Happy Birthday, Anna!

On Sunday we had an early birthday celebration for Anna with her friends at Pump It Up - an indoor bouncing gym not too far from us. Anna was a big part of planning this party. She chose the location last fall after attending her friend's (Elise) party at the same location. She picked out the goody bags and everything to stuff in them. Of course she and Abby helped me stuff them. She requested vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting and sprinkles for all her guests and her own small cake made the same way. Once again, she and Abby helped me make all of that too. She picked out all the snacks: goldfish, pretzels, veggie fries, and freeze dried strawberries - on a shopping trip with Daddy. And I think she put them in her own cart. And finally, she composed the guest list. I suppose years from now all of this won't seem like a big deal, but this year it was a big deal. I guess because it was the first time she did most of the planning herself.

Everyday last week she asked how many days it was until her party. At the party it was hard to catch her without a smile on her face - which meant it was hard to catch Mommy or Daddy without a smile on their faces too.

The birthday girl!

Abby is pretty excited too :)

 leading her friends into the first bounce room

 posing with her guests

 

 

At the end of the day she said the best part of her party was eating her cake!

passing out goody bags

Happy Birthday Anna! This has been an amazing year watching grow from age 4 to age 5 :) You bring so much joy to our family - thank you :)