Ever since going to Disney in April, Little Bug has been obsessed with Minnie Mouse and the “Disney Characters”. Her imaginary friends are even the “Disney Characters” so I knew her birthday party this year would be Minnie Mouse!!

I looked to Pinterest for décor ideas and had so much fun creating my girl’s Minnie Party!

The invitation:

Minnie Mouse Cupcakes

They made for an adorable centerpiece for the food table!

The food table:

Daddy and Uncle grilled hotdogs!

I made Minnie and Mickey’s for the table centerpieces! I painted Styrofoam balls black and then put the “ears” on with small craft sticks. I painted the pots pink (for Minnie) and red (for Mickey). The Minnie’s got a pink bow and then I put some sand in the pots and stuck the Mickey or Minnie in each pot.

Each table had a Mickey and Minnie!

The party favors (bucket with shovel or beach ball) and gift table:

An awesome banner that said “Happy Birthday, Little Bug!” (It said her real name so I cropped it out of this picture.)

The Birthday Girl!

Little Bug was excited to eat a cupcake!

The coolest baby at the party!

Little Bug was quite distracted from opening presents by a balloon that was tied to the bag of one of her presents! I kept having to try to get her engaged in opening more presents but her mind was totally on the balloon!

It was a special treat to have Mimi, Vovo, Vovo and Aunt Vanessa at Little Bug’s birthday party. They are all in town visiting this week! They were all a tremendous help in getting things set up before the party began!

Little Bug also had lots of special friends there to celebrate her 3rd birthday!

Birthday parties are always such a sweet reminder that one reason our lives are so rich and so full is because of the people God has placed in our lives.

We’ve been having lots of rain recently. It has pretty much been raining every afternoon. It was in the forecast for today but we didn’t cancel the party. My mom sent me a text this morning that she woke up praying that God would hold off the rain. I prayed too that Little Bug’s party wouldn’t get rained out!

The party was from 4:30 to 6:30pm. All day long it was bright and sunny! And then…right at 6:30pm it started raining! I just love that God cares even about the “silly” details of our life. He held off the rain today for Little Bug to have her Minnie Mouse birthday party!

- Elaine