Rachel's 5th Birthday!

 

Rachel got to have her first friend birthday party for her 5th!  She took FOREVER to decide on what kind of birthday she wanted to have, but we finally settled on a Princess theme.  Due to the weather, we decided to keep it low key and do it at our house where it was cool.  The girls did crafts, sang and danced to princess songs, read a princess book, scavenger hunt, piñata, snow cones & cake, and presents.  We sent the girls home with lots of princess goodies and they were all sugared up!  She invited (only girls!) Ellie & Brooklyn B. from preschool and Brooklyn C., Rose, Kaari & Addey from church (we missed Sami & Janie who just moved to Omaha and Elise and Ella who couldn't come and of course we missed all of our cousins).  I think Rachel's favorite part was when everyone sang her "Happy Birthday".  Daddy gets all the credit for the princess castle cake - he's amazing!  I can't remember all of Rachel's presents now, but she got a suitcase from Grandma Nancy (so did Andrew for an early birthday gift so they can be matchy matchy), Doc McStuffins dress ups and doctor kit from Nana, nail polish, the movie "Anastasia", Sofia the First action figure, lots of do-it-yourself jewelry, cards/stationary, books, and lots more I am sure!  She was very happy with her Princess party and was sure to thank us for our efforts - sweet girl.

Right after Rachel's party, I ran her over to Max & Luke's (twin boys from preschool) star wars birthday party to catch the tail end.  Their mom is the cutest and called me that week wondering if Rachel could come because Max & Luke had not forgotten about Rachel and wanted her there.  I explained that she had a party too, but that I'd get her there for the last half hour.  On the way over, I asked Rachel if she wanted me to stay or if she wanted me to just drop her off at the party for 30 minutes, and she wanted me to just drop her off - tear!  Their mom sent a darling thank you note with a picture of them together at the party - how sweet is that.

The picture that Max & Luke's mom sent with the treats that Rachel gave them.

Confession:  I may have cried right before Rachel's party, because I was afraid no one would come and I wanted it to be special for Rachel.  I also may or may not have a serious complex about people not coming to things I plan.  It's way stupid, I know - can I blame the hormones or something?!  It's kind of a crazy complex, but it's also kind of merited - at least in my mind.  You can ask Brandon for the details who was very patient with my moment of craziness.  :)