Sunday, October 14, 2012

Emily's Birthday Party

Pretty in Red is right!!
Yesterday was Emily's 6th birthday party with her closest friends. She made the guest list herself a few weeks ago, and all of the friends that she invited were able to make it! Fun was most certainly had by all, little ones and adults alike.

Her theme was Olivia the Pig from the books and TV show Olivia. Emily loves these books, as well as having over 40 episodes saved on our DVR to watch! She thinks Olivia has a great imagination and she adores Olivia's baby brother William. For those of you that don't know or have never seen the show, Olivia LOVES the color red, so we went with that for the party theme as well. Olivia the Pig always wears red and white striped tights, so you will notice Emily's outfit!! TOO CUTE! Also, Olivia always has a "Rule of Life" to quote on each episode, so we had to have a few at the party!

All of the kids played in Emily's play room while we waited for all the guests to arrive. So much fun, laughter, giggles, hugs, and kisses were happening, it was a glorious sight. As soon as everyone arrived, the PARTY got under way!

All of Emily's friends had a great time painting their own piggy banks, and also receiving six cents in their new banks in honor of Emily's 6th birthday! After they all painted, Emily enjoyed opening her gifts and loved all of them. When present time was over, it was time for each guest and Emily to decorate their own individual cakes. We had frosting, sprinkles, candy, etc. As usual, eyes were bigger than their wee tummies, but they had fun decorating their own cakes.

All during the party, the guests (parents and kiddos) were able to help themselves to the different kinds of RED candy all around the house, to help themselves to red fruit punch or to Emily's special birthday bottled water (see pictures)...THANK YOU Janet for the COOL labels!

After cake and singing Happy Birthday, the parents all visited while the kids just had fun playing in Emily's play room, as you will be able to see in the photos.

As each party guest was leaving, Emily used her words to say "Thank you for coming to my party" and gave them each their party goodies, of course all RED items in a RED tub! After all the partying was over and JuJu and Mommy had cleaned up, it was time to relax and watch a movie. The day finally caught up to Miss Emily as she crawled inside her Princess sleeping bag and fell asleep on the floor.

All in all it was a splendid party that was a huge success, and Emily LOVES having her friends come over and play! Thank you to all who helped her to have a GRAND 6th birthday party!

I have also included a few pictures from the day before her party with her friend Kylie and Grandma Judi and their gifts as well!

Enjoy,
Kathy



Emily and her pal Kylie

Fun with Lucky Ducks

I love my beads Uncle Mark and Aunt Robbie

All ready to paint piggy banks

Can't believe my girl is 6!

Goody "bags" for the guests

Peek inside the goody "bags"

Yummy RED candy and some words of wisdom from Olivia

Thank you Janet for the cool labels

CUTENESS

Birthday girl in her birthday finest!

Ready for her friends to arrive

JuJu and Emily

Mommy and Emily


Ready with more RED and Olivia straws

Waiting for the guests to arrive

FUN creativity

Miss Abby

Bryton and Brynnlee

Birthday girl and her piggy

Jaycee

Kira and Belen

Sweet Sophia

Kayla

Sophia's cute piggy

Love my new purse Abby

Sweet Sophia and Miss Emily

Jaycee and Emily

Kira, Emily, and Kayla - love you friends

Brynnlee, Emily, and Bryton (in mommy's helmet)

Love you Belen

Mommy's two sweet girls!

Cake decorating fun!

YUMMY!!!

FUN!!!!

Happy Girl!

Listening to her friends sing to her!

Big 6 year old!





What just happened??? FUN!!!

Love the ensemble!

Notice the leg warmers have now become arm warmers!!

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Emily's 6th Birthday

Happy Birthday! Mommy LOVES you!
My girl is 6!!! She is so big now and loves telling people that she is six now not five! As I sit here and type these words, I can't help but think about the sacrifice her birth mother made to LOVE her enough to want a better life for her. I'm sure that this woman is thinking of Emily today too, the day she gave birth to my sweet precious girl! Words will never be enough for me to express my love and gratitude to a woman I shall never meet, for granting me the chance to be mommy to the most WONDERFUL girl in the world!

Emily has been fighting a cold all week, and is really trying to get better before her big party this weekend! She feels the worst in the a.m when she wakes up and then again in the evening before bed! Poor darling has a cough and severely stuffed up nose! We shall ride this one out just like all the rest!

She woke up today earlier than usual and was feeling kind of puny until I reminded her she was 6! She in turn replied, "Now? No more 5?" Well, once she figured out that she was really six today she was all over it! Before leaving for school she got to open a card and two small gifts from mommy, as well as mommy getting a cute picture before we were off.

Sweet Auntie JuJu was kind enough to bring the birthday treats to Emily's class today and also take a few snapshots for mommy to see!

Tonight, JuJu, Mommy, and Emily went to Panda Express for dinner where the Big Girl ate her fill of pot stickers and noodles. Then afterwards, we all watched her new movie from JuJu, Pocahontas II. She also received another gift from mommy, a new pair of shades with blue circles on them, her favorite color and shape, as well as a panda purse that Mommy got for her while in China.

I think the darling had a good day and is now trying desperately to go to sleep, but is a bit wound up! More to come after the big party on Saturday!

Love,
Kathy




Passing out treats at school

Ready to celebrate with her school friends

Emily and her friend Quinn

Gabbing it up with her buds

Heading out to recess

JuJu and Emily

Ahhh...sweet card JuJu

Can you tell by the smile...she LOVED the gift!

Mommy and her big girl!

New shades and Panda purse from China

NUMMY dinner, Emily's favorite Pot Stickers

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Birthday Festivities Begin

Birthday Girl!
Yesterday Emily had her first of many birthday celebrations in recognition of her turning the BIG 6!!!

We enjoyed the company of lots of our family members, yummy sandwiches, cake and ice cream and some very lovely gifts for the BIG GIRL!!

She was very excited to see Uncle Mike, her cousin Makena, as well as Nana, Grandpa and Grandma and many more.

She loved her new big girl purse (no more princess purses unless playing), big girl boots, and CUTE clothes! Thank you so much everyone for helping to make Emily's birthday a wonderful family event! She loves you all!

Probably the most fun she had was sitting on Uncle Mike's Harley. She knows that she gets to go for a ride when she is tall enough to reach the foot rests. Yesterday she got to sit on it, and that seemed to be enough for now! BIG SMILES!!

This week she'll have a birthday celebration at school, birthday celebration with Mommy on the 10th, and a HUGE PARTY next Saturday with all of her friends! Be sure to check back for all the juicy details in the life of a soon to be 6 year old!

Love,
Kathy




Cousin Makena and Emily

Fun with Uncle Mike

Grandpa helping to read her cards

New big girl purse

Having help reading cards

Loving her Grandpa

Thank you Grandpa for helping

WOW...6 candles

Gotta grow some more...

Emily LOVES her uncle Mike!

All tuckered out after the big party!