Hannah Beth's 5th Birthday

Hannah Beth's birthday celebrations lingered for over a week this year! Both her birthday weekend and the weekend after were pretty full for us. We first had a family party with our immediate family and Thomas' parents. We let her choose a restaurant to go to, and she chose Cici's Pizza. Then we came home and had cake and presents. Then a couple of days later she got to be the special helper at school and bring a special snack for her birthday. She helped me make homemade brownies and wore the apron and chef's hat we got her for her birthday. As you can see, I let her lick the bowl at the end and she thoroughly enjoyed that! Then the following weekend we had a party for her at our house with her friends. She invited school friends, church friends and ballet friends. I had a couple of games planned, but they were having a great time just playing together! There were about 10 of them, and they all stayed together the whole time in a little pack. It was nice outside, so they were able to play outside a good bit. I did have Hannah Beth bury pennies and nickels in our sand table, so the kids enjoyed digging for buried treasure (thanks for the idea, Cris!). Then they each decorated a cupcake with frosting and all kinds of sprinkles and small marshmallows. It was lots of fun!