Happy Birthday

(4th birthday)

This year it was a little touch and go for her birthday. For starters her pop was in the hospital recovering from pancreatitis (sorry no pics). Her birthday was planned for Saturday and his release date from the hospital was Friday. I wasn't sure how 14 little 4 year olds running around the house was going to go over. But he told me not to cancel. What a dad!

Saturday morning when she woke up she puked all over the wood floors and I made 14 phone calls and moved the party to Monday. After a quite weekend passed we woke Monday morning to 3 inches of freshly fallen snow! At the end of MAY give me a break.

Not sure what we were gonna do since we had planned a Mermaid and Pirate party for the back yard. We crossed our fingers and went to work. Six hours later we had a house full of very happy 4 year olds and 2 completely exhausted out adults.

(party prep team)

(she was very specific about having a little mermaid cake. thanks to her grandma it actually looked like one.)

(the treasure hunt)

(they fished for clues in the deep blue sea)

(scavanged for "gold"- chocolate coins and "jewels" -ring pops at pirates island)

(the clues lead them to a hidden pirates chest filled with pirates booty popcorn,
sandy candy- huge hit, and all of the birthday gifts)

The kids ate pizza and capri suns on beach towels that we laid out in the mermaid lagoon. Needless to say the party was a huge hit, and the great part about it is, I can reuse the decorations for our boys party in December! Happy Birthday Darling.