Olivia's 5th Birthday Party

Our baby girl turned five years old (!) on August 1. We celebrated with a big party of friends and family. Here is a picture of our birthday girl with her crown on (the party theme this year was Princess).


The party was intended to be a swimming party, but temperatures in the upper 70s and an afternoon of rain changed that plan. The kids still had fun playing in the basement together. Here is Olivia, Dominic, and Ali in the teepee.

Cake time! Olivia selected a Tinkerbell cake for the party.

Olivia did not say what her wish was, but blowing out all of the candles should help make it come true!

Thank goodness the rain cleared out by cake time, making post-cake clean up MUCH easier! Here is Ethan, Dominic, Griffin, Samantha, Ava, and Olivia enjoying cake and ice cream.

All of the kids played knights and princesses amazingly well together all afternoon.

Present opening time! The boys quickly lost interest when it was discovered that the majority of her gifts were Barbie themed. But Ava and Samantha were more than willing to help open.

Uncle Thomas and Aunt Rachel with Olivia.

Joe "volunteered" to be the pinata holder. Luckily, this was the type that used pull strings instead of baseball bats!

A scramble for the candy!

Uncle Brennan and Ethan playing together.

After Olivia's friends had left for the day, it was time to open yet another round of gifts...from mommy and daddy! Needless to say, it took 2 days to unpackage all of the gifts!

I was happy to see her excited expression with this gift. I LOVED my Lite Brite growing up, and I was hoping that she would like one, too.

Happy Birthday, Princess! We love you very much!