!

Of course, Reece received many generous gifts and cards that are all lovingly stored in her bed.  How anyone could sleep in this madness, I will never know!

She received this adorable unicorn blanket from our neighbors who were unable to attend.  She was, without question, the best dressed at the soccer complex at Jake’s game!

Her friend, Macy, drew the best unicorn card from looking at the invitation!  A budding artist for sure!  It’s a keeper!Before I knew it, half the neighborhood was here and this party was going strong!  Unicorn champagne cocktails with sprinkles in hand…what can be better!?

And if all else fails and you just need to get away from all these girls and fancy unicorns, just go relax in the tree…that’s what our little friend Andrew did!

We stayed outside talking with our neighbors, the Dearmore’s, forever.  We love having them because we can always count on them to make us laugh over old memories and stay ’til the bitter end or until the drinks run out! 😉We cleaned up as much as possible before I couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore.  I think Brian ended up cleaning until past 2am…which makes for a rough mothers day the following day!  Either way, I would do it all over again and again because we had an absolute blast!  I’ve officially changed my mind on unicorns.  They rock!

I’m always trying to come up with unique and/or worthwhile party favors, so everyone received unicorn sugar cookie mix.  I was hoping to try a batch before I handed them out but ran out of time and hoped for the best!  I’m told that they were actually fun to make and pretty tasty (but sorta looked like raw hamburger patties 😉

I will say this time after time, we have the best family and friends who are always there for us–making us laugh and celebrating all of life’s milestones.  We love you!  Happy 8th birthday Reece!!P.S. Our sweet Jake wanted to make sure he had something to give Reece on her birthday so he rode his bike to Casey’s to get her some treats that reminded him of unicorns and wrapped this all on his own.  It warms my heart that he is learning at least a couple things from me 😉  I’m also counting on him to put every future boyfriend of Reece’s through a thorough background check and scare them off if needed!