Brinley's 6th birthday

Brinley's 6th birthday was Thursday.  She woke up that morning to a streamer surprise on her bedroom door.

We ate an early lunch at her favorite peanut butter and jelly place (AKA- McAllisters) with Grandma, Marian and Hannah and then went to see the new Ice Age movie. After the movie, we all went swimming at our neighborhood pool.  We met up with Daddy, Mamaw, and Pops for dinner at Olive Garden and then back to our house to open presents. Mamaw and Pops got her the new Android kids tablet since she loved playing with my mom's IPAD. She hasn't put it down! For our present to her, I took my old dollhouse as a child, stripped it and remodeled it to bring it up to date. She loves it and is playing with it when we make her take a break from the tablet :-)

Saturday was her Candyland themed birthday party.  I found lots of great decoration ideas on pinterest to get ready for the party!

the kids got to fill goody bags with candy                            

Candyland entrance

cupcake table                                                                   

lollipop wreath

We rented a water slide for the kids to play on.  They had a blast and it was hard to pull them out of it for food, cake and presents!

 

        

       

The kids also played a water sponge throwing game

This little guy loved the slide so much, he tried to hide when I wanted him to get out to eat pizza!

Picture of the birthday girl as we sang Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles

Brinley requested rainbow cupcakes, so instead of decorating a cake, I spent the time making these (which took just as long!)

Brinley with her presents                                                      

      screaming "THANK YOUUUUUU!"

 

The party was a success and we are still trying to recover from it! It is a good thing we have new toys to keep the kids entertained while mommy and daddy crash!

Brinley, you are such a sweet girl and have such a wonderful outlook on life. My mom says she has the Sue Heck outlook (from the TV show The Middle).  You are very outgoing and would rather be on the move than sitting at home! You enjoy anything sport related and love being outside.  You learned so much in kindergarten and have spent your summer drawing, coloring, writing and reading.  You are swimming like a fish and are addicted to Scooby doo cartoons, which you have to watch every night before bed! You are so patient with your brother and really try to ignore him as he pushes your buttons constantly ;-) You are such a joy and love helping out anyway you can.  Mommy and Daddy love you so much!