Happy 9th Princess Parade Birthday E

 

E is officially 9 today!

We had a princess birthday parade for her yesterday and it was so much fun.  She had such a great turn out and it was so refreshing to get to visit with family and friends (even if for just a short while).  We miss them!  

 

The Dollar Tree always has great balloons for you guessed it, $1/ea.  I bought 9 for E.

 

We asked E what she wanted to eat and she picked cinnamon rolls for breakfast, Wendy's for lunch, and pizza and apples for dinner.  Those requests were easy to accommodate!

 

C made the cinnamon rolls.

Wendy's Lunch

 

David and B were out of town this weekend (for State volleyball) so A and I were in charge of making E's cake.  I baked it and designed it and A completed the design.  We kept it simple and I love the way it turned out.

 

E's Princess Cake - she loved the magic wand!

The Princess was made to look like E 😉.

E ready for her parade.  Her aunt got her this amazing shirt (thanks Jane)!

Watching the parade!

Everyone did such a great job with signs and decorations.

And Grandma sent a slew of fun party favors!

 

A huge thank you to everyone who was a part of E's special day near and far.  I'm so thankful to our amazing community!

E's 7th Birthday Ball

E is 7!

E turned 7 last Friday.  She has a royal birthday ball party on Saturday and we really had a ball!  Our formal dining room is fairly empty so A and B made many tulle bows and hung them around the room for our ball room.  We had music going for the first half of the party so the kids could dance around as much as they wanted.

The ballroom

We had a make your own bracelet station and tiaras for all the guests as well.  A did a great job being in charge of the hot glue gun!

A ready to help guests sparkle!

Close up view

D's bracelets

Homemade party bracelets

We had E's party over lunchtime so we served fruit, chips, guacamole, pizza, and of course cake and ice cream.  This was our 1st official party in our new home - the 1st of many I am sure.  Enjoy the photos!

E's Birthday flowers

Lunch with friends

G joined us in this photo

Gotta have fresh fruit!

Birthday Cake - David made a pink lemonade cake at E's request.

Singing

Special thanks to hostess with the mostess for offering the free printables that I used for the party.  You can check out her blog and get them here.

Happy "Biggie" Princess Birthday Party Miss E!

Birthday Girl, Princess "Elsa" E

Yesterday, E turned 5 on the 5th and had her "Biggie" birthday!  She had a fabulous celebration last Saturday.  We had a pony with a petting zoo, and a pink and purple castle bounce house for entertainment and fun.  Enjoy the photos!

David made a fun castle cake, pink lemonade flavor per E's request.

Another view - I love the graham cracker door.

Getting ready to sing...

I love her smile.

Making a wish...

 

Purple and Pink Princess Castle Bounce House

Check out this amazing bounce house we rented from Addy & Jax Bounce House Rentals.  They were super friendly and so easy to work with - I would highly recommend them, great price too!

Petting Zoo

And then we had a petting zoo and pony in the front yard.  The weather was awesome and the kids had a great time.  This is the second time we have had a pony and petting zoo from El Rancho and they have done a great job both times.  Again, I would definitely recommend them.

The little kids checking out the baby animals.

 A with her favorite bunny.

Birthday Girl taking a pony ride.

 Another ride on "Little Boy".

 C taking a ride.

 D was the first to ride.  After E saw her ride she wanted a turn.

I love Mister F on the pony.  He looks so big here.

Bunny heaven...

 Aunt Jane!

 A and B with Aunt Jane and a baby duck.

 I loved watching the baby pig.

I'm sure you can tell that E had a great time.  Thanks so much to everyone who helped us celebrate!

Royal Silverware

We have just over a week until we celebrate Miss E's "Biggie" birthday.  This years theme is everything Princess. 

 I found this super cute idea on Pinterest from shopsweetlulublog.com!

So, I decided to give it a go.  I love that this is easy, simple and helps make everyday plastic forks more royal!

 Here are the sticker jewels that I selected.

 They are self adhesive so you simply apply them to the forks in whatever pattern you like - super simple.

For out light pink forks I chose to apply white, dark pink and white jewels.

 Easy Peasy

 And then I chose to simply apply one white jewel to our dark pink forks.

 Finished Royal Silverware

I would say that this is a Pinterest Success.  And it's one more thing I'll have ready for the party :).  What do you think?