A Doggone Good Time

Here are some of the highlights from Logan's "doggy party." At first I didn't know what to make of that theme, but I think it turned out really cute, and the kids had a great time.

First we made doggy ears and noses:

Then every kiddo personalized his/her very own dog dish. (I had hoped these would dry in time to serve cake and ice cream in them, but it was not to be.)

And of course every doggie needs a collar!

I found these cute dog buttons at Michaels.

Then it was cake time. Due to my lack of preparation, I just had to buy a premade cake at the local grocery store, but I topped it with a cute little stuffed dog to make it special. Cute and super easy!

But the highlight for most of the kids when it came to the cake was that I let them eat it doggy style. No hands or forks!

I didn't have time to get any great pictures of the pinata. I was too busy trying to make sure no one got hit with the bat--myself included! But here it is on the ground. Logan insisted on a cat pinata so the dogs could fight the cat. Hello Kitty was as close as I could find. Luckily Logan thought it was fantastic!

The birthday girl's favorite part? Why, the presents, of course!

The only part of the party I didn't capture on film was the game. What I did was I printed out 20 pictures of different breeds of dogs and hid them all over the house. Then the kids played "dog catcher." After finding all the doggies they then had to match them up to the correct breed name. They had a ball with this! And Logan has been talking dog breeds for the last 2 days: Husky, Collie, Shnauzer--she thinks she knows them all!

All in all I thought it was a success, but mostly I'm just glad it's over! Birthday parties are exhausting, aren't they?