This past weekend, we fit all of Bella's birthday celebrations into a crazy weekend of fun! Grandma and Grandpa were here, too, so the excitement level was on overload!
The fun started on Thursday night...Steve and I wanted to have a "family" celebration before Bella's big party on Saturday, so that we could all enjoy giving her our own presents.
Setting her table with lots of pink!
Her birthday dinner request was waffles and ice cream cones for dessert.
One of Grandma and Grandpa's presents was a new, unicorn shirt. She was just a little thrilled!
Mimi and Papa sent felt boards from Florida. Evelyn got a beach scene and Bella's is a safari - they love them! And I love that they're felt instead of stickers! They get to watch Mimi work on her felt boards for Sunday School when they visit, so they love having their own sets now.
Next up was taking blueberry popsicles to Bella's class on Friday morning for her special birthday snack. This is Bella with her "best friend" Kate!
From Steve and I, Bella asked for some "real jewelry", so we got her some bracelets and necklaces. Her favorite (and mine!) was a little, silver, horse necklace. I took a picture frame and screwed in a few hooks, so she could hang all of her new jewelry up. AND! She was allowed to wear some jewelry to school, so that was big deal!
After popsicles, each of Bella's classmates shared something that they liked about Bella. It was really sweet!
Friday was Bella's actual birthday, so as soon as Steve got home from work, we piled in the car and headed to the mall for Bella and Evelyn's BIG present from Grandma and Grandpa - a trip to Build-A-Bear to "make" their own stuffed animals! It was amazing! Bella picked a white unicorn from My Little Pony (shocking!) and Evelyn chose a white kitty she named Rainbow Scarlet.
I had just as much as the girls, getting to watch them choose their toy, "whisper a secret" into its heart, and watch it take shape!
After Build-A-Bear, we grabbed dinner and rode the carousel!
The whole afternoon was such a fun outing!
The final birthday event of the weekend was a birthday party on Saturday afternoon with Bella's school and church friends. (I told you it was a crazy weekend!)
Bella had requested a "rainbow unicorn" party, and boy, did she get it!
The highlight of all of the decorations were these unicorn cookies that Aunt Julie and Bella's cousin, Maddie, made! Aren't they beautiful? Julie and Maddie have a cooking and baking blog, and when they heard that Bella was having a unicorn party, they offered to make these...I love them so much! We used them as party favors to give Bella's guests as they left - so perfect!
Bella's birthday party can only be described as 'barely-contained chaos'! She had a great time, but I think all of the adults were just slightly shell-shocked afterwards - so much squealing and running by so many little girls!
The girls made bead jewelry, ate cake, and opened presents. (Oh, and ran and around, non-stop!)
Bella was so loved on by these little girls; it was a very sweet thing for my heart to see.
And, that's it! We survived the weekend of perpetual fun, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to our normal schedule and eating normal food (no more cake!)
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