Zoë Turns Four!

OMG she's four! It's so crazy how fast she want from teeny tiny infant to walking talking sassy toddler. Watching her personality shine through as she's grown has had it's ups, downs, goods and bads, but all so worth it! Happy early birthday baby girl. Hope you enjoy your Moana themed celebration at the beach!

Jeric had to get to the beach at the crack of dawn so that we had a pit for a bonfire once the sun went down. Meanwhile, I needed to get everything packed into my car along with Zoë a few hours before the party was set to start so that we can setup.

While setting up, Zoë plopped herself right down onto the sand and had a few snacks.

Meanwhile, I was totally trying to get the hibiscus paper flowers to hang on the outside of the canopy, but with all the wind blowing, it wasn't looking so good. I was about to through myself a hissy fit or something because I've been working on these cute flowers for quite some time now. And they were pretty! I really wanted them up. Luckily, I found out they might stick if I hang them from the inside of the canopy where the canopy might be able to shield them a bit from the wind. Which, they certainly did! The still blew around a bit, but it worked!

Mom, Dad, Denise, Ray, Liz and Marky also helped out a lot with packing stuff up and taking it to the beach, which I am very thankful for! It was a shit ton of stuff and we didn't have wagons. Doh!

Denise, Ray, Dustin, Liz and Marky arrived not far behind I did, so that was cool! That also meant Zoë had a playmate! Her and Dustin dove right into playing in the sand.

Once Mom and Dad got to the beach and everything was pretty set, we were able to get a cute girl pic together with the guest of honor!

I also brought a giant Pua stuffy with us, but Zoë totally didn't want any pics with it. *sigh* Oh well, it's her birthday! And at least we got these cute pics of her down by the shore!


And a few shots with Mommy and Daddy.

While hanging out by the shore, Denise and Ray helped catch a ton of sand crabs. Of course the kiddos wanted to take them back to our spot, which they did. They were certainly amused with them for a good long time.

All of Zoë's friends were starting to arrive, so I went to work and put together some cute little goodie bags.

And while the kiddos all played together, the adults (minus me of course) had a few drinks together!

Once mostly everyone had arrived and before we started to lose people, we brought out baby girl's cake...

And the kiddos gathered around her and we all sang her Happy Birthday!

And then we were left with just a few of the kiddos who, not only eyed the frosting, but got some on their noses and dug on in! Hahaha!


Mommy and Daddy hope you enjoyed your birthday at the beach!