The Horse Party

Big Girl knew before last year's ladybug party that she wanted a horse party when she turned 9. Knowing that, I went ahead and bought this I ♥ Horses shirt to enjoy during this phase and to have for this party.

When we went back to the States last summer, we went to the party store to pick out supplies. She was given a choice of plates that had horses on them that didn't match the shirt or to use colors that coordinated with the shirt. I think she made the right choice!

The girls painted wooden cut-outs of

horses and horseshoes and we glued magnets to the back.

There was a race to see who could stack the

highest sugar cube tower in one minute

(that game works for a tea party, too).

Pin the tail on the horse (of course!).

Big Girl drew the horse and cut out tails.

The winner got a jar of Cowgirl Cookie mix.

We splurged and bought an indoor/outdoor set of horseshoes.

Mr. YH ran the tournament in the playroom.

Despite a demonstration, the girls kept choosing

an interesting throwing technique!

Prize for the winners: a chocolate horseshoe.

{Everyone got one!}

Time for cake.

The gift bags:

Last summer we found copies of Black Beauty

on the Target $ rack. We added a color by number

of a horse and some licorice.

I've banned all kids from talking about the next party themes until we're back in the States. We have just one more party here before we go. Can you believe last Friday was the two year mark for us?! As we huddle up indoors to keep warm, we sometimes wonder if it was worth extending 6 months to get on the summer moving cycle- then again, we'd be moving in this, so I guess so, right?!