5?!! 5 years old?! How can that be?! I can't believe it but this week our little girl turned 5! It seems like a milestone for some reason. Kate enjoyed four days of birthday celebration starting Wednesday with lunch and a mani/pedi with Auntie B. This was Kate's first nail salon experience and she LOVED it!
Bright pink polish with multi-colored polka dots...
After some pampering, Kate did a little birthday shopping with Nana....a pretty good day for any girl. =) On Thursday, her actual birthday, Kate requested to go to Disneyland...we go to Disneyland a least a couple of times a month so I thought it was funny that that's what she chose to do. John took the day off and the four of us headed out for a nice couple of hours at the Magic Kingdom. After naps at home, we were joined by our whole family at our favorite pizza place for a nice birthday dinner.
Big girl...
Friday was Kate's school celebration. They don't do big parties but we did take some yummy pumpkin muffins for her to share at snack time, as well as a birthday book to donate to the school. Her class sang happy birthday and prayed for her year. =)
Luke, Kate, and the "birthday book"...
Today, we had a very small party for Kate and her girlfriends. We've decided that parties every year have become a bit much so the kids can have one for "milestone" birthdays (i.e. 5, 10, 16, 18...). In an effort to keep things easy and budget friendly we did a girls only, close girlfriends party. Kate decided she wanted a "rainbow party" so our decor and food followed a bright color scheme of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Lunch was pb & j for the kids, chicken salad sandwiches for the moms, Sun chips, pineapple, strawberries, blackberries, green grapes, cherry tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, and cupcakes. The girls had a great time playing together and dressing up and the mommies were amazed at how quiet it was....I guess there is something to be said for an 8 person party. =)
Kate waiting for her guests...
5 comments:
She is such a big girl!!! And the party looks like a huge success! Way to go girls! :)
it does go by FAST!!!such a cute party and what a lovely day for such a lovely girl!!
happy birthday kate!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the rainbow theme! SO cute! i think it is great that you only have parties for milestone birthdays. that way it can be a special treat and yearly birthdays can be spent as special moments with the family. i will be tucking that idea away for my future family :).
kate is a beauty!! what a sweet little one you have!! xo!
adorable theme and yes, a very nice idea to celebrate just the milestones. Happy Birthday Kate! Five is such a BIG number!
yay! Happy Birthday to Kate!
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