Amy's Birthday - June 2013

This was Amy's first year to have a birthday party with friends.  She was so excited and requested a Lalaloopsy party.

That morning she opened presents and then Lydia and I got to work getting ready for the party (I love having Lydia as a helper in the party planning department.  She was excited to do most of the work!)

The day before we drew this Lalaloopsy poster and the girls colored it for "pin the crown on Lalaloopsy".

Lydia also helped me put together a treasure hunt.  She came up with, and wrote most of the clues herself.

When the birthday girl's friends arrived, we read "Lalaloopsy Party Time" and then they got to work decorating their foam crowns with foam stickers.

Then they played "pin the crown on Lalaloopsy"

Afterwards Lydia took them on the treasure hunt where they found a "treasure chest" full of goody bags and lalaloopsy puzzles.

Next up was snow cones...since in the Party Time story, the Lalaloopsy girls had snow cones at their party.  This was a HUGE hit!  The girls loved them.

Hannah, Raena, Miss Amy, Londyn, and Atlin

Super fun little group of girls.

After eating their weight in snow cones and playing for a while, they came inside to open presents.  I loved this picture of Amy giving Raena a thank you hug for her gift. 

Amy was on cloud nine all day and so, SO excited to be the birthday girl.  I'm glad we don't do "friend" parties every year, but it does make all the prep work worth it when you have a little girl who enjoys it so much!

Some fun facts about Amy on her 5th Birthday:

Favorite Food:  macaroni

Favorite Colors:  purple and pink

Favorite Toy:  Lalaloopsy

Best Friends:  Mesa, Raena, Atlin, and "my other friend with blond hair" (Londyn...she has a hard time remembering her name ;)

What do you want to be when you grow up?  An artist

I love this girl so much!  She is becoming quite the little chatterbox.  She will play for hours with her toys and can easily entertain herself.  She also loves girly things.  She loves to "style" my hair, paint nails, accessorize her outfits, and pick out what earrings I should wear.  She has long beautiful curly hair that looks so cute every morning for about 10 minutes, but then is a crazy mess the rest of the day because she plays so hard.  She's a charmer and it's hard to resist her hugs and sweet smile.  She can also be a little dramatic, but luckily not too often.  She is by far the most excited for our new baby to come.  She makes sure to give my belly hugs and kisses several times a day and always wants to see pictures of our baby (pictures from the Baby Center app).  I have a feeling she will be quite the little "mother" and helper when he joins our family.  

Amy definitely adds spice to our family!