Ali was very excited AND helpful in the goody-bag making process… she picked each individual present for each friend, and only asked for a few pieces of their candy – surprising, to say the least. 
I conveniently kept a cupcake from Christen’s contribution to our National Championship watching party from the night before for Ali to have for breakfast on her birthday:
Thanks, Christen, for making me look like supermom!
We took Ali to The Olive Garden that night for dinner, where Chris did something that he has NEVER been allowed to do for me: He had the wait staff sing to her.
As you can see here, she was just as thrilled as I would have been:
She watched me ice her cake Saturday morning..
She really enjoyed watching her older friends do more daring tricks than she’d ever dream of attempting:
And also liked watching Greg flip the other kids down the ramp, again, something she’d never let him do for her:
Caden liked the tumble track…
And Nathaniel liked the Rope Swing.
EVERYONE liked the trampolines.
Especially when they were allowed to jump into The Pit FROM the Trampolines.
And Tessa? Well, she just liked all of the un-fought-for attention she got while all of the other kids were occupied.
2 comments:
I must say that the goody bags were awesome! The little treasures have provided hours of entertainment at our house, and I had forgotten how much I LOVE PEZ! ;)
I also thought it was a great idea to have separate girl & boy plates/napkins/goody bags...Luke loved the Cars stuff!
From the look Ali had in the Olive Garden picture I think Ali will soon make the same no-birthday-singing-at-restaurants rule!
Ryan would KILL me if I ever got the restaurant staff to sing to him, he hates to have any attention on him. :)
Love that face!
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