Birthday Party #1

Well, we had our first "friend" party ever! In the past we simply have had family over for our birthdays, but this was a big one. Grace turned 5 and for some reason it seems really big to me. So I let Grace pick out what she wanted to do for her party. She invited her close circle of friends from church and preschool and we decorated sugar cookes, had a special rainbow cake, and played on a GREAT play system at a local party place. It turned out great. The kids had a great time. I did make one mistake though. After decorating sugar cookies for their activity they had no interest in eating cake too. Oh well. I sent home several pieces of cake with the moms of our friends. Grace got some great gifts from her friends and she's been playing with them constantly. Lyla has had a hard time with this birthday concept though. She just doesn't understand why it isn't her birthday too. We even caught her on video throwing wrapping paper at Grace and storming off camera when she couldn't open a present of her own! She didn't get too short-changed though. I gave her a small gift and so did my mom and her grandma and papaw. Over all, I think the party went well and Grace had a really good time! Now my baby is offically 5 years old!