Nicky turns 5!

Family Tradition--Breakfast in Bed

Family Celebration--Jenga

Sugar Cookie Cake

Nicky collected all of his dinosaurs to decorate for his
DINOSAUR PARTY!

Daddy made him an amazing
DINOSAUR CAKE!

Laci (cousin), Lilly, and Blaise (cousin)
Partying it up!

Ready for Cake

Nicky and Tiffy
-aren't they a cute couple?-

I just can't believe that my Little Man is 5 years old!

This fall he will start Kindergarten.

Who will hang on the back of my chair and play with my hair when he is off counting and gluing?

I think that I will be up at the school-- A LOT!

Lilly's 6th Birthday

Our little Lilly is now 6 years old! It seems like only yesterday that we were thrilled with the knowledge that we were finally going to have another baby.

Lilly is a joy. She is sweet beyond sweet and such a blessing.

Two years ago, I wasn't sure that she would have another birthday- or if she did, would it ever be the same? (Here is her story: Part 1, Part 2).

Thankfully that is all behind us, and we now have a wonderful healthy Kindergartener. Here is her Fancy Nancy Birthday Party.

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Make a Smilebox photobook

Fairy Party

*this post was recently edited to submit to TipJunkie and ended up with my contemporary posts*

This Fairy Party was for my 5 year-old daughter. We had a houseful of little Fairies-in-Training who participated in our Pixie Fun.

• When the little 'Fairies in Training' arrived. They were crowned with Tinkerbell tiaras, and my oldest daughter sprinkled them with 'pixie dust' (shimmery powder).

• As they were waiting for all of the kids to arrive, they all colored fairy pictures.

• We played 'Follow the Fairy'- each little girl got a turn to put on fairy wings and twirl or gallop around the house with everyone following.

• We also played 'Pass the Magic Wand.' Kind of like Hot Potato- except when the music stopped and the child was 'out' it was actually a fun thing because they got to keep the wand.

• I then told them that Fairies had come to fix us lunch. It was so cute. Everyone went a little hushed. Here is what we served.

Fairy Bread [bread with butter and sprinkles]

Magic Wands [grape and marshmallow kabobs]

And Golden Nuggets [cheese cubes]

Also served, but not pictured, Fairy Fizz [soda pop with pop rocks in it!]

I absolutely LOVE to make kids party cakes. I have made a lot of them through the years, but I think that this might be my favorite. It is made out of rolled fondant, and it is so much fun because it is totally like playing with play-doh!

Disclaimer:
In all of my excitement to post Lilly's birthday, I failed to mention that all of these fun ideas were found on the internet. I just picked my favorites from lots of sites and put them together.