Kinsey's 7th birthday party

 Kinsey wanted a pumpkin theme for her birthday party this year!

 We made a pumpkin cake, pumpkin rice krispie treats, pumpkin chocolate covered pretzels, and used black markers to turn clementines into jack o' lanterns. We also made a giant veggie tray that looked like a pumpkin and decorated glass jars with orange food to add to the fun.

 Originally we planned on having part of the party outside in the backyard but since rain was coming I got to work on turning the garage into a suitable party location. Braden helped me a TON since Brian was at the State/UNC game and the girls were off playing.

 Kinsey's friends who were able to come! Lilly, Emily Ruth, Lydia, Emma, and Caroline.

 After estimating how many candy pumpkins were in a jar the girls painted pumpkins.

 Then they came in for a snack and decorated goodie bags for a couple of games later on. (I also cooked dinner during this time).

 They had jack o lantern cheese quesadillas for dinner along with all the other snack foods/veggies/and fruit.

 pumpkin heads!

After dinner Brian demonstrated how to play the pot game:). The kids had a GREAT time watching him! Then it was Kinsey's turn. Funny enough, Ephram ended up sitting on her back when it was her turn after watching her do the same to Brian!

 the kiddos sat with Kinsey while she opened Nonny and Poppy's gift.

pin the stem on the pumpkin! kinsey helped me paint it...she also choose all the games she wanted to play at the party.

 Next up was a game I thought of and was excited about probably more that the kids. I wasn't thinking it was happening in the garage at the time but honestly it was probably a better place than the backyard because the hay could be easily swept up. We hid over three hundred pennies in the hay bale and the kids got to keep whatever they could find. They had a BLAST looking for pennies! The garage looked like a barn when it was over but they had such a fun time!

We had the party from 5-8 so it would be long enough to play all the planned games but decided not to have a full sleepover this year. The girls watched part of a movie while they were waiting to be picked up and Caroline stayed to sleepover.  Kinsey had a great birthday party and said her favorite part was getting to be with her friends:).