Some girls want princess parties, or tea parties, or fairy parties. Not my girl. She wanted a dinosaur party. So that’s what we did.
>T-Rex greeting our guests as they came up the driveway.
We had a beautiful fall day, perfect for all the outdoor lawn games we had planned. And this:
>Bounce House from Jump Around NH.
The main activity for the kids (besides the bounce house) was a fossil hunt. I bought a bunch of dinosaur bones on amazon, buried them in the sandbox, and let them go to town. I’m pretty sure we’ll be finding fossils for some time as we missed a couple. 
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>My nephew Ethan proudly showing off his find.
We had the food catered and it was fabulous. Leftover soup and sandwiches for the whole week! I made the cupcakes with a little help from the birthday girl. She requested chocolate with chocolate frosting, chocolate dinosaurs, and dinosaur sprinkles. So that is what we did.
>Cupcake liners, chocolate molds, dinosaur sprinkles.
>Blowing out her birthday candle.
For favors, I was going to make dinosaur tails. Until I a) realized ain’t nobody got time for that and b) found these ones at Target for $3 each. WINNING!
>Don't you just DIE from the cuteness?
After the party was over, we took full advantage of the fact that we had the bounce house until 6pm.
>Jump around! (Custom T-Rex shirt found here)
>Sun flare selfie with my dude.
>Jumping on Daddy was a big hit.
>Once he got his footing, Luke was a big fan.
Vicki still (2.5 weeks later) wants to talk about her dinosaur birthday party every night at bedtime, so I think we did our job well. Thank you to everyone that helped out (especially my in-laws, who we put to work!) and to everyone who came to celebrate Vicki’s birthday!
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