Happy 3rd Birthday our little cowboy Cooper!

Well, Sunday was our gorgeous boy Cooper's 3rd birthday.  It is the first year that he has really gotten into the whole "Happy Birthday" thing.  In the lead up to his birthday, we had to light candles and sing "Happy Birthday" everyday.  He was sharing,  we all got turns to have a birthday song!
He was finally excited about opening presents too, his response "more presents"?
He is at a beautiful age, he thanked people for their presents, and also gave out lots of kisses.

We celebrated with a Cowboy and Cowgirls party with our family. It was a great success, helped along by waking up to the sun shining brightly.
From boot scootin', pin the tail on the donkey, horse shoe throwing - to finishing up with a swim at the beach. A wonderful day was had by all, yee haw!
The only downside was, I couldn't get him to wear his little vest, bandana and hat! So, we had to settle for him just wearing his chequered shirt - at least he had a fantastic day.

The house was transformed with western banners, balloons and streamers

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His horse that neighed and trotted - however, he kept calling it a cow!

I painted various signs

I made a little jail

Cowgirl Elise

The Cowboys

Cowgirl Trin

The smallest Cowboy Charlie

Ian and Trin

The feast - a huge supply of party food

My sisters Tania and Trin with me in the vest and bandana.  Shell was missing from this picture

Me with my Cowboy

Pin the tail on the Donkey

Horse shoe throwing

Great shot!

Boot scootin'

Shell and her horse

The cake - western figurines on top (from the Womens Weekly cake party book)

Cupcakes with boots and cowboy hat tooth picks

The lolly bags - I cut out horseshoes and wrote each child's name on them

Finished with a dip at the beach

I highly recommend a themed party, the lead up to it was very busy, but the day was magical!