Birthday Party

 

Mackenzie decided that she wanted a fairy birthday party this year, so we made it happen yesterday.  A few girls from her CDC class came over along with a couple of my co-workers and a lot of family and it made for a really great party.

 

Brian made a Tinkerbell cutout for the party where the kids could put their face in as Tinkerbell and it was a hit with the girls.  Here is a shot of Mackenzie as Tinkerbell:

I made a lot of decorations for the party including big tissue paper flowers and giant tulle poof balls.  Mackenzie decided that these would be great for a parade, so the girls started out the party by parading for all of the other guests.  The girls took turns leading the parade.  Here is a shot when Mackenzie was in the lead:

The living room was the main party area.  Here you can see some of the decorations as well as some guests.  On the table are kits for the girls to make their own fairy as well as fairy headbands.

 

Manu is graciously modeling a headband in this shot with Mackenzie:

 

And here are a couple of action shots of us making the fairies.  I didn't think to take a picture of the girls with their finished fairies, but they were basically made out of floral wire, wood beads and fabric flowers and I thought they were super cute.

 

Finally here is a shot of Mackenzie getting ready to blow out her candle and of everyone else getting ready to eat cake!

The party was a lot of fun and the rain held out for us so that it was a pretty nice, although hot and humid, day for the party.

Today is Mackenzie's first day of kindergarten so hopefully I will have a new post soon.