Fairy Birthday Party!

Lily--and Viv--had lots of fun at the fairy birthday party this past weekend! We had a full-house, with about 6 other kids, their parents, as well as Lily and Viv's Nana and Papa. The birthday girl was very excited about her party, but she keeps telling us that she doesn't want to turn 3 and be a "Big Girl!" She says she would "just rather turn 2 again." (Yeah, well, I want to turn 21 again, but that ain't happening either!)

Since it rained the night before the party, we didn't get to let the kids loose in the backyard to look for the fairy wings and magic wands that the "fairy" was going to leave behind; so instead, we told them that the fairy had left their goodies behind in her magic box. Then, all the kids gathered around a table to decorate their wings and magic wands with stickers, glitter glue, and feathers (Mom wisely opted not to break out the paints! Good move!) The especially industrious kids went ahead and decorated little flower pots too. Everyone got to take home their artistic goodies, although one kid wore his wings throughout the entire party! Lily has since been wearing her wings around the house, playing "flying fairy" and Viv is working on destroying her wings, of course.

Lily had wanted cupcakes again this year, but she kept changing the flavor of the icing and cake on us. So, the parents made the executive decision to go with vanilla cake and chocolate frosting! And, Viv seemed to think that frosting was the greatest thing since, well, cashew nuts. Lily absolutely loved all her presents (thank you, everyone!)--so much so that she could barely look up to say goodbye to her guests!!

Now, hopefully, next year, she'll be up for turning 4...