We started the morning off right with a special breakfast. Hayden requested Swedi-Hotcakes which always makes me feel closer to my Grandma Cowan when I make them. Such good memories.
Then we got ready for her manicure and pedicure appointment. I've decided to make a new fun tradition with Hayden and that is to go get this done together on her birthday each year. She was in absolute heaven picking out her nail color and being pampered! Here she is showing us how old she is. She loves showing numbers with her fingers lately.
The day before on Sunday I went over to my friend Stephanie's house to use her decorating supplies and receive emotional support as I conquered this! I am pretty proud of myself. I've never really decorated a cake before and I had a lot of fun doing it.
After the pedicures we came home and got ready for her Princess and Knight birthday party that began at 3pm. She invited 10 friends over and this showed me why I am so glad I didn't become a teacher! That is overwhelming!
The first activity was decorating crowns. I thought for sure this would last about 20-30 minutes, but they were good and ready to move on after about 10 minutes!
The next activity we went on a scavenger hunt to find Cinderella's missing glass slipper. At the end of the hunt there was a basket of prizes for everyone. The knights got swords and shields and the girls got wands and bracelets. Then out of no where a dragon came and kidnapped all the princesses. I kept the boys for some dragon killing training and then we went on our hunt to find the dragon. Here are the knights all geared up and ready to fight to save the princesses.
At first we had them go one at a time to save each princess and then since that was such a hit we had several more dragon fights. Once the princesses were freed they were able to use their wands to cast spells at the dragon.
Paul was a great sport and was the highlight of the party! Thank goodness he came home early to help me out :) I was worried about his arm, but he did a great job of going in a corner to protect his right arm and let the kids attack everywhere else!
Next we played "Pin the Crown On The Princess" a few of the boys thought this was kind of lame, but mostly everyone enjoyed playing! My mom and dad gave Hayden this Snow White dress and it is so cute on her. It is such a better quality than the normal dress up clothes we've given her in the past. She also got a Snow White purse, gloves, and necklace to match the outfit!
Next it was time to open presents
McKaylee and Ethan
Savannah
Ashton (he also won for best knight costume!)
Kyla
Hannah
Maddie
Adam and his older brother David
Kimball
Next it was time to enjoy cake and ice cream. It was actually a little difficult to cut the cake after all my hard work, but it did taste delicious!
Not my best pregnancy angle, but here's our family picture!
All the kids enjoying their cake and ice cream
After all her friends left we Face-timed with Grandma Anne and opened her presents. She got walkie-talkies, My Little Ponies, "Tom Toms" as Hayden calls them, lots of clothes and books and treats. Grandma Anne sure knows how to spoil Hayden. After that we took Hayden out to dinner. She chose Chick-fa-le which was great on our budget and a place that is special to her.
That night we opened presents from Mom and Dad. Her birthday was better than Christmas she got so much fun stuff! I had a hard time putting her to bed because she was just having so much fun playing with all her new toys.
The next day she got to celebrate her birthday at preschool. We made our special chocolate chip cookies to share with her class.
Happy Birthday Hayden, we love you so much and are honored to be entrusted with your care!
We sure do love that little princess! So happy she had a great birthday.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome day you planned for Hayden! She is one lucky little girl to have you guys for parents!
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