Julia's birthday x2

On December 12, 2010 Julia turned 5 years old.  With her birthday landing on a busy time of year we decided to postpone the party with friends until after the holidays.  

We had a more quiet celebration with Uncle Carlos and the Resch family.

Matt made a castle cake that the kids took over and decorated. It turned out quite colorful.

Celebration #2 was on January 8, 2011

I had a fun time planning a princess party.  Julia invited 7 little girls.  The party started with the girls decorating the felt crowns I made.  They found jewels in pouches hidden around the house and arranged them on their crowns.  

 After decorating the crowns the girls played some games.  

Here are the girls and Blake before they played the mermaid race.  It was cute to listen to their conversations as I was wrapping their legs with green streamers.  Clearly they thought they were going to be real mermaids.   Some of them may have been a little disappointed that it didn't happen.

The cute girls waiting to hit the princess castle pinata. 

We decided to go simple with the dessert and we made cupcakes with a crown on top. 

Here are some things about Julia
*Julia loves to go to pre-K and has learned a lot this year.
*She loves to sing songs from school around the house.
*She is so excited when it is Wednesday because that means dance class
*She is a happy, positive person
*She is forgiving
*She moves at her own pace which is usually not very fast
*She loves to dress-up
*She is a good playmate for Blake
*She is a dreamer and has a great imagination
*She lives most the time in a princess fantasy