kaylee's 5th birthday party part 1

1. this year i let go of my control freakishness and let kaylee make her birthday invitations. i wrote every ones name down for her and she did the rest. i think she did an awesome job. on the back i printed up all the info on large address labels since i hate my own handwriting.

2. i did make her birthday banner 3 years ago and its held up very nicely. (the black letters has glitter all over them but its hard to tell from the pic)

3. we played games- stomp the balloons even though the balloons wouldn't pop, hot potato and kristi says (kaylee won that game every time!)

4. ate hot pizza dip with flower shaped bread, spirals (tortilla wraps), mini quiches, chili with corn bread and cheese pizza for the kids.

5. her birthday cake was her favorite- krispy kreme donuts! 2 dozen regular size and 1 box of the mini size for the kids.

6. she ended up getting a bunch of crafty items which will be great for when we hibernate, have i ever mentioned how much i hate the cold?, an american girl doll from nana and pop pop, a snuggie from nana's mama (that's what we call her) and a gold heart necklace from me, mike and ham. {she did get some toys too!}

7. no 5 year old's birthday is ever complete without a little football wager by daddy and his buddy brent. losers team gets to go swimming in the pond. fortunately the pond was a little frozen. unfortunately for loser daddy, the river was not.

8. two girls got to spend the night. by 11:30, i told them it was time to go to sleep. no one argued and they were asleep 5 minutes flat. they were all partied out.

9. even though nothing i had originally planned for the party turned out, it was still a fun time.

10. sometime during the party i asked kaylee if she was having fun. she said yes, that her necklace was the best gift ever and that she loves me. she even gave me a kiss on the cheek. i swear i have the best kids in the world! *biased? me? NOOO!*

* just a note: she did wear her new dress for like 5 minutes then the girls started to play dress up and she ended up wearing her famous flower girl dress from a year ago(?) we definitely got our moneys worth out of that dress!