Ava’s birthday celebrations

I have several things I’ve needed to blog about since last weekend, but our week last week was busy, hectic, filled with the unexpected and I just didn’t get around to it. So now I’ll attempt to catch up.

The night before Ava’s birthday, we invited over some of the girls in her class for a party. She asked for a girls only party this year and she had specific things she wanted to do so we tried to do those things she wanted.       

We started with pizza for dinner. Like Grant in the background? His daddy had to come pick him up halfway through the party because he couldn’t hang.  

Ava had asked if we could do a craft so we found some bracelet making kits. I seriously underestimated the amount of help the girls would need for these. They had fun but it wasn’t as hands on for them as I had hoped. Some of them got it and some of them needed a little more help.

The other specific request Ava had was to play bingo with M&Ms. I found some cute printable candy bingo cards on Etsy and then gave the girls a cup of M&Ms.

She looks so old to me in this photo!

And of course no party is complete without cupcakes!!! 

She had a great time with her friends and went to bed for the last time as a six year old!    

We started the morning of seven off with muffins for breakfast!

She was given some lip gloss from her friend Luci and she decided she needed to try it on that morning. She might need a little work ;)   

That morning, she and I went to get our toes done! She enjoyed the big pedicure chair and the massage it gave her!We took our annual picture with our fingers. I’m not sure what we’ll do when she goes past 10!    It’s hard to believe we’ve been parents for seven years. We are still not even close to being experets and have a lot to learn, but are loving this ride!       

She impatiently waited all day to open her gifts from us. She sure was ready!!!

And we had a few cupcakes leftover so we had to sing and blow out candles one more time!           

I think she had a pretty good birthday!!! And lucky for her, since we have family spread all out, we have a couple more celebrations coming up for her! She loves that her birthday goes on for a long time! :)