Originally Elsie asked me for a 'unikitty hatchimal taco party'. I wasn't exactly sure how to pull that off, so I nudged her towards her love of tacos and we settled on a fiesta. I ordered some random fiesta decor off Amazon, my mom picked up some cacti from Home Depot, and we rolled with it.
Our taco meal consisted of your average beef with store bought taco seasoning, along with some slow cooker cilantro lime chicken we made following this recipe. Chris made a giant batch of guacamole that naturally we forgot was in the fridge until over halfway through the party. Chips, queso and a couple kinds of salsa as well as some fresh cut fruit and veggies rounded out the meal. The sweets included cookies made by the oh so talented Jenny, churro cupcakes my mom made, and a chocolate cake by Hyvee for good measure.
With Elsie's birthday being in February, it has always been tough to come up with activities for a bunch of kiddos in our home. Next year we might try to do the party elsewhere (because families keep expanding and I think we had upwards of 16 children plus adults even after some couldn't make it!), but this year I stupidly got brave and decided to let the kids paint pots to go along with the cacti we got as favors. Thankfully all of my mom friends are champs and helped out and somehow the only children who ended up with paint on them were mine. Figures. But the kids did a great job and the pots turned out pretty cute! Sending them home with a live cactus that actually hurts when you touch it might have been a jerk move, but it just seemed so fitting.
Elsie loved having all her friends over to play, and was genuinely excited but each one of the gifts she received. That girl my still have a short fuse, but she loves hard and adores all her little friends. Thanks to everyone who came to help celebrate her birthday, she had a blast!
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I would LOVE to do this theme someday - such super ideas. Thank you!!!
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