Happy 5th Birthday Lillie!

Lillie had a GREAT! birthday! I asked her if she wanted her birthday party on the same day, or did she want 2 special days. All in one day was her answer, so that's what she got. Let me tell you, this girl was Wired ALL DAY! We started out by taking a special trip just her and I to get her birthday balloons. Then we rushed back to get ready for her Hello Kitty themed party.

When all the girls came in they got their face painted like a kitty cat and they got a pink hair bow (just like Hello Kitty). Then they got to pick a nail polish color anf proceed to the the kitchen where they got a manicure, paint job, and nail stickers. Poor Samuel, the only boy...he did sport his pink hair bow for a couple of minutes, and enjoyed his manly blue nail polish before he gave up involvement for swinging a plastic bat around like a sword the entire time!

Thankyou to my mom, and sisters Katie, and Allison for helping out... I couldn't have done it without you!Pinata time! Lillie was thrilled that she got to hit it first AND last this time. Actually she enjoyed that the entire day she got to go first, pick everything, and refuse sharing her new toys if she chose. (Which of course she was SO nice about sharing since I wasn't forcing her to do so. I must remeber this reverse psychology business...)

The pinata proved too strong for 14 children and a plastic bat so I had to tear it open myself. Hey, at least everyone got their fair share to beat it up!

So, Lillie got to pick a birthday lunch and dinner. You would think, Chick-fil-A, McDonalds, like Samuel picked. No. Lunch - Pei Wei - an Asian Diner - where she proceeded to eat an entire teryaki bowl with chopsticks (aided be chopstick helpers) and Dinner - we surprised her with Chili's which strangely is her favorite. She was so excited! Hey, I'm glad she has good taste! So here she is with Grant and I and Samuel peaking in at her b-day dinner. In the next pic she's enjoying her ice-cream they brought to her. It took her a little while to get over the embarassment of the ENTIRE restaurant singing to her - but I think secretly she really enjoyed it!

This is her family party that night where we celebrated with the Burwell's. Here she is with her princess meal set from Aunt Katie that she had been hoping for...

Nice pick Katie!

And here she is with Grammy and Grandad and their b-day gift...the book Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, with and actual purple plastic purse and all the things to go inside it - pink rhinestone sunglasses, cheetos, and 3 shiny quarters - too cute! She loves it!

We have had such a fun 5th year with you Lil'Star and are so excited for all the fun things you have planned this year - Kindergarten, Ballet, new friends, CA at Christmastime and all the other adventures you get yourself in to! You are such a wonderful little girl and a great big sister. We are all so blessed to have you in our family. Thankyou to all our friends and family who helped us celerate Lillie this year!

Side note: here are the cakes Tim and I painstakingly worked on. The less impressive cupcake cake was all me. The Hello Kitty cake was designed by me but I only did the grunt work. Tim's steady hand drew the kitty and her name. We love doing this stuff for our kiddos! I know that I'm embarassing you when I say this stuff Tim so I'm sorry. But really, he is such a great dad!