A "Jessie The Yodeling Cowgirl" Party!

"A what kind of party?" I hear you say, and if you've never watched the Toy Story trilogy you will definitely be wondering! (Are there really people out there who haven't seen Toy Story?)Well, we are rather obsessed over here, and one small girl particularly. SO when it came to deciding on a theme for her party it was a no brainer. Jessie is a cowgirl character in Toy Story alongside the main characters, Woody and Buzz, there is also a horse called Bullseye (or if you're Abigail, Boolsai!) and Niave just loves them! She can recite lines!

So after searching and searching for invites that had Jessie on them and not Woody and Buzz I decided I had to make my own. But I had some trouble finding a decent image as well! I was scanning fruit stick boxes people: it was sad!

Anyway, I eventually found a sweet picture and an invitation was prepared.

I had ummed and aaaahed about what sort of entertainment to provide, the obvious choice being horses. It is, however, an expensive thing to hire so in the end I went for the ride on horses that you find outside of shops and usually require coins to make them go (usually the exact coin that I don't have in my purse!!) but these do not require coins they have a button that just makes them go and go and go.

It was a good thing we couldn't afford the real kind because just a few days ago we went to a farmyardy sort of place and Niave had a complete meltdown over the teeny tiny Shetland ponies - she much preferred the fake kind!

We also did a few games:

Pin the Tail on Bullseye; Pass the (enormous) Parcel; Treasure Hunt (or mad Easter egg scramble as it turned out to be!)

and Lasso the Cactus!! (which is what they're doing in these pictures!)

In between there was lots of horse riding, tree climbing and all sorts of other fun.

This year she actually blew her candles out! Last year she was too terrified to go near them!

And we managed to get a half decent family picture too!

Some more views of the cake:

So, a good time was had by all and another 6 months till the next party which has already been sorted months ago - Pizza and DVD party for a 10 year old!! It seems to get easier as they get older.