What do you do when you decide at the last minute to throw a little Derby Day bash but don’t have the first horse shoe or red rose?
You shop your house and see what you can find!
I did have some faux pink and red roses that looked festive to me, and I made a print out of the race horses
I grabbed some festive hats for CC, DD, & me,
the only ladies attending
HHjr decided he was not going to be left out, and after seeing some of the bizarre hats being worn, he disappeared and fashioned his own Kentucky Derby bonnet out of hydrangea branches…
“Gigi, Dad is outside making a hat out of branches” Big E reported
Oh no…
It was pretty hilarious…
Last year I found a fun webpage from Courier Journal that generates your Derby horse name from your first initial and birthday
The names are quite silly, but lots of fun and I added a win-place-show area and printed them out to use as ballots
I didn’t think the children would want to vote, but they were into it
and the most exciting 2 minutes of sports was indeed very exciting!
Being last minute,
no time to prepare Kentucky Hot Browns or Pecan Pie…
I did manage to throw some Southern cheese straws in a trophy style MKC bowl
Fresh mint in a silver cup
HHjr cooked pizzas from Papa Murphy’s in the pizza oven
these take and bake pizzas are quite good
DD brought dessert and much fun was had by all!
With a little imagination and help from PicMonkey,
it went from a simple Saturday,
to a special event!
And here we are, Sunday and Cinco de Mayo!
No party today, but tonight’s menu is festive
Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Olé
I hope you’re having a weekend full of fun!
🏇🌹🏆🌹🏇
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Dishing it & Digging it, Between Naps on the Porch,
Merry Monday Make it Pretty Monday Celebrate and Decorate,
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday