Lexey's soccer party - 5th birthday

Alexey recently started soccer and with her excitement for her new sport she decided she wanted a soccer party. I rented the NCSP mini field for an hour to let the kids play and then we had cupcakes.

 

Also, this is Lexey's favorite dress. She wears it at least twice a week! Usually she has a pink sweater she wears over it also.

 I had a lot of soccer games planned but the kids mostly loved just running around on the field with their balls and doing their own thing.

 Lex enjoyed playing soccer for about 10 minutes but then as she saw all of her friends arriving with presents she wanted to open presents. While I had talked excessively with her about good manners when opening presents such as saying "thank you" even if you don't like it and taking the time to say thank you to each person, etc. I hadn't prepared her for waiting for present time.

 
 

 Here she is pouting b/c we can't open presents! :)

Jo was like a little energizer bunny on the field. She loved running around and playing. Usually she is just on the sidelines! She actually does a really good job dribbling. She may also like soccer when she gets a little older!

"cheese"

Here's the gang. Lex invited about 10 friends from church and school + Calvin and Clare and cousin Parker!

 I looked around online for soccer cupcakes and realized right away I was not going to make soccer cupcakes with black and white frosting. Way too messy and hard. I found this idea instead. All I did was print off on my computer at home lots of little soccer ball clip arts and then glued 2 together with a toothpick in between  to make a little cupcake topper. Easy and cute.

Also I didn't get a picture but for the favor I got each kid a water bottle and put in a couple of little things- cheese and crackers and gummies and 2 little soccer ball chocolates  I hate all the junk toys that you have to buy for goodie bags so this was better. It was a little more expensive but worth it in my mind to have something useful and the rest of the party was cheap since we weren't doing any food.

All in all it was a great 1st party for my lex. We were also lucky enough to be in Reno with Dave's family for her real birthday so she was spoiled with two parties this year!