{This Moment} Fairy House

{This Moment} - A Soule Mama Friday ritual. A single  photo - no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments section for all to find and see. We wish you a lovely first weekend of autumn! xo

A Fairy Lovely Day

 A few days ago I received a message from one of my favorite people (and the girls beloved yoga teacher) about the Portsmouth Fairy House Tour. She knows how much we adore fairies and gnomes in this family and was curious if we had ever been to this fairy house event before  (we hadn't). She was planning to attend the event so that she could have first hand knowledge of it for New England Fall Events (one of the fabulous autumn themed websites she puts together) and was hoping to get our take as well should we decide to go. Not being a family to pass up an adventure we packed a lunch (and the girls wings) and off we went.

 Dave's favorite fairy house. 

 A family favorite. Grace and Emma especially liked this one. 

 Into the woods. 

 The bubble tower was incredible! We so need one of these! 

 A fairy and her papa. 

 Following a Monarch butterfly we spotted!

 Chatting with one of the fairy ballerinas. 

 Her smile says it all!

 The fairy ballet. 

 As the Grande Finale all the girls in attendance were invited on stage. 

 Such a sweet fairy house. 

 My favorite fairy house. 

What a stellar event! Each fairy house was just incredible and no two were the same. We had such a lovely time wandering down the paths where the houses were and seeing each one as we passed by. Some we stopped to check out more closely and others we couldn't as there were simply too many people already gathered there. The girls especially loved the fairy ballet and getting to dance with the fairies before and after the show. We never did make it to the fairy face painting, and the other children's activities were pretty jam packed too. We definitely have plans to head back to this event again, but we also hope to head back to Portsmouth to spend more time visiting Strawberry Banke and the lovely gardens. Portsmouth is such a neat town, and I have to admit that I did find myself thinking that I could totally see the four of us enjoying living there. Thank you, Alexandra, for letting us know about the fairy house tour! We had such fun and are looking forward to heading back next year! xo

A Fairy Party

The girls were invited to help their friend Maggie celebrate her seventh birthday on Sunday.  They were so excited that it felt like an eternity before the long awaited day was finally here! Maggie and her sisters love fairies as much as Grace and Emma do so it was only natural that she have a fairy party for her birthday celebration this year!

The party began with chicken cuddling, 

and fairy garden box assembling. 

And once the boxes were assembled it was off to fill them up!

There were games and more time with the chickens and cupcakes and snacks and just lots of good outdoor fun! The girls had a blast, and Maggie seemed to be over the moon to turn seven with all her friends there to help her celebrate this most special of days! Happy birthday, Maggie! May your seventh trip around the sun be your best yet!\

Painted Ladies

It's a week of birthday partying for us!  Another one of the girls friends turned five today and invited us to join in the birthday fun at a local playground.  We are loving these outdoor birthday parties, and even better, the birthday families seem to be scoring incredible days for such special events!  Once Emily was done setting up, and the facepainter was ready as well, Emily came to see if Grace would be willing to get her face painted first.  Clearly she knew who her go to girl was!   She barely finished the words "face painted like a fairy" before Grace hightailed it over there.  You don't have to ask her twice!

Happy fifth birthday, sweet girl!

It was a glorious day!  The perfect way to celebrate turning five! May the next five years be as blessed and full of magic and wonder as the past five have been!  Enjoy your special day, friends!