Cailey's 8th Birthday party

cailey wanted to do everything for her party this year. she made
all the decisions and helped carry them through. she baked apple cinnamon
muffins for their breakfast, chose great items for goodie bags and decorated
them. cailey also helped bake all the cakes and planned the party schedule.

lindsey arrived early so they played
games while they waited for holly to arrive.

the eshleman's came to the party too! dave played games with the boys while the girls
did some things on their own. then when it was cake decorating time he helped brian with
ephram. cailey was thrilled when she found out that tricia was willing to come and offer her cake decorating skills and teach the girls how to use fondant.

cailey wanted to do fuse beads first

next up was supper (she chose pizza) then cake decorating

i made two extra cakes for kinsey and braden but one didn't
come out of the pan so they shared a cake and worked together making
a 'balloon' cake

the kiddos really had a BLAST decorating the cakes!

kinsey and braden's 'balloon' cake and cailey's flower/dot cake

tricia made the 8 for cailey's cake.

her 8th birthday cake!
originally i was going to make her an ice cream shaped ice cream cake (that she asked
for) but on the day of the party she decided that she didn't
want another cake. i was surprised but she just wanted her cake...and ice cream:).
i can't believe she's growing out of the 'themed' cakes!

all the cakes turned out so cute and the kiddos
really had a blast learning how to make different
things with the fondant

the cakes!

we were very thankful to have our sweet friends
there!

ready to dig in!

my sweet birthday girl with her cake

cailey wanted the girls to help her blow out the candles

the party crew minus brian and i

ephram loved his cake top and actually kept his hat
on:)

braden asked tricia to show him how to make a monkey
with the fondant...turned out SO cute!

cailey loved all her gifts and was SO thankful for each one.
kinsey and braden got cailey a personalized
piggy bank:)

cailey wanted to play the pot game and all the kids had a GREAT time
doing that, of course! BUT the highlight was getting Dave and Tricia to do
it...the kids thought it was just the funniest thing.

movie time

i bought the girls glo bracelets to play with
during the movie but forgot about them until
bedtime (10:30)....oops!

cailey wrote down that she wanted to have a pillow
fight at her party and didn't have time on Saturday so they had one
on Sunday before church!

Cailey had the BEST birthday party ever! She planned everything from start to finish and helped with it all too! Her plans: do fuse beads, eat pizza, decorate cakes, play the pot game, watch "Samantha" (An American Girl movie), do glo sticks, have a pillow fight, and eat muffins. Cailey was so happy to have Lindsey and Holly help her celebrate her birthday!

Sweet Cailey, we love you SO much! Happy 8th Birthday my sweet girl! Praying daily that you'll grow closer to the Lord each and every day.

Favorites:
color- turquoise
food- pizza
game- connect 4
sport- soccer
dessert- ice cream sundae
toy- keyboard
movie- The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
thing to do- play games with mommy
book- Changes for Samantha
season- winter
favorite thing to do outside- roller skate
place to go- the beach