Birthdays: FIVE and ONE!

Two major milestones brought to mind all kinds of party themes: school busses and first shoes, nickel and penny, and so on. In the end, we ditched the themes, sent out an easy e-vite, and embraced the few things necessary for the ultimate summer birthday:

Field games that require adults to run and laugh again:


Light-up tiaras for the princess...and the three queens who have taught her well:

The radiating energy of Aunt Cindy

Dude...grilling lunch for 45!

one can of silly string from Aunt Andrea:



A sparkly cake made with love by Granny:

a fistful of blue icing:

and a shiny new barbie bike.

Ella, when Daddy and I are 80, promise me you will re-visit this blog and throw us a birthday party with all the same ingredients.

And Carson, you may have to feed us our cake—or better yet—let me plunge our hands in and live it up, just like you.