Emma just concluded a big bang-up of a birthday week. Started a week ago Saturday when we purchased two birthday parakeets. Emma's been pining for a pet ever since Roscoe the fish expired a couple months ago. So we got two 'keets, a greenish-yellow one (named Violet) and a sky blue one (Twinkle Toes). They're set up in a cage on top of a TV tray in the corner of the computer room and seem to be making themselves to home. They chirp and squawk and peck at their birdseed, and so forth. Tuesday was Emma's 6th birthday, a regular school day, but she did get to wear the birthday crown at school and they sang 'Happy birthday to you (cha-cha-cha)..." and she passed out packets of fruit Gushers to her pals. Grandma & Grandpa Hiatt joined us for lunch after school and we had Harmon's fried chicken, raspberry lemonade, and chocolate ladybug birthday cake.
Saturday we had a great big ol' party at a place called "Bouncin' Off the Walls" in Sandy. We invited her whole school class plus a few extra (we even had a couple of complete strangers at the beginning; that little girl in the pink headband below, for example...have no idea who she is, but she took off after awhile). The proceedings began with counsel and advice from the proprietor...
....then they filed into the sanctum
and bounced off the walls and slid down the big slide...
The kids seemed to have a good time. Here are Logan and Kaitlin (a couple of Emma's good friends from our previous ward):
and John from her class...
and Marissa from class...
Kaitlin again (my golly, look at those big brown eyes and dimples).
Good friends Nadia and Hanah who live up the street.
Courtney, who lives around the corner.
Anya and Anna, whose parents are our friends from way back (they're cousins).
Little Missy Em...
It was so fun and easy. They had a hostess who kept track of the kids in the bouncy room, so I just sat on a bench and watched and talked to my friend Jen, and then we went into the party room and had Costco cake and Emma opened her veritable plethora of birthday presents (I mean veritable. plethora...made me a little queasy...).
And thus concludes birthday number 6 for our little dumpling. May she live long and prosper.
10 comments:
What a fun birthday party. The whole class + pink headband girl! That's quite a feat.
Now we need to see pics of Violet and Twinkle Toes.
Happy Birthday Emma!
That is celebrating Emma's birthday in style! Happy birthday to Emma:)
The looks on those faces--priceless!
I read this post wondering "who wrote this, Denny or Joe? Joe or Denny?" But the "my friend Jen" made me decide it must be Denny. Cool party!
aunt Barbie
What a great week-long celebration Emma has had. Thanks for making that trip to China in 2006. Our lives have been blessed indeed.
Love you all.
I giggled through this entire account. It just tickled me. She is the cutest little sprite.
Sher
Happy Birthday!! Glad to hear Emma had a good time without any repercussions of eating lots of cake and bouncing. Can be a deadly combo. :-)
Anya and Anna don't look a thing like their parents. (Could pick those kids out of a lineup!) :-) Miss you all!
I love birthday parties at bouncy places! The kids always have so much fun and there's no clean up or prep to worry about. I tried to convince Jack to have one like that, but he really wanted the dinosaur party.
Emma's smile is a big as she can make it in every picture!
Happy birthday!!! I think some of the very best people are born in April!
Looks like a bang up party!!!!!
May she indeed live long and prosper. The picture of Emma standing first in line to bounce off the walls is priceless. What an expression!
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