Alexys' 9th birthday

Alexys turned 9 this year. I let them have a birthday party on their eighth birthday but Alexys did not want a party last year. This year she asked to have one friend over for a party. We invited Claire and her older sister, Elizabeth, to come celebrate with us.

We went to Scrappin' Girlfriends(a scrapbook and bead shop located downtown)to make bracelets.

Then we went to Daisy's (an old-fashioned ice cream parlor) to open presents and have volcano drinks and ice cream cones.




That evening she invited another friend and her family over for cake and ice cream and a couple more presents.


For her cake I made her a rainbow cake. I got the idea from here who got it from here. The kids all wanted to help make it and Zach took on the job of decorating the outside. Obviously mine was lacking in presentation but Alexys loved it anyways!


And here is the inside...

That evening we took her shopping to spend her birthday money. Ken and I couldn't decide what to get her so we just gave her money and a date with us to spend it. She bought and i-pod shuffle and a pink scooter. It was fun to watch her shop and spend that time with her.

We also went to the park for lunch and she had speech therapy that day. We couldn't have squeezed one more thing in. It was a fun (and exhausting) day!