London Turns Five

 Our sweet, and wonderful, and smart, and artistic, and funny, and beautiful, and loving London turned five years old on March 25th.  How did this happen???  She is the best sister and daughter.  She helps me so much.  I love this girl more than I can ever express.  A few days before her birthday we had a Princess Tea-Party Birthday celebration with some of her little friends.  London dressed up as her favorite princess, Rapunzel.

 Maddie dressed as Snow White and loved being a part of the tea-party.

 Getting ready for the guests to come.  The first thing a princess needs is a crown, so we were ready to make them.

 These were the little party favors for the friends to take home.

 I can't even handle how cute this girl is.  She loved being dressed up.  Thanks Aunt Julie for the dress!

 The little Princess's making their crowns.

 Ta-da!

 After the Princess's had the proper attire it was time for the tea-party to begin.

 These pb&j crown sandwiches were the main dish of the tea party, if you will.  The princess's also enjoyed snacking on cheese and crackers, princess fruit snacks, pop corn, and pink smoothies.  They had little tulip cakes for dessert.

 London and her friends had a fabulous time.  It was a success for sure!

 The day before London's birthday we celebrated with her cousin Jesse whose birthday is a few days before hers.  Steve and London came up with the idea of doing a half brown, half pink cake because we knew Jesse wouldn't want a pink cake.  Jesse turned six, and London just loves him.  It's so fun to have cousins close by and close in age.

 On London's actual birthday we celebrated with a night out to dinner at the Pizza Pie Cafe with more of her cousins, aunts, and uncles.  Pizza Pie Cafe is our new favorite place to eat, and we had such a fun night.  Carter (who ate 10 ish slices of pizza) sat next to Steve who cheered him on with each new plate he brought back.

 Matt, Marianne, Eliza, and Linden

 Trevor, Amy, Gavin, Talia, and Brynn

 Gary, Sammie, Sydney, Andrew, Julia, and William

 Mads, Mama, and Brooklyn

Annabelle, Avery, and London