Alexa's Birthday Party!

My sweet, little Alexa turned four years old! She is a joy to have around. Alexa loves to be held (but at 27 pounds it's still manageable) and loves to always be right there with anything I do. Sometimes that can be a pain but overall she's such a sweetie. We've been counting down for a month. Alexa is very decisive and knows exactly what she wants down to the very detail. One of those things was a Dora party with a pink cake. I've had in mind to make her a bubblegum machine cake and had to "clear" it with Alexa to use a rainbow of colors for the gumballs (she really wanted EVERYTHING to be PINK). So on Saturday we hosted Alexa's very first friend birthday party with 5 friends + 2 of their sisters came + Alexa. Thank goodness our toy room is large enough for lots of kids! :)

L to R: Julia & Heidi Grant, Hailey Erickson (front), Carolyn Maggard, Alexa, Dallin, Isabella Maggard (hiding - in red), (back) Kate Peterson, Amariah Isom.

Carolyn had a lot of fun playing "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". I wonder where all of the four-year-old girls are?

This game of "Duck, Duck, Goose" only lasted a couple of minutes. I guess four-year-olds are all too reserved to do formal games like this. Instead we: (see next picture)

...played with toys a majority of the time. After all, what's a party when you can't hold a baby doll and pretend at the kitchen?!?

Oh boy, opening gifts can be so much fun!

And it takes a lot of concentration (stick out tongue).

Here's the first fancy cake I've made. I just made it up as I went (meaning no formal training). It was the first time (also) to make buttercream frosting and thanks to my Kitchen Aid, it turned out to be the perfect consistency. Anyone want a gumball?

The kids loved the cake and especially loved free reign of the bubblegum balls in the little machine we had in the livingroom. We also did a treasure hunt and the treasure goodie bags were an instant hit. It was a fun party!