Denim and bandana. Yeehaw, It’s a Party! is stitched across the top in navy and red, blue jean pockets fill the top corners, and the bottom row is a pair of embroidered cowboy boots, a coiled lasso, a red paisley bandana and a felt rocking horse with a star on its saddle.
Wyatt is five in bold navy capitals, Saddle up and celebrate above it, the date and the Taylor family barn in denim blue below. Fill in your own little cowboy or cowgirl. “Boots and hats welcome” goes in the first line, and a ranch, a stable or a backyard becomes the last.
Three to eight, for a backyard rodeo or a trip to a petting farm. Pony rides if you can get them, a stick-horse barrel race, a hay-bale maze, a lasso-the-cone game, cowboy cookies and a cake with a fondant bandana. Three weeks’ notice, and a word about sunscreen if the ranch is open to the sky.
