WOW! My little girl isn't so little anymore....she's now 7!! We've had a big weekend, and forgive me...this post may be a little long!! We started Friday morning at school. I went to Emily's classroom and shared treats with her classmates and helped a little bit in the classroom. What fun it was to see Emily interact with her friends.
Our treats for school were ice cream cones filled with marshmellows, goldfish crackers and raisins. It was a big hit with the kiddos!
Breakfast on Saturday morning!
Emily's wish for our family time was to go to a new park we have near our house. We decided to ride bikes up there.
Emily and Chase made us drinks and we walked up to the take-out window to pick up!
We then rode our bikes to Sonic to eat lunch. A nice break while riding...it was hot outside but at least we were able to rest in the shade. When we got home, Chad informed us we had ridden almost 6 miles total! Wow. We had a great time.
In the afternoon, the children tried out Aubrey's slip-n-slide. They had so much fun.
Abigail even took in some fun in her diaper! SO CUTE. She and Chase had a ball playing together.
The family came over and it was time for gifts!
Our theme this year for all parties was a beach theme. Here is the beach cake that we made. It turned out SO cute. Emily had so much fun decorating with teddy grahams and rainbow fish.
On Sunday, we scheduled Emily's friend party. She had 12 kids here. It was a great time. The day didn't start out as we had planned as it was cool and sprinkling. Here is the sandcastle cake we made. It wasn't hard and turned out incredible!
Since it was sprinkling, some of our activities were quickly moved to the garage. The party started by playing Duck, Duck Goose so Emily could introduce everyone to each other. Next they were in the backyard slipping and sliding in the cold water, but you couldn't tell. They had so much fun.
We then had cake, ice cream and gifts and then on the highlight....a fish pinata. Everyone had a turn, but Chad broke it open and they gathered their candy!
Emily's biggest wish for her birthday was a Nintendo DS. If you are not familiar with this, it is a small handheld video game system. She was lucky enough to get enough money that we went to Target tonight and she made the purchase of a PINK DS. Within five minutes of arriving back at home, she was situated on the couch playing away. I'm afraid we'll have to set some limits. She is so excited and happy about it.
Emily had a great birthday. Thank you to everyone in her life who supports her and to the people here this weekend. We appreciate everything you did!
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We had so much fun celebrating Emily's birthday. The parties were so much fun, the cakes were beautiful and delicious, and watching Emily grow up has been such a joy.
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