The early 5th Birthday Fiesta

Sophia doesn't turn 5 until April 26th, waaaaayyyy too close to my due date.  So I had to make a choice of having her big friends party with a newborn or still pregnant.  I definitely voted for the still pregnant party.  BJ and I had always agreed that we would wait until her 5th birthday to do a big party.  We have so much family living around here so until now it was only family parties.  So a couple weekends ago we had her Fiesta themed party.  We had pin the tail on the donkey, a pinata, and personalized hand printed goody bags.  She picked out her own cake which had a large caterpillar on it.  She enjoyed herself so much and the pinata was the big hit of the party.....and the scramble for candy too of course!  Enjoy the photos!













We couldn't even get photos of her opening her presents.  It was such a frenzy of her opening her gifts, friends looking in, and Phoebe trying to help.  She tore into them one after the other with such excitement.  If you ask her what her favorite present was she will without a doubt tell you her 'My Little Pony' set.  She is hooked on the new TV series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  This gift set included the Princess pony, Spike the Dragon, and 3 of the ponies.  She plays with them every day and adores them very much.

The silly thing about having the party early was she got a bit confused as to if she was 5 years old yet or not.  She kept saying how she was 5 and can now start school and all that.  We finally got her to understand that was not the case.  Just a few more weeks and it will be!  What a big girl she has become.

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