Celebrating Madyson Jewel!

We had the all time best birthday celebrating our Maddy this year! The girls have been really into Little House on the Prairie for awhile now so Maddy decided she wanted to have a Little House on the Prairie party. Aunt Brenda caught wind of this idea and flew with the wind! She sent us a package with a party in a box filled with things for the entire party. I had a blast putting it together and we all had a blast celebrating!

We started with costumes, bonnets and hats for all

We then build little log cabins and read some Little House on the Prairie to set the scene

We taught the kids and the bigger kids :) how to make jam and butter from scratch. The older kids cut up the fruit and the little kids smashed it, Stephen cooked it. For the butter everyone took turns shaking to whipping cream until it turned into butter.

We then moved to the washing clothes station where the kids hand washed the clothes, rinsed them and hung them up to dry.

Then we took our country selves marching through the city to the park where people stared at us play sack races, vegetable garden race, and good ole fashioned tag.

 Back inside for Rostilj (roasted meat) and mashed potatoes and cake                                               

Stephen did AWESOME on the cake!

 And presents!

Throughout the party the kids earned coins for participating in the activities and winning the races. At the end they got to use their money earned to purchase candy at Sister's Mercantile filled with yummy old fashioned candy.

Happy 4th Birthday Maddy! You are so much fun and we are so grateful God has allowed us to raise the blessing of You!