Rye is three!

We had a belated birthday party for Rye and Greg after the house finally was painted.

 We lucked out with a break in the heat wave, and friends spent a relaxing Sunday morning hanging out.

 Families made fairy gardens

 The kids loved choosing the elements for their gardens.

For some, this was not their first rodeo, so to speak. Fairy garden veterans.

Lemonade in punch glasses. Rye ate about 20 meringue cookies, in Greg's estimation.

Families made flower fairies for their gardens. The kids also explored to find fairy houses in the yard. Residents of each house offered treasures to keep or put in one's fairy garden.

 The fairies were everywhere.

A breeze kept blowing out the candle. There were two cakes, but since I didn't get them frosted until I convinced Greg's mom to do it when she arrived, many of the guests went home without having any. Oopsie. 

On the up side, Monday morning breakfast was delicious.

Friends, old and new

 The cake that was cut the next day in cooler weather didn't fall apart like a mudslide, like the one at the party did.

 The "before" beauty shot. Thanks for your icing magic, Grandma!

Rye and his BFF decided to "make chocolate ice cream" by mixing dirt in with the hours-old new white sand. Siiigh.....