We are so excited to now have a 5 year old! She is 44 inches tall and 41.5 pounds of wonderful girl.
For her 5th birthday, Elsa had plans. She started making these months ago and dictated to me a list to write down. She wanted a My Little Pony party at her house, not the park. She wanted to decorate the house, have games and activities, glitter tattoos, a treasure hunt, and a piñata. Her drink choices were lemon, lime and tangerine, and her cake was also to be those flavors. It was a tall order, but we did what we could.
The night before she turned 5, we made the cake. Now Elsa does not like chocolate, but she does like colors, so the cake was 4 layers of color, blue, pink, green and yellow. Elsa also does not like frosting, so the cake had very little frosting, and most of the frosting was used to create a picture of her.
The day of the party dawned, and I mean dawned, the kids were up at 5:45, excited for Elsa turning 5. We finished decorating the house, put out the snacks and put out the "stations" - tiara making, My Little Pony playdoh, glitter tattoos, box decorating, and the sandbox with toys. Daddy hung up the piñata.
She was ready for everyone to arrive, and at 10:30 her friends from school, the neighborhood and my friends starting showing up. We had 17 little friends, lots of parents and the grandparents.
Elsa loved showing everyone her home, playing around, getting her glitter tattoos, and receiving presents.
At 11:45, we gathered all the kids for the Treasure Hunt. They had to go to the Sandy Box, Look in the Giant Cake for the bags, stop by the Table to put their names on the bags, then along the HopScotch path find the Stick, then find the parent with the special Key for the Gate, avoid the Pool of Doom, to get to the Rainbow Piñata!
Once at the Piñata it was time to break it open, and after everyone had a chance to try, we tore it open and it rained down candy and toys!
Then it was time for Elsa's amazing cake. It was big and beautiful and she and many of the little friends loved it.
We said goodbye to her friends and the rest of my family (Aunt Jan, Aunt Sherry, Auntie Amanda, Carter, Cousin Matt and Warren) came over for the After Party. It was nice to hang out, grill some hot dogs and burgers, and just celebrate Elsa and family.
Elsa had a great day and so did we. It was nice hearing from one of the parents "Elsa is a wonderful girl, she is caring, gentle and very smart." We are lucky to have such a great daughter. Next adventure for her - Kindergarten!
