No Time for a Siesta, We're Having a Fiesta!

In addition to the craziness of starting Kindergarten, we have also been eagerly awaiting Bailey's 5th birthday. I don't know about you, but turning 5 seems like such a significant milestone. Now that she IS 5, she pretty much adds "because I'm 5" to the end of any sentence, whether it makes sense or not. It's sort of like the fun and juvenile game you play with fortune cookies by adding "in bed" at the end of any fortune. Errrrr, maybe it's not so much like that, but it's the correlation that came to my head. LOL!

As you can tell, we chose to have a fiesta this year. We were excited to dress the part, serve great Mexican food, have a pinata and drink Corona and margaritas. Of course, those last couple of things were just for the adults - because nothing says 5th birthday like alcoholic beverages! :-)

I wish I could scan and include the invitation, but I'm not that skilled. The invitation really sets the tone for my signature birthday parties. I had Bailey choose from several invitations, and she chose the only one that "sort of has girl colors." She's very anti boy colors these days. Sometimes I wonder how she determines which colors go in which category.....but I digress.

Here we have the dress-up part of the big show:

This theme made it hard for Jason to dress up, but I'm sure he wasn't too torn up about that. My parents, however, are really getting the hang of it, as you can see below.

The kids had fun with the pinata.....I keep telling people that I'm sure they didn't appreciate the fact that I stuffed it with authentic Mexican candy, but this was very important to me at the time.

I didn't get a picture of the food or the table before everyone came. I don't feel like I did a great job as a photographer this year, as it was just too crazy! If I were rich, I'd hire someone to take great pics at birthday parties! Anyway, my friend Liz's family has a taqueria so I asked her to provide the food...it was yummy and felt very authentic! I do know that anyone who was congested needed only to take a bite of the salsa to be cured!!!

Here's the cake/singing portion of the big show.

And, a few pics of Bailey opening presents.

The kids had fun at the end of the party "skating" on the ice Jason dumped out of the cooler. Simple pleasures, I suppose. Don't ask me why, but Bailey had changed into another dress at this point.

Who had more fun with the Hannah Montana wig?

Bailey making a cupcake with her brand new cupcake maker.


I realize Nolan isn't represented in these pictures. Truth be told, I think he was outside mowing the yard with his play lawnmower for 3/4 of the party. And, when he wasn't mowing, he was trying to wrestle the mower away from the other little guys, Owen and Joseph. The kid loves his mower!

We had a good party. I always feel a sense of letdown afterward, but the good news is that Nolan's birthday is quickly approaching. Anyone have any good 2nd birthday ideas for me?

K