A Teddy Bear Party

We celebrated Whitney's birthday this week.  It is hard to believe that she is four years old.  Does that make her out of the toddler years and into the young child?  I don't really know the cut-off.  But she is pretty proud at being four.  Here are some pictures from her teddy bear party.

Playing with balloons while waiting for the kids to arrive.  She kept asking if it was eleven o'clock yet so her friends would come over.

We played lots of teddy bear games.  I started off with a teddy bear treasure hunt, but no pictures of that.  Oh well.  Then the kids played pin the nose on the teddy bear.  The tie blindfold didn't work well; we will have to think of something better next time.

The teddy bear bowling was a hit.  I put pictures of teddy bears on empty soda bottles and the kids had fun "bowling", which was throwing the ball at the pins.

We had a teddy bear relay in our backyard.  Here we lined up the kids.  Each kid brought a teddy bear and they would run across the yard with their teddy bear, give it a drink, and come back.

It took two tries, but the kids seemed to kind of understand what they were suppose to do.  Whitney and Rachel both running at the same time for opposite teams.

We used a big sheet for teddy bear parachute.  The kids really seemed to like this game of trying to keep all the bears in the parachute.

A happy Whitney decorating her cupcake.  We let all the kids decorate their own cupcakes and I think there was more frosting and candy on some of those than the cake part.

Whitney at the beginning of opening her presents.

By the end, all the kids were huddled around watching her.  She got some really fun presents.

We gave out popsicles right at the end of the party.  Whitney prefers popsicles over ice cream.

And Whitney holding her new baby doll from Grandma and Grandpa Keeler and holding her goody bag.  We gave out little treats and prizes during the party.  So I think it was a success.  Thanks to my mom and sister for helping.