Party Time!

Usually we have beautiful spring weather, but for a few weeks, we've had thunder, lightning, heavy rain and wind. There has even been hail and tiny twisters along the beach. This threw a damper on Lexie's party. We changed many of our plans the night before, but mother nature had a plan of her own.

The morning of the party, the sun was actually shining. It was so bright that within a few hours, it dried out our lawn. We started setting up the tent and cleaned out the yard as quickly as we could in hopes that the kids could play outside for even a little while.

With the weather being so bad, this was the least prepared I've ever been for a party. And for people who know me, I'm all about organization. I was very stressed because I did not know what we were going to do if it rained. I made this banner the night before the party. Even the goodie bags were thrown together a few days before. Thanks to Aunty Yvette and Taryn for helping me stuff the plastic eggs.

Lexie was very excited about her party. She really wanted to have bubbles, but with the crazy weather, we had to scratch that idea. For days, she kept asking when her friends were coming over. Her first guest was baby Faith, who is getting bigger than Lexie.

We are so fortunate that we have a wonderful group of friends who have adopted from Taiwan. We joke that Lexie has brothers that will fend off potential boyfriends when she gets older.

Lexie and her girlfriends. These sweethearts loved playing dress-up.

Lexie loved getting presents. She got a lot of Princess and Minnie Mouse toys, which are her favorites. Everyone totally spoiled her!

We used our garage as the party room. The kids decorated their baskets and made some crafts. I'm so grateful for Taryn for being on Lexie duty and taking care of her during the party. And thanks to Aunty Yvette for helping me to set-up and clean up.

Lexie wanted me to make chocolate chip cookie brownies for dessert. I made a batch of those plus a brownie trifle, but I felt we needed a birthday cake. Lexie asked for a pink cake, so we went for a cupcake cake with pink icing. Our theme was bunnies since Lexie loves her Thumper rabbit, so I decorated the cake with plastic bunny eggs. Compared to last year, Lexie can blow out those candles with no problems.

Since the rain never came, we were able to have our egg hunt outside. To make it more fun, the older kids had to use spoons to put their eggs in their basket. Poor girl, I forgot to wipe the frosting from her face.

Lexie kept stopping to look at what was in her eggs.

Lexie was proud of how many eggs she collected.

The kids had fun looking for eggs and they even liked the little rats that Lexie's daddy put in the eggs.

Lexie had a wonderful time and after her friends left, she kept asking when they were coming back to play.