My Savannah Turns 6!

Can it be? Is my little baby girl really 6?!?!?!? It seems like yesterday that I went in to have her and here she is, 6 years old and just finished kindergarten. It's amazing how quickly time flies.
Savannah has really been looking forward to her birthday this year, especially because she was having a Disney Princess Party on the day of her birthday. The party turned out to be a lot of fun! She had 9 of her friends come to our house...yes, a crazy decision on my part to have a party at home but it actually was just fine. All the girls came dressed as their favorite princess and they were all so cute. The party started upstairs in Savannah's room, renamed Sleeping Beauty's Tower, where the girls were made even more beautiful with make-up applied by my good friend Jeanne.

Savannah dressed up as her favorite princess, Jasmine.

Here is Sir Xander, the knight who greeted each princess as she arrived and then escorted her up to Sleeping Beauty's Tower. It was so cute to watch him take this job so seriously and carry his sword in case any dragons appeared!

After the make-up session, we all headed to our downstairs patio, renamed Ariel's Grotto. Blue and green streamers, sea creatures, blow-up fish, and bubble machines all worked together to create an underwater feel. The girls made a sand art necklace here and, although it required all adults present to help them, the girls seemed to enjoy making them.


Here are the girls in Pocahontas's Forest...we didn't stay there long, though, because it was extremely HOT! I had prayed really hard that it wouldn't rain, which it didn't, but next time I'll pray for some cooler weather. Don't they all look so cute?

One of my favorite moments of the party came when we played the game "Pass the Poison Apple". The girls passed an apple around the circle and when the music stopped, the girl holding the apple had to drop it and fall into a deep sleep. Once each girl fell into a deep sleep, she had to stay in that deep sleep until the knight, Sir Xander, awakened her with a "kiss". I assured the girls that the kiss would not be a real kiss but a kiss they would like. So, when each girl had fallen and we had a winner, I handed Xander a basket of little Hershey kisses to give to each girl to wake her up. Only Xander didn't understand that these little candies were the kisses. When I said, "Give her a kiss", Xander leaned down to give a real kiss. It was hilarious and all the adults started laughing. I quickly stopped him and explained what he needed to do. Little Xander...robbed of a GREAT opportunity to kiss a bunch of sleeping princesses!

Pocahontas sings that we should paint with all the colors of the wind so the girls got to paint ceramics...

...make princess bracelets...

...and receive a book from the book-lovin' princess, Belle, in Belle's Ballroom. The girls even got to sit on magic carpets while they received the books though unfortunately the game with the magic carpets was cancelled because it was too hot to be out on Jasmine's Balcony.

The party was over so quickly and was so much fun! Savannah has already requested another princess party for her 7th birthday.
We didn't have time at the party to open Savannah's gifts so we did that a little while after the guests left. Here Savannah is sitting on her throne, ready to open the many wonderful gifts she received from her friends. Some favorites included 2 webkinz, some make-up, and Ariel flip-flops.

We then headed to Red Lobster, Savannah's choice for her birthday dinner. She loves the crab!


When we got home Savannah got to open presents from family members. All in all, I'd say Savannah had a fabulous birthday. Thanks to all who called to wish her a Happy Birthday!