Aubrey's 7th Birthday (Week)

Aubrey got a week of birthday this year. She went to breakfast with Grandpa, and then had her very first "friend" party that afternoon. Grandpa said she's the biggest breakfast eater of our bunch. :)

Aubrey has been planning her birthday party for months. She made the list of invites and helped plan the activities and games for her butterfly-themed party.

the whole family got in on the decorating

All four kids worked together to create the pin-the-butterfly-on-the-flower poster/game.

party bags

activity control center ;-)

the crew--9 little girls

The girls painted butterfly sun-catchers, colored butterflies and used them to play the pin-the-butterfly game, played the unwrap-the-ball-of-candy game, ate cupcakes and ice cream, and played some more of the candy ball game at the end.  I made the shrink wrap ball too difficult for the girls to unwrap, so the game lasted a LONG time. We did the same thing for Kari's party this year, but I made it too easy (didn't tape any of the layers). Next time I'll use scotch tape instead of packing tape. :) We didn't have time to do all the activities I had planned, so we sent home a couple of the crafts with the girls. I'd rather have too much planned than too little at a party like this. It was a success!

We were supposed to have her family birthday party after church the next day, but when we got home from church, Aubrey had a fever and was not feeling well at all. So, we quickly called everyone and postponed until the following Sunday. It was such a bummer, after we were all ready and everything. Aubrey was sick for 4 days and even had to miss school on her real birthday!

She and I had to stay home while the rest of the family went to the Barlow basketball game where Joel and Kari were going to be performing with their jump-rope club from school. She schooled me in a couple of rounds of Uno while they were gone.

By the evening of her actual birthday, she was feeling much better, so she was able to enjoy some cake and ice cream and open a couple presents from us.

It was a little rough preparing for the family party the second time, but we managed. I remade cupcakes and dessert. We brought out all the decorations we had saved from the week before and refreshed the butterfly balloons that had deflated. Aubrey was happy and feeling great, and we enjoyed chatting with family. We successfully made it through another birthday gauntlet. :)