Yes, that title is correct...this year Kensley got to celebrate her 4th birthday with multiple birthday parties (5 parties to be exact!). We decided to do things a little differently this year since she is getting older and really wanting to play with friends. Instead of a family party, we decided to celebrate separately with our families over dinners and have a small friends party for Kens at our house.
The weekend before her birthday we met my grandparents and Aunt Carla at Ivanhoe's to celebrate Kensley and my dad's birthday over dinner and ice cream.
Then the weekend of her birthday we celebrated several times! On Friday afternoon we have a playdate/birthday party at our house with some of our little friends and their moms (daddies were all working). Since it was the day after Halloween (and actually ended up being the day of trick or treat), we invited the kiddos to wear costumes to the party. We celebrated with cake, a craft, playtime (indoors and outdoors), presents and lots of craziness. We had 10 little kiddos (aging 1 - 4 years old), 2 babies and 7 mommas. If you are wondering if it was a little chaotic...yes...yes, it was. But Kens had a blast and loved having her friends here. She instructed people where to sit and what she wanted to do/play. At one point I heard her talking to the two Elli/ie's (Cousin Elli and Friend Ellie), saying "Come on Elli/ie's. Let's go upstairs."
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| The theme was "Ariel" per her request |
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| The girls |
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| Craft time! |
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| She ripped through her presents! |
Monday, we celebrated her actual birthday as a family. Kens woke up to donuts for breakfast before school. After preschool, I let her skip her nap and her and I went on a special birthday date. I think she was most excited about skipping her nap! Grammy stayed with the little girls, while Kens and I went to get pedicures and a Starbucks treat (coffee for me and hot chocolate for her). For her birthday dinner, she chose her favorite rice (from Panda Express) and we, of course, had more cake and opened more presents.
Her last birthday celebration was this past weekend with Grammy and Grampy Roberts and Aunt Kym. They threw her a princess themed party and we of course had more cake and presents!
We are thankful to all of our family and friends helping us to celebrate our big girl's 4th birthday!
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