Finally! A Birthday Celebration post.

Well, I am feeling pretty bad that Mikayla’s birthday post is so late.  Unfortunately, with the business of Christmas, broken arms, work, and life, it kind of fell by the wayside. 

Mikayla had a week long celebration, which I think is when you have a birthday 9 days before Christmas, is an absolute necessity. 

This year, we had Mikayla’s party at a fun place called Lollipop.  They have several inflatable jump houses for the kids to just go wild in.  Mikayla has no shortage of energy and this was a perfect party for our little five year old princess.

Mikayla taking a very short jumping break.This was one of the only quiet moments during the entire party.   I think the kids had worn themselves out and were very focused on eating.  :)

We ordered cupcakes for her party and had a princess candle on her special cupcake.  I love how excited she looks! After her “friend” birthday party, our family came over to our house so that we could have a small party celebration.  My mom got her a princess cake.  What a lucky girl – two cakes in one day!Mikayla got that little panda as one of her presents – she loves it and can often be found in her arms.  Gavin liked the cake, too.  He wasn’t able to go to the party because he had a low grade fever.  He had a lot of fun celebrating at the “after party.”

On the Monday before Mikayla’s birthday, she had a little birthday celebration at school.  She decided to go with a Tinkerbell theme for this party.  She had so much fun being the “star” for the day.

On the night before her birthday, we went to Red Robin for dinner.  Mikayla loves that restaurant and we always have a great time there.  This is the site Mikayla saw when she came downstairs on her birthday.

We served, per her request, one of her favorite breakfasts – Cinnamon Rolls!  I was glad that it was a quick and easy breakfast, because Mikayla had to go to school and I am not a joyful early riser. :)

Mikayla’s birthday fell on the same day as her preschool Christmas program and party.  They served these cute little Rudolph cookies, which Mikayla loved.  She was a little Rudolph obsessed this year.

After Mikayla’s program, we had a fun afternoon planned for her.  We went to her favorite place to eat, McDonald’s.  She would seriously go everyday if I let her.

After lunch, my mom met up with us and we went to go see “The Princess and the Frog.”  It was a very cute movie that Mikayla mostly enjoyed.  There was a short hysterical (and I mean HYSTERICAL) moment at the end of the movie when one of the character dies.  She such a tender-hearted little girl.

To round out the day.  I made Mikayla pancakes and bacon for dinner.  She is a girl that takes after her mother and loves breakfast food.

I hope that Mikayla had a wonderful week of birthday celebrations that helped her to create lots of memories.  She is a sweet little girl that is growing up way too fast…I love you, sweet girl!