It's official - I'm seven years old! Between my birthday party and our trip to Calistoga, it felt like we spent the whole week celebrating my birthday. On the actual day, we did a few more special things. Turning seven is a big deal, after all!
Chuck E. Cheese on a weekday as soon as they open is awesome. We practically had the whole place to ourselves!
I invited a few friends to celebrate my birthday at All Fired Up, a pottery painting studio in downtown Burlingame. It was the perfect low-key, intimate gathering. The only thing I requested was a Moana theme, and that's what I got. During the party, the girl working at the studio was nice enough to let us blast the Moana soundtrack, and we sang along to the songs at the top of our lungs while painting our chosen pottery pieces.
After painting we played a few rounds of Moana BINGO.
Mommy found these soaps on eBay. Kinda looks like the heart of Te Fiti right?
For my birthday cake, Mommy ordered an ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins and had them frost it. Then she added her own embellishments. She also made a mental note to herself that next time she requests blue frosting, she should specify "light aqua blue" instead of "Cookie Monster blue."
It was fun to celebrate with some of my closest friends and a great way to kick of our summer vacation!
I had my third birthday party at Junior Gym in San Mateo. I had been to several parties here before and always loved it, especially the zip line. Almost all my friends in my preschool class came to celebrate with me. Mommy liked that it was well organized, easy to set up, and all we had to do was bring food and show up (although the party planner in Mommy always makes things more difficult than they should be).
I've been really into dinosaurs lately, so we had dinosaur-themed favors, some decorations, and a cake with little dinosaurs all over it. After all that work, Mommy totally forgot to take pictures though, oh well!
Most of the party was spent running around so fast that Mommy just got a bunch of blurry photos.
Here I am, at my own party, still doing the zipline even after the group activity started.
Totally blurry photo but the parachute was my favorite!
They sang Happy Birthday to me under the parachute and I just sat there frozen
The best photo that Mommy had of the cake! She originally planned to do a dinosaur-shaped pull-apart cupcake cake, but ended up with a baking disaster. So the day of the party, she ended up serving boxed cake mix cupcakes for the kids, then got a ready-made cake from Safeway and decorated with dinosaur figurines. It actually turned out pretty cute! The dinosaurs surrounded a cupcake (volcano?) which I ate. I loved it!
We ended the day opening presents at home. It was a great way to cap off my week-long birthday celebration!
I am three years old! On my birthday, I went to day care where we celebrated all of the March birthdays. We had donuts for breakfast, pizza for lunch, and cupcakes. Nothing says birthday like lots of sugar and junk food!
Since it was a weekday, we kept it low key. I got to open one of my presents from Alex and Kieran. Mommy and Daddy got me a Strider balance bike, but they waited until the weekend to give it to me.
We capped off the day with an ice cream cake. I had been waiting for this day when I could blow out my own candles!
Just like everyone wished, I had a happy birthday. I spent the day at Champions (summer camp) where my counselors and friends sang Happy Birthday to me. When I came home I got a special treat, then opened some gifts.
We've been attending the evening classes at Little Wonders for the summer and had class that day, so Mommy provided a pizza dinner for the class. I was happy to finally get the birthday crown I had been waiting for!
