We had so much fun celebrating Tessa's 6th birthday!
She decided that this year, she wanted to have a friend party also. Her cousin, Alex, has a birthday close to hers, so they came up with the idea of having a joint pool party! It was actually a lot of fun and super low-key (which is my favorite kind of party). The decorating was minimal and I didn't have to clean my house--it was a win-win!
The Friday before her birthday, she invited all of the girls from her class, some friends from church and a few of our family friends to her mermaid swimming party and had the BEST time.
Funny story--we had to do cupcakes as soon as we got there because the frosting was melting so quick! And then it was kind of windy and we couldn't get the match to stay lit, so I made her pretend to blow out the candles--she was so embarrassed! But she went along with it like a champ!
They
got to eat, open presents and swim to their heart's content. She went
off the diving board no less than 20 times. It was so fun to watch her
interact with her little girlfriends and to see her having so much fun
with them!
Brooke's birthday present to the kids is to pick an activity they want to do and she takes them for a night out. Tessa picked ice skating and decided she wanted to take her brother and cousins with her--such a sweetie! She loves being with her family. So the night before her birthday, Brooke and Michael and mom took them to Wichita Ice and I met them there to watch them skate a bit.....or try to skate. It was so funny because I think they all thought they were going to go out on the ice and just start skating away! It was so much harder than they thought!
Tessa had so much fun! After ice skating, she came home and got to stay up a little later than normal. Then she went to sleep a 5 year old..........and woke up a 6 year old!
She asked for a chocolate long john for breakfast, so that's what we put her birthday candles in!
She got to have a little party with her cousins at Nana's. After work, I picked them up and we met Nick at Golden Corral for dinner (Tessa's choice). Tommy was in roll heaven the whole time....
Tessa loved it too. She got her macaroni fix (this girl could eat macaroni every day of the week). And she got her favorite dessert from the buffet--a bowl full of candy with chocolate fudge to dip it in!
Tessa and I did a little shopping after dinner and the boys went home. It was a lot of fun watching her try to decide what to spend her birthday money on! When we finally got home for the night, she opened the last of her presents. She kept making this face for all of them...
And I got some sweet snuggles from the birthday girl at the end of the night! I love her so much.
Her final birthday celebration happened in Stockton at Nick's family reunion! We got together with a bunch of fantastic people and got to party again! Our cousin made the CUTEST mermaid cookies for Tessa.......
Overall, we spent about a week celebrating Tessa Grace. She was worth every minute and every dime spent! I love our little sweet, spunky six year old!
She decided that this year, she wanted to have a friend party also. Her cousin, Alex, has a birthday close to hers, so they came up with the idea of having a joint pool party! It was actually a lot of fun and super low-key (which is my favorite kind of party). The decorating was minimal and I didn't have to clean my house--it was a win-win!
The Friday before her birthday, she invited all of the girls from her class, some friends from church and a few of our family friends to her mermaid swimming party and had the BEST time.
Brooke's birthday present to the kids is to pick an activity they want to do and she takes them for a night out. Tessa picked ice skating and decided she wanted to take her brother and cousins with her--such a sweetie! She loves being with her family. So the night before her birthday, Brooke and Michael and mom took them to Wichita Ice and I met them there to watch them skate a bit.....or try to skate. It was so funny because I think they all thought they were going to go out on the ice and just start skating away! It was so much harder than they thought!
That little face.....
Tessa had so much fun! After ice skating, she came home and got to stay up a little later than normal. Then she went to sleep a 5 year old..........and woke up a 6 year old!
She asked for a chocolate long john for breakfast, so that's what we put her birthday candles in!
After breakfast, I let her open a few presents. She has been begging for fake glasses. She gets so mad at me because I won't let her buy the ones from the Dollar Tree that people use to help with reading and stuff. I didn't want them to mess up her eyes! So I finally found some kids fake glasses with lenses that have no prescription at all in them and she was SO happy!
She insisted on wearing them to Nana's house for the day.
She got to have a little party with her cousins at Nana's. After work, I picked them up and we met Nick at Golden Corral for dinner (Tessa's choice). Tommy was in roll heaven the whole time....
She was so full after dinner that Daddy had to carry her out--ha! Not really...but she takes every chance she can get for Dad to carry her.
Her final birthday celebration happened in Stockton at Nick's family reunion! We got together with a bunch of fantastic people and got to party again! Our cousin made the CUTEST mermaid cookies for Tessa.......
She loved them! Let's be honest....we all loved them. I ate far too many mermaid tails! She got all kinds of fun mermaid stuff from her aunts/grandparents/cousins, etc.
Overall, we spent about a week celebrating Tessa Grace. She was worth every minute and every dime spent! I love our little sweet, spunky six year old!
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