Wrapping Up Birthday Week

On Saturday, we held the final celebration of "Livie's Birthday Week." This was the party (with cake, of course) with Livie's family, including her great-grandmother, Oma. Here's the photo tour of Livie's birthday celebration with her family:
 

Livie, Grandmamá, and Grandpapá are waiting for the party to start.

I make sure Livie always gets fresh flowers for her birthday. Daddy picked out such a festive, colorful bunch!

Pizza time!

 

Nonno wonders if someone needs help eating her pizza.

A pteranodon puzzle/skeleton - one of the many gifts she was excited about.

Another favorite gift - a sink/mirror/toothbrush kit for her American Girl.

She also got a green St. Patrick's Day colored Patrick Kane Blackhawks t-shirt.

Nonno sleeps.

Scarlett sleeps.

Time to sing "Happy Birthday"!

Yummy, yummy cake!

Abuelita and Nonno pose for a picture.

Later, Oma and Abuelita are entertained by a finger puppet show.

Happy Birthday to Livie!!

Happy Birthday, Livie!!

From this little baby . . .

. . . to this 6 year old! (as of 5:06 PM EST)

Her day started off with her school's 2-hour delay (due to road conditions) and a blueberry waffle on "the special table" (the breakfast-in-bed tray):

Then she realized she was wearing her cupcake pajamas, and wanted to take a picture with the cupcake she'd made at her art party:

Then she got to take 2-dozen of these frosted sugar cookies decorated with pink and purple balloons to school (which she and her class will eat during snack time):

They're from our favorite bakery, Jules Bakery.

This afternoon after school, she and I will pick up her birthday cake from the bakery. Then we'll bring it home and wait for her paternal grandparents to get here. We'll all go out for dinner - Livie's really excited about this.

Then tomorrow, her maternal grandparents will drive up so we can celebrate her birthday with the family. We'll have pizza, open some presents, then have cake and ice cream.

Little does she know, she's got some great art supplies waiting for her to open tomorrow:

Liv's Birthday Party - A Photo Tour

Today, Livie had a birthday with some of her Kindergarten friends. We had it at The Dreaming Bear's art studio, because that was a much more appealing location for a February birthday, than the other "usual" choices (like that loud pizza place - you parents know where I mean).

So she and her friends arrived at 1:00PM. Here's a photo tour of what happened at party time.

Livie's excited and ready to head to the Dreaming Bear!

Ms. Em is giving the girls a bit of instruction before they begin doing their art project.

They've just started decorating their art projects - they're all painting cupcakes.

All the girls are having fun doing artwork!

"There is art that decorates and art that liberates. If you really need art that matches your sofa, might I suggest hanging an identical sofa above your existing sofa."

"Good art is often too broad to fit through narrow minds."

A very well-dressed tall friend "supervises" artists from high above.

Some of the finished pieces of art.

More finished pieces of art.

Now, the edible princess cupcakes!

Yummy!! Cupcakes, and thirst-quenching water.

All in all, it was a very successful party! All the girls were so excited to have been able to do art at a birthday party! However, I am wiped out after being in charge of 8 kindergarten girls! (I don't know how their kindergarten teacher does it with twenty-two!!) The owner of the studio laughingly said I should go home and celebrate with a glass of wine (for myself, of course, and not Livie!).

It was a lot of fun for the girls, and for that, I am glad. I'm glad we have this option - something creative and fun, here in town, not just for parties, but for a regular ol' Saturday when we need something smart and fun to do. (Livie is counting down the days 'til she and I can head back to the Dreaming Bear to do more art during their "Open Art Studio" a different day.)

Oh, and this is just the beginning of "Birthday Week" for Livie. On Friday, she's taking frosted sugar cookies for her Kindergarten class, for snack, in honor of her birthday. And on Saturday, she's celebrating with her grandparents.