we all scream for ice cream

what better time for an ice cream party than in the heat of summer.

my original plan was to kick off this summer with a fun little ice cream

social for the kiddo's around the neighborhood, but you might remember

the beginning of my summer didn't go as i planned. i decided to post-pone

it and make it our end of summer bash. this week was actually the perfect

week for it. i think it has been the hottest week of summer so far and a few

of our friends will be starting school next week. where has this summer gone?

it feels like summer is just now beginning as it is coming to the end. i know,

i know - time flies. i'm glad we finally got to do our ice cream party. the kiddos

had a blast and i know my kiddo's loved to have some friends over.

here are some pics from our hot, but fun day...

we heart ice cream - really who doesn't?

some of our tasty toppings

the kiddo's set up a pretend ice cream shop of their own

just something fun to take home - scented ice cream bubbles

my little miss posing for me with the old fashion ice cream hat

the little fella is just like his big sister

here's a few details on how i set-up our party...

i first planned the date, which was originally going to be at the end of june.

i decided to take advantage of all the fourth of july stuff in the $1 bin at my

favorite store (target - for those of you who didn't know), which led to my

color scheme of red, white and blue. i found the dixie land hats (that's what

i call them) and thought it would be cute to use them to decorate or put

party favors in. i ended up using them as a decoration for the post that held

the ice cream banner. (if you want to know how to make your own banner go

here) i then decided that it would be cute to have all of the kiddo's put on the

hat and take their pic. i might just do a post on those next, we'll see. of course

you can't forget the ice cream. i went with plain old vanilla. i figured that's

the safest bet with the little one's and besides they could doctor it up with

some yummy toppings. i bought chocolate and strawberry sauce, cherries,

sprinkles, m&m's, oreo's(crushed), frosted animal crackers, colored marsh-

mellow's, gummy worms and basically anything with sugar. i put these items

in some cute red, white and blue buckets from the $1 bin and they were a

huge hit. i put out a basket filled with all kinds of pretend ice cream and cake

supplies in the club house, so the kiddo's could play while we waited for all

of our guests to arrive. this too was a big hit. i always like to end my parties

with a little something for our friends to take home, so each guest got to choose

a scented ice cream bubble and a couple of prizes from a prize basket i made up

from left over birthday favors. it was a fun time had by alland i am looking

forward to next summer to do it again.

hope you enjoy the rest of your summer:)