All of her best friends here were able to come. She was so happy and excited! It ended up being a all weekend slumber party!! Yoyo and Winter, Polly, Naomi (in Katherine's lap) Grace, Regan and Lauren
We needed one more with the boys ;)
Mamaw and Papaw gave Katherine money for her birthday. The catch...it was inside a balloon.
She went and got a needle to pop the balloon. It was so funny to watch everyone.
The balloon popped so fast and the money went flying through the air (red streaks in picture)
Happy Birthday! She asked for a bug party. When I asked her favorite kind of cake she said cookie cake, but we can only get those in America. I thought I would give it a try. It turned out pretty good.
She has one talented big sister who loves decorating for parties. I love the beehive and bees :)
I'm so glad Jonathan makes such yummy pizza. He's kind known for it around here :)
I was glad that I got to surprise her with this really soft and squishy alligator. She saw it at the store and really wanted to buy it. We went back to get it and it was already gone (because I beat her to it and bought it for her birthday).
Benjamin got her this towel.
Scout and Shadow bobble heads :)
The girls trying to get a picture together...Katherine's extra tall ladybug hat kept getting in the way... cute idea, just not very practical :)
I wasn't sure the cookie cake would turn out so I also did cupcakes.
We had caterpillars, butterflies, ladybugs, snails, dragonflies, and bumblebees (below)
She was so happy that I let her have the entire dragonfly on the cookie cake :) As Jenny's kids say: We want Kelly size pieces of cake ;) I have a reputation to uphold.
After the party we took the kids rock climbing.
There was a section for little kids (still pretty tall)
And another section that was pretty high. Polly and Katherine decided to try and race to the top.
Regan and Yoyo
3 year old Naomi even gave ti a try on the kid side!
Big Grace met us there as well
Katherine got a surprise present from a friend who met us for rock climbing. She loves the skateboard!
Slumber party!
Lauren made it to the top and rand the bell (so did Regan and Katherine and Yoyo...Benjamin did archery instead of rock climbing)
The next morning a friend from another city had sent a gift in the mail. I LOVE the look on Grace's face. She thought their was a live bug/scorpion inside.
Nope, just a really cool flower and bug inside the glass with a magnifying glass. This girl loves science!
The NEXT day was her real birthday. We decided it would be fun to run to Macau and buy some chips. That was her present for the day :) We don't get those choices often...it's usually just classic Lays or strange flavors (that we've gotten used to) around here.
She asked if we could eat breakfast at McD's because over there McD's has pancakes on the menu. We ordered our breakfast and it came with free laundry detergent. Hmmm. Interesting combination.
Her birthday and Mid-Autumn Festival fell on the same day this year. It's only fitting that my girl who loves full moons would have a birthday on the holiday that celebrates a full moon.
People were out and about everywhere.
It was fun just to walk around in the cool (89) night breeze.
She asked me to take this one for her scrapbook...just her, the lantern, the full moon, and her new favorite outfit.
The dogs enjoyed the walk with us and behaved well. Hudson was trying to figure out his lantern.
