My little Girl turns 5

Every day brings with it a “first” of some kind, some days are a little more evident. My little Kenna turned 5 in September. Her birthday was a great day and there were so many that came to show their love for her and us. I was very grateful to see everyone there. It felt good. I was worried that her birthday would not be as good as others she has had and that she would know this one wasn’t planned by her mom, but she didn’t seem to act like it was lacking. She made the comment of how much she wished Mommy and Maylee could be there, but I think she still felt like the princess. I think things like this are noticed more by me than by them, I still want them to be fun days though.

The party itself went well, thanks to my mom and little sis who helped a lot with the favors and things. Not to mention the cake pops that were shaped like floating lanterns from her aunt Heather... most of them made it to the table to share! We set it up in the garage complete with the projection and screen from my old office and played Tangled. Thanks to an anonymous fairy godmother we had a special guest too. Cinderella showed up and sang songs and played games and read a story and she was a huge hit, I would recommend it for any future princess party! So, whoever that was, thank you! My little niece (appropriately dressed up in a little devil costume) commented when Cinderella started reading the book about Cinderella… she said with a little bit of a valley girl attitude “I know about this, I saw this movie” Cracked me up. With that and Tate, the only boy in the picture, trying to be smooth with Cinderella, it was all very entertaining.

Wendy and I would always let them pick what kind of design they wanted for their cake, so I wanted that to continue to be a part of their day. The cake construction was touch and go there for a bit, but it came out structurally sound and required very little mud, spackle, and grabber screws! To those of you who ate the cake…I am kidding, everything was edible… or at least was supposed to be!

It was good to be there with everyone. I really missed her being there and didn’t like thinking of all the birthdays to come without her, but it was still a day to celebrate.