Randomness, Chelsea's Birthday, and Memorial Day

 Daddy's impulse buy. Think they like it?

 Nice teeth that Chels got from a birthday party.

 Here's the kindergarten music performance. Can you find Chelsea? The show hadn't actually started at this point. I didn't get any good photos because it was just me and I wanted to get the songs on video for Daddy.

 Someone was turning six soon and was able to help blow up the balloons for her own party!

 This nice goose egg came from Abby running with glee towards the downstairs bathroom and not making the turn. Bam! Right into the door frame. Ouch! She recovered remarkably fast and was back to laughing and running in no time. Amazing!

 These little gals were a true labor of love for Chelsea's party. It took me about five hours to make all 21 of these. But I enjoyed it! I'll probably post pictures of the process later. Chelsea didn't want a cake at all. She wanted ONLY cake pops. But I did make a regular old cake anyway. 

 Birthday party time! The guests, including Auntie Michelle who was in town visiting, are beginning to arrive!

The boy on the right is David. His mom RSVP'd the night before, which was great, but it was a surprise! Chelsea didn't hand out invitations to any boys at all. I'm not quite sure how he ended up with our address and phone number and party info (because it didn't come from Chelsea) but oh well. He was welcome to come and party with all the girls!

 Limbo! Or slither, your pick.

 Auntie Michelle was nice enough to help prepare for the party by making this cute poster of Crumbs Sugar Cookie for the game of Pin the Cookie on Crumbs Sugar Cookie. It turned out lovely!

 Pizza time!

 Present time!

 Auntie Michelle was a big help during the party, mostly keeping an extra eye on these two since they were in and out of the action with the older kids. Michelle also rescued a tearful situation that arose when one girl got hurt feelings. Whew! Nipped that in the bud! Thanks, Michelle!

 Here's all the party guests! David peeking up on the left, Andelynn our backyard fence neighbor and the only first grader, Abby, Brie, Missoni, Chelsea holding her new Coral Sea Shells, Madisyn, and Leah who is proudly holding up David's socks. She stole them right off his feet.

 The kids found the tub and used it as a space ship. They wanted me to turn off all the lights, so I did. AHHHHHHHHHHHH! They all screamed because it was pitch black. "Do it again!" they all said. That was a game I probably shouldn't have let them play, but it cracked me up so much I had to let them do it.

 Here is the regular old boring cake. But we HAD to have something to stick the candles in for the birthday song. Plus, I used some of the black sprinkles from the can of purple frosting for the eyes on the cake pops. The cake pops, incidentally, went in their take-home goody bags. Some of them even made it out the door before getting eaten.

 I realized after the fact that I didn't take pictures of the decorations. So here is the messy aftermath showing most of the decorations. A few streamers and balloons goes a long way in my book.

 The friend party was Saturday. The family party was Sunday. Here is Chelsea's second favorite (and second most requested) gift. Cinder Slippers! This is the model for the cake pops. The cake pops are all supposed to be Cinder Slippers. I'm really glad Chelsea didn't insist on having a variety of edible characters. 

 We went to Splashdown for FHE Monday. Michelle was able to join us! I'm really glad she was there because it turns out the kiddie pool area was closed. Bummer. But that meant that there was one grown up per kid to guard in the big pool and the big slides. The fourth kid on the bottom isn't ours. She just swam in for the picture. :)

 Big smiles! Chelsea up top, Abby down below. Brie enjoyed herself, but I didn't get a shot of just her. :S

 Here is Chelsea's actual birth day. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday dinner, and she said anything that you can put a candle in. So I made her favorite dish, tater tot hotdish. The crown came from school.

 Who said rain stops a Memorial Day cookout? Not us! We weren't sure it would actually work, but it did! The Heits were nice enough to provide the food and we cooked it and provided the extras like cheese and lettuce and such.

 Grandma and these two were working on a little project, directed by Chelsea.

These menfolk were playing a golf game.

 Randy and Abby entertained each other with squinkies and the crocodile.

The finished (drying) product turned into foam flowers on painted sticks with yarn leaves. (I was having a good time cleaning up and watching the festivities, as well as taking pictures and getting the kiddos into pajamas and fed their snack.)