Kathryn's Birthday Party

Last Friday we had a birthday party for Kathryn. Again this year we had a Toonie party(every guest gives a toonie in a card instead of a present) and again this year we invited her entire school class including her teacher, plus two of her friends that in the grade above her. A total of 12 invitations went out, although I knew two of those kids were likely not going to come because they are Mennonite(and they didn't come last year), but invitations were given anyways so that nobody felt left out. We had 6 kids and her teacher show up for the party...the perfect size. Kathryn really wanted to play pin the tail on the donkey, so she asked her dad to draw a poster size donkey. Unfortunately I didn't think to get a picture of the donkey daddy drew.

All the kids helping Miss Freel pin the tail on the donkey

We also had made a pinata that tried to look like a butterfly, again, I didn't think to get a picture of it before it was bashed to pieces nor did I get a good picture of Kathryn swinging at it, so this one will have to suffice.

Kathryn's sheer delight over her friend bashing the pinata

She told me that this year she wanted a birthday pie. She requested apple pie and we made homemade strawberry, pineapple, banana ice cream to go along with it.

The pesky boys blowing out the candles before Kathryn could...three times

Everybody had a good time and Kathryn had a blast the next day spending all of her toonies. She bought a fabulous brown and pink sweater dress at Walmart complete with fingerless gloves, material so that she can make a  fancy skirt, and marbles to take to school and play with her friends. She has some change left over and is looking forward to the birthday money that she'll get from Grandma Kaye.

For her actual birthday I made her a lady bug birthday cake. I had to figure out how to decorate it with out using icing bag because Tansley has chewed all my tips to pieces while sucking the icing out of them. I never remember to buy a new set until I have to decorate a cake...and just my luck the grocery store doesn't carry anything of the sort.

not to bad for not having any tips for my icing bag

We gave her a locket that has CTR on the front and a set of scriptures so that she can start reading them herself and preparing for next year when she will be old enough to be baptized.

The scripture bag I made and the scriptures inside...naturally

All in all she declared this the best birthday ever...until next year.