She had been looking forward to her special breakfast date with Grandpa and thoroughly enjoyed herself. He said later, "She ate cocoa and 4 sausages. Chocolate chip pancakes didn't make the cut." And she still wanted to go to The Dollar Tree afterwards, evidence that she's still young. :)
Kari actually started celebrating her birthday a week early. We hosted our first girls' slumber party... and survived it!
It really was fun and did seem to go very well. We just didn't get a whole lot of sleep. I think the house was finally quiet at 1am. Two of the girls came into our room at 12:45am saying they needed to call their parents because they couldn't sleep. Greg convinced them that was not necessary, and 15 minutes later, everyone was snoozing.
As you can see, the theme was "pink"--any and everything PINK. It was Kari's idea, and I took it and ran with it, with help from Pinterest. Kari invited four girls from school, and we kept them all busy doing crafts, decorating cupcakes, and watching a movie.
Greg was in awe of how much noise 5 little girls could make and just how silly and girly they were together. His puzzlement made a lot more sense when he reminded me the next morning that he grew up in a house full of boys with no sisters. This was his first girl slumber party, too! :) He said,"We're good til next year now, right?" We'll see...
The pink decor stayed up for the next week because we planned her family party for the night of her real birthday which wasn't until the next weekend. Kari requested shredded barbecue chicken on homemade buns, so that's what we had. I made three batches of buns...the things we do for our children. :) The kids played a pink version of Twister, and we all had a nice evening together. Kari was thrilled with all her presents. It was strange to not see a toy among them. Now it's crafts, itunes, books, and clothes. She's growing up!
(You'll have to double-click on the collage to get a closer look at Grandpa M's shirt)
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