This year, was no exception for party planning overload. We just had to plan a celebration that would exceed the previous years birthday. It's something we just can't help but do, just as we have done in years past with all of the other birthdays before.
Number six is big! What year it has been for our big girls. They've started Kindergarten. Both lost their first tooth (Ellie's up one on McKenzie, since she has lost a total of two now!) They both have their ears pierced... Ellie's was done this summer and McKenzie's was done on New Years Eve (Post on that, coming soon) Over the summer, they taught themselves how to really swim... ride a bike without training wheels, and are totally mastering rollerblading like pros. I mean, our girls are such BIG girls! It's just amazing. They are doing so many BIG things. So how could we celebrate in such a BIG way?
Carnival, baby! Yeay!
We brought out the big ideas and we just couldn't stop!!! We picked our venue... Pleasant Hill Community Center... and let me tell you people, it was the perfect place for our carnival extravaganza! My awesome hubs, really out did himself this year. To make a grand entrance for our guests, we wanted a massive balloon arch. So being the handy man that he is... he spent 7 hours making a very impressive balloon arch for his girlies birthday celebration. He did not come to bed until 2 am, because he wanted every inch of that arch to be perfect. And let me tell you... it was absolutely incredible.
Per request of the girlies... we invited Buttons the Clown to celebrate with us... (she put on a fun magic show, did a fab job face painting and made many fun animal balloons for all of the kiddos!)... we also had a fun lil ol' Photo Booth... TWO bouncy castles... a Pixar Film playing overhead... and a fun concessions stand with a mixture of both good eats and good sweets! We served, sparkling lemonade, homemade popcorn, mini corn dogs, chips and dips, veggie cups, a rainbow fruit tray and of course birthday cupcakes! It was a carnival atmosphere all the way... and it was a great way to help celebrate our sweet girls turning six!
As we pulled away from the Community Center, both of our girls said... "That, was the best birthday party, EVER!" Awww... music to this Mommy and Daddy's ears. :)
And now... what you have all been waiting for...
The highlights of our Carnival Extravaganza!!!
To all of our amazing family and friends who helped us celebrate our wonderful girls... thank you so much! We appreciate you and all of your great gifts! And to our amazing family for helping out in every way you did... Words can not express our gratitude! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! We love you all!
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