5th Birthday Party

My girls celebrated their 5th birthday party this afternoon. I tell you this weekend is jam packed with fun stuff. They were so excited when they woke up this morning that the first thing they did was bring the loot bags for the party that I had assembled upstairs downstairs ready to go out of the house. Bouncing off the walls excited from 7:30am! I made them lie down and take a quick nap after lunch so that they wouldn't burn out this afternoon. We had the party at a gymnasium where the kids could run run run and have fun.

The girls loved their cake. It was kind of like a marble cake inside. Bonus, they get to keep the barbies :)

Thanks to all the mamas there that helped me with the party. I was losing steam by the end of it. Thank goodness for good friends to step up and help with all the birthday activities.

I don't want the birthday parties to be all about presents so whenever I talked about the upcoming party I kept focusing on having fun with their friends and sharing food and cake. But when I came home and asked both girls what their favorite part of the party was they both answered...OPENING PRESENTS! Jeesh... so much for trying to turn the focus away from gifts. The girls had such a terrific day and were very lucky to have shared it with their friends.