Five for Five!

5 Birthday Celebrations for the 5 year-old!

Kaylin turned 5 on October 2nd and our special girl got to celebrate many times with many people!

#1 - Here's Kaylin showing off her Ariel nightgown from Grammy & Grampa, who came over to celebrate before they left on a trip to the east coast.


#2 - Grams & Papa came to visit and that was our chance to celebrate both of their birthdays along with Kaylin's.


#3 - On the morning of her birthday Kaylin celebrated with some special treat cereal (she had requested Princess cereal but Daddy couldn't find it anywhere) and by opening her gifts from us.


#4 - Then, she took some cupcakes to school to celebrate with her classmates!


#5 - Then, finally the big birthday celebration happened today! Kaylin wanted an Ariel Under the Sea party so here was part of the decorations. Although she doesn't feel like party planning comes natural to her, I think Amy did an amazing job and I know she worked very hard to give Kaylin a special day. Amy came up with some creative things for the party and got help from friends and it was a great party!


Activity #1 - all the kids did a craft, turning a tootsie roll pop into a crab (like Sebastian from the Ariel movie)


Activity #2 - Digging in the "beach" to find hidden sea creatures!


Activity #3 - face painting - thanks Teri, Becca & Christine for their face-painting skills!


TJ passed up a football and a basketball, choosing a pumkin instead. =)


The amazing cake! Great job Amy and Rachel!


Here's Kaylin, Amy and I posing as Ariel, Flounder and Sebastian. Many thanks to our artistic friend Kristin!


Here's a pic of 23 of the 27 (yes, that's right.. 27) kids that came!