Birthday Girl

G1 with her reindeer cupcakes

  From the very start, we have done our best to separate G1's birthday from Christmas....no presents in Christmas paper, no combined gifts, no not celebrating because the holiday season is too busy.  Well, this year, our girl wanted a Christmas themed birthday party!  She has always loved the excitement that goes along with celebrating Jesus' birthday and wanted to share that excitement with her friends on her birthday!  We had a great selection of accessories for the party since it is the season so that did make it easy to pull together a theme and get decorating!  G1 specifically wanted a holiday pj party, so the guests arrived in pj's and slippers.  We had a fun morning filled with a lot of games, several crafts, a pancake breakfast, reading Christmas stories, and plain old fun!  Grandma and Grandpa were in town for the big day and we could not have had such a successful party without their extra pairs of helping hands--thanks Grandma Sue and Grandpa Craig!!


Grandma cooking up some pancakes and bacon



A vigorous snow ball throw game with the assistance of Grandpa

Taking drink orders from the hungry kids



of special note: G1 and Grandpa Craig share a birthday but this is the first time they have been together on their big day!  Thanks for making the trip out to celebrate with us Grandpa Craig!