1,825 days means my baby girl is 5 (she turned 5 back in November).  Remembering life before kids is hard because it feels life really began 1,825 days ago.  The little bean is now a ripping skier, a jokester, a twirling princess, a reader, a biker, and a lover of life.

For her 5th birthday party, we had an eco-themed party using all local products/businesses. Jeff Kagan and Paige, Madeleine’s two favorite singers, gave a concert at North Boulder Rec Center.  Bird Dog Press designed the email card and all the printables.  Tee and Cakes made the melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter and red velet cupcakes.  Dish catered the great kid and adult friendly sandwiches. And the goodie bags were actually a reusable goodie bags made by Two+Two and came with carrot seeds to plant in your garden.

Don’t you just love the holiday headbands?

Do you have any silly holiday traditions?

Snow, hurricane like winds, and rain is usually the weather I get when planning a party.  However, I was finally blessed with 80 degree weather on Saturday for Grayson’s 2nd birthday party.  Lemon Sprinkle created a beautiful desert table and I found a cactus pinata to match the cactus party favors.  Homemade mustaches, old chairs, and a sombrero from a family trip to Todos Santos made the photo booth a ton of fun.

Thanks to everyone for coming over to help celebrate.

Before the  party started two neighborhood bulldogs, Sherbert and Lunchbox from Urbanbulldog.com, rolled over in their customized pimped out radio flyer wagon for their photo booth snapshots.

I have been capturing Kendall’s first year every two to three months and it all started in her mom’s belly, newborn, 5 months, and 8 months.

Happy Birthday Kendall!  Can’t wait to see what this next year has in store for you.

Pink, circles, and gum balls were the theme of Maddie’s 4th birthday party.  The gum balls decorated the red velvet cake and I found the recipe on Design Sponge, one of my favorite sites.  Bird Dog Press made adorable letter press coasters to be used with the pink lemonade.  And from Bird Dog Press’ design, I had some cute buttons made by Shut Your Button for all the guests to wear.  Between the pink balloons and the beautiful flowers from Brighter Day Floral, Maddie’s party was pinkfully successful.

Feeling sad for how fast my little girl is growing up, I  made a photo garland with photos from each stage in her life.  My plan is to put together a book of the images for her to keep and look through to see how big she has gotten.  Maddie’s sweet smock dress was mine growing up.  My mom kept all my smock dresses and this will probably be the last birthday she can wear one.   I guess we will need to start a new family tradition next year.

My photos from a 4 year old party in Lyons, Colorado were recently featured on Hip Hip Hooray, a daily blog dedicated to kids’ parties.  I love visiting the blog with my coffee and dreaming up  what I am going to craft for them.  My little girl is turning 4 in November and I am having a lot of fun planning hers right now.

Last weekend, Danyelle and her family came out to Wonderland Lake for my special fall outdoor portrait session.  The weather was fantastic on Sunday and clouds lent itself to wonderful soft light.   Lily was a ham and was a good sport trucking through the tall grass.

Tomorrow is Danyelle’s birthday and I wanted to give her this gift of time and memories.  As we know, it all goes by so quickly.  Celebrate your most soulful moments with photography.

Happy birthday D!  You are a beautiful woman, friend, wife and mother.  I feel so lucky to have you in my life.