and she's grown into this lovely young lady...
Michaela is so full of life! She is active and outgoing. She loves her school and friends. She is learning to read and can count to one hundred. She loves playing outside and with her sisters. I think it's precisely because of her social nature that she wanted a big Bolivian style party this year, so we decided to go all out. She chose a "Princess and the Frog" theme... problem being that because it's a new movie, there was nothing available here in the way of decorations. Everything ended up being homemade. It made for a fun week though, because Michaela enjoys anything crafty and so we were able to work together to make the party preparations. We invited all her classmates and all the little children from church (30 kids in all!), and rented a big inflatable slide for the morning. We made a bean bag/ water balloon toss and a homemade pinata. It was a lot of work, but a fun morning!
The party spread... everything in green or chocolate.
The birthday cake
Frog cupcakes
The slide
The water balloon toss... You can't see it, but there is an adult behind the cardboard, to make it more fun for the kids ;)
Mr. Pinata
Michaela getting ready to hit the pinata.
Singing happy birthday
The birthday bags - as one of the treats, the little girls all got tiaras and the little boys got frog eye sunglasses.
Opening birthday bags with the sisters
We celebrated Michaela's birthday the week before she turned 5 because we had plans to go visit Erik, Jenny and the cousins in Sucre on her actual birthday. We enjoyed seeing the kids play together for a couple days and catching up with them after their furlough in the States and before we head stateside in 2 weeks. We got to see their new house... and enjoy their jacuzzi bathtub!... went to the children's park to ride the ferris wheel (I forgot the camera :(, and made another trip to the dinosaur park (didn't take pictures there cause it cost!).
Cousins
Mia is now walking and it was fun to see her and Jana interacting.
Their favorite thing to do was to ride Zion's little cars down the cobblestone hill outside the gate of their condo. So funny!
My girls, in matching shirts from Aunt Jenny
Chillin' out
4 comments:
What a fabulous party! The froggy cupcakes are the best. :) Congratulations to Michaela!
What a cute idea. I think after this next furlough trip we should have Addison and Michaela become pen pals. Addison loves mail and I think it could be fun. Happy Birthday to your beautiful daughter.
What beautiful memories you've made for your daughter! :-) So sweet and fabulously fun. Blessings.
I love the cupcakes! Very creative, Julie. The girls all look so sweet. You are very blessed. Love you, Mom
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