She is 5!!!!
I am still trying to let it sink in that I actually have a 5 year old, but in the mean time I will feel you in on her birthday party. One thing about Makayla is she loves to have people over to play with and her birthday is a perfect excuse for that. She has been talking about her birthday for months and what she wanted the "theme" to be. She told me she wanted a Fairy birthday. I said ok we can do that and we started to discus who she wanted to invite. She started to name some boys and I was like do you think they will like the Fairy theme? So that is why we decided to do a Fairy/Pirate party. She wanted to invite her whole preschool class and then some other friends. I told her she had cut some people out, which was really hard for her, but we finally agreed that she could invite all the girls from her class and her other friends outside of class that were boys. She was ok with that for the most part. The only one she was upset about with Zach from school. She insists on a daily biases that he is her "boyfriend" good thing he is moving to Layton! Hahaha! I think the party was a success and she was happy with it all! I love doing birthday parties and just celebrating the birthday girl or boy!
Makayla by the Fairy table.
Makayla by the Pirate Ship walking the plank. Caleb made the pirate ship and flag and they turned out awesome! She is one lucky girl to have such an amazing daddy!
More of the decorations
Lucy modeling the Fairy outfit each girl got.
We had a Fairy/Pirate naming ceremony where the girls got their wings, tutu, wand, and a Fairy name. And the boys got a bandanna, eye patch, sword, and Pirate name. It was so fun! Lucy's name was Moonbeam, and Makayla's was Twilight Mist.
Kaden modeling the Pirate outfit each boy got.
After the naming ceremony each kid got to decorate their wand/sword with stickers and stuff.
Makayla showing off her wand,
Some of the boys working on their swords.
After decorating the wands and swords we had a Fairy/Pirate Pixie walk. They danced around to the music and when it stopped they found a picture of a Fairy or a Pirate and if their picture was drawn they go some pixie dust (a.k.a pixie sticks). It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work making sure EVERYONE won. I did a whole lot of rigging on this one!
After the Pixie walk it was time for the treasure hunt. Caleb and our good friend Kipp were the Captains in charge of this. They read them clues and took them around to find the next clue until it lead them outside to the treasure box that awaited them.
Finding there individual treasure!
We also had a piñata outside for them to do when they found the treasure.
We used my Grandpa's old cane for a bat and it worked nicely!
The whole crew!
Kaden, Brooklyn, Charlie, Kyson, Taylee, Lucy, Trevor, Reese, Carson, Diamond, Makayla, Samantha, Sophie, Cooper, Kate, Maddeline, and Connor.
After the treasure hunt it was time to sing Happy Birthday and have cake and ice cream!
Ty-dyed cupcakes, yum!
We rounded out the party with the opening of presents. Each kid got to walk the plank to give Makayla her present. It was fun for them to try and stay on the board.
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She got lots of awesome gifts and was so thankful for what people gave her. She is so fun to watch open presents because she gets SO excited about each thing!
Another shot of the crew in front of the Pirate Ship
Seriously such a fun birthday! I hope Makayla like it and had fun! It is worth all the headache to plan it if it makes her happy!
Lucy didn't want to be in the boat. She wanted out and wasn't happy can you tell?
The birthday cake!
Happy Birthday Makayla! We love you so much and are so glad you are a part of our family!
