Kya's Camp Out Party

I know it's 2 weeks before her birthday, but with all her friends going out of town, we thought we'd do Kya's birthday party early this year. Saturday was the big day.

The cake--I looked up countless camping cake ideas and couldn't find the "right" one, then I asked Kya what kind of cake she wanted and she said a butterfly cake--it worked!

Roasting hot dogs at the "camp fire"--I think this was the favorite part for most of the kids. I cooked hot dogs, then put them on a stick. They pretended to roast them, and then ate them off the stick. If we didn't have cake, I would have done smores too!

Playing in the tent--we managed to get the tent somewhat up in our living room, but not without some effort. The kids set up their sleeping bags and snuggled in there for a while. We are missing two girls and Tyson in this picture, so you can imagine how "snug" it was.

Singing "Happy Birthday"--we were short a few chairs, but we improvised.

The goody bags--I found these cute bug holders at the dollar store and couldn't resist. We filled them with trail mix, magnifying glasses, sunglasses, mini camers, and a few other goodies. Everyone got to take home a flashlight too (after they used them for the butterfly hunt--which was also a big hit with the kids).

All in all, the party was a success...now we just have to wait for her "real" birthday for her to be FIVE!!