For Lucy's third birthday, I was inspired by my favorite page in one of her favorite books, Skippyjon Jones, and her love for tacos, and we went with a Mexican theme.
I took Lu to the party store and she picked out things she thought her friends would like that I thought would fit inside a piñata.
So: pink pegasus piñata stuffed with tiny plastic animals, bubbles, tattoos, chocolate, smarties, and dum dums, tissue paper pom pom flowers, cupcakes, vanilla ice cream, lots of friends, and a wading pool. And sun! And a makeshift cake tower.
I wasn't really sure how the piñata would go, since it seemed unlikely that toddler efforts would break the thing, but they didn't seem to mind one bit. In fact, I don't think they really would have cared if it was never broken, like just the idea of hitting a hanging thing while people cheered for you was entertainment enough. Lucy was extremely encouraging, jumping up and down on the trampoline when other people hit the piñata, yelling: "You can do it! You can do it!"
Afterwards, most of them took one piece of candy or one toy and left the rest on the ground, but Lucy methodically made a pile and then put each item into her bag to save for later. I guess that's the difference a couple months can make at this age.
Lucy was showered with art supplies and beads and a kid-sized fishing boat hand-made out of cardboard by our insanely creative neighbor, and everyone had a really good time.
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