Party!! (Kalia Post)

Be warned this post is PACKED with pictures from all of Kalia's birthday celebrations. I don't think I'm very good at narrowing down which pictures so post, so I just post a ton of them! Unfortunately, they are in reverse chronological order, because I keep forgetting to post the older ones first and the most recent ones last. Oh well - maybe someday I'll learn! In the meantime, enjoy! If you want to read the post in the order that it was meant to be read, start at the bottom, lol! We had a lot of fun at her parties, so I hope that these pictures captured a fraction of that!

Sitting so pretty with all of her wonderful gifts from the ballerina party we had with her friends.

Hailey wanted to join her for one picture - notice the little tutu that she is wearing (and other girls in the photos that follow). We did a craft of no-sew tutus during the party and it was really fun! Plus then they got something exciting to take home.

I had to post this picture of her using her Easy Bake oven. She was so proud to get this as a gift. Ok, mommy was proud too, ha ha.

Such sweet smiles!

Here are all of the little ballerinas! Starting with Kalia and moving to the right: Kalia, Hailey, Kaitlyn, Ariana, Willow, Leah, Piper, Jayda, Isabelle, & Holly. (I think Abigail was off to the side in the high chair so I didn't get her in the picture) A lot of girls and boy were they cute!

Kalia blowing out her candles - they're behind the barbie somewhere!

Kalia helped pick what kind of cake she wanted. We looked up ideas for ballerina cakes on the internet, and her favorite one was similar to this. She had the perfect barbie for it too! The skirt is made out of icing, but the rest of her clothes are painted on. It was my first time working with marshmallow fondant, and it turned out really well I think - tasted good too!

The table all decorated. I saw those big tissue pom poms on the Martha Stewart website and they were really easy to make!

For the treat bags, I made a little "Candy Shop" for the girls. They each picked a little candy box, and could fill it up with whichever candies they wanted.

Now I'll move on to the party that we had on Kalia's actual birthday. I invited both of our families over for cake and presents after dinner. It ended up being Scott's parents, as well as my parents and sister Cristina who could make it. Kalia loved being the center of attention to both sets of grandparents!

From Auntie Crissi, Kalia got a piece for her Precious Moments Birthday Train, as well as a Sleeping Beauty dress up dress. She had been asking for one for months, and was SO excited to get it. She has hardly taken it off since.

Smiles with Nana. My parents gave her a barbie shopping boutique and a barbie (that she has grown VERY attached to) along with a barbie storage container for all of her dolls and teeny little accessories. They also gave her these 2'x2' colorful floor mats for the basement play area which are just fabulous!

The dress she is wearing here was part of her gift from Grandma and Grandpa. She also got a vehicle for her pet shop, some more clothes, little people, and sidewalk chalks. She, being the girlie girl that she is, just had to try on the dress right away!

'Are all of these for me??' (much to Oliver's dismay - he was sure that the big one should be for him!)

Getting ready to race with Auntie Crissi!

First test drive. Yes, in a dress. She didn't want to be caught without her party dress on when her party guests arrived for cake! It was such a gorgeous evening out, and she would have liked to drive it all evening long. We did end up spending quite a bit of time out and it was fun watching her zoom around and be so happy with the gift we got her.

Oliver wanted in on the action too, so he also gave Daddy a big hug for the bike. Maybe because he knew he'd get the trike now!

Huge hugs for mommy!

She was ECSTATIC to recieve her new "big girl" bike! Green is her absolute favorite color, and she kept saying "I just can't believe that I have my very own green bike!"

Squeezing her eyes shut tight as she waits for Daddy to bring her gift from us into the room.