Scarlett's fourth birthday party was at the Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, which features an indoor temperature-controlled tropical butterfly house. Scarlett loves butterflies, so it sounded perfect!
Every butterfly birthday party needs a butterfly birthday cake.
And what better way for the little guests (and a few big ones, too) to fit in with the theme than with wings and antennae?
Papa Tig getting his butterfly on.
Max getting his face painted while BB watches on.
Max looks less than pleased (not sure what exactly was going on here) but this was the beset shot I got of his spider and web face painting. (Max was quite proud of his "MEAAANNNN spider!")
Cousin Jordan was ready to party.
There were lots of fun things to do in our party room in addition to the face painting, like making butterfly crafts ...
... coloring ...
After lunch we headed to the main attraction -- the butterfly house!
Boyd.
Check out these butterfly boots!
Cheryl and BB.
Alysse.
Claire and Kathryn.
Time for cake. It took quite a bit of coaxing to get our attention-avoiding girl anywhere near her cake because she said she didn't want everyone to sing happy birthday to her. I told her she could put the candles in the cake herself, and that did the trick.
... and had this super pathetic look on her face while we sang her "Happy Birthday."
Max, in stark contrast, was all about the cake, candles, and singing. In fact, he insisted that we light a candle for him so he could blow it out and applaud himself.
Izzi and Oliver.
Scot and Nathan.
Megan.
William.
Riley.
Stella and Michael.
Naomi.
Charles and Merritt.
Maren.
Boys from Scarlett's class having an antennae-sword battle.
Grandma, Uncle Frank, and Aunt Brenda. Where's your butterfly wings and antennae, Frank?
Returning the cart after hauling Scarlett's presents and other goodies to the car.
Some fun at the fountain before heading home. (Note the big smiles now that the crowd is gone ...)
