John Deere Birthday Party

Let me begin this post by saying the only involvement I had in this party was the cake and some of the food.  Otherwise this party was the brainchild of my sister in law Dee.  She and her husband live on an awesome horse farm in Eastern NC, our children all have birthdays within a few days of one another so Dee usually does up a party with her friends and our family and we join in.

This year Dee chose a John Deere theme and we took the kids strawberry picking.  We probably should have weighed the kids coming and going from the berry field! They ran through the rows eating more than they picked and all their mother's were chasing behind the kids picking up half eaten berries and throwing them in the baskets.  Have you ever seen a kid eat a strawberry? They take one bite toss it and move onto the next berry. It was strawberry field carnage.   

Finley (Birthday Girl!) chewing strawberry and checking out the field.

Noah (Birthday Boy!) picking strawberries.

Finley and Gavin cousins and birthday boy and girl!

The three birthday kiddos

Of course the John Deere was hooked up to the trailer for a hay ride.

Dee set up the tables outside and the kids ate in the open air.  Mini hay bales held organic lollipops and each child was given a fabric  John Deere ditty bag made by my Mother in Law.  It was a a really cute birthday theme and the kids had a blast ripping around the farm and the berry patch. 

Mini hay bales used as table decor.

Ditty Bags as treat bags. They were later filled with goodies from the pinata

The table set for the kid's dinner.

Our Birthday Girl wearing her John Deere birthday t-shirt -an Etsey special order.

Cousins

Between Steve and his two sisters there are six kids. That's right, all under the age of four! The last time we were all together was Christmas when not a single adult in the room could wrangle all the kids together to have a group photo taken. There was always one child crying (usually mine) or down for a nap or off with one or another of the relatives to give moms a break.

This week we were all together again out at Steve's sister's farm. By the way, acres and acres, is an advisable size area for six kids under the age of four to hang out! You can't image how LOUD that many kids are unless you are trapped in a house of any size with them all!

Kaylee age 4 and her sister Zoey 11 months

Gavin 3 years old

Finley & Noah are 13 months old

Bastian is 2.5 years old

I almost caught them all in one frame!

Five of them...

Here's Zoey, she makes 6!

Here are some other random shots from the day at the farm.. Finley was never so dirty or tired! What a great day the kids all had playing together. It makes me wish we all lived nearer... maybe one day.