Celebrating 5 Years

We hosted Ariel's 5th birthday celebration here, at home in Germany, this past Saturday. We had a few friends and their kids over for cake, presents and playtime. Ariel wore her new blue dress from her friend Emma, and she looked beautiful. The cake was decorated by MawMaw, my husband's mother, who was visiting us from the States. It turned out great, and was a joy to eat too.

Ariel had been looking forward to her party for quite awhile, epsecially since this is her first party with friends. She also thought that she was turning six since we had celebrated last week on her actual birthday, so it was a funny mixup to try to explain to her. Kids are so anxious to group up, aren't they?

She loved helping to get ready and watching the cake being made. She wanted to have cake time first, so as soon as everyone came, we lit the candles and sang her the birthday song. She was SO happy. It took her two breaths to blow out the candles, but she did it. Then she chose her piece- the part with her name on it. Yikes. It was a huge piece. But, she only ate one bite of the cake, and scraped all the icing off and ate that. Sugar freak! Her daddy ate the cake for her. He doesn't care for frosting much, so they were both happy.

Presents were next on her list, and so she tore into them. She got a lot of clothes, shoes, a ballerina outfit, a computer game, a book, a video, some ponies and Strawberry Shortcake dolls. She loved everything, but quickly tossed each gift aside to get to the next one. Nathaniel tried to help open them too, but she was quick to stop his efforts. Poor little guy. lol

We then played put the sticker on the pony~ a modern version of pin the tail on the donkey. It was cute, and the girls loved playing the game- Nathaniel too. But the other boys were not interested.

Overall, it was a lovely party and we had fun.

Happy 5th Birthday Ariel!