Happy Valentine's Day 2013

Happy 5th Birthday, Grace!

 
What a fun filled 5 years it has been!

We went from this...

 To this....

Grace, you continue to put a smile on my face and happiness in my heart.

Artrageous 5th Birthday party

Grace is turning 5 this week and no better way to celebrate than with an Art party...Her favorite thing right now.

When a canvas painting place opened up recently by our house, I couldn't wait to book Grace's party.  Since it was an afternoon event, I decided to take it easy on the food and focus on favors.  I embroidered each guest an apron and had a local printing company make art tablets using a file Steve created in Photoshop to personalize.  Each guest also took home a bag with crayons, watercolors and art palette shaped cookie.

I found the idea for Grace's cake on Pinterest and a local bakery did a great job making it for me.

The girls were so cute gathering to greet everyone as they arrived.

Paying careful attention to the instructions

But doing her own thing.

This one is careful to do exactly as instructed.

 After everyone was finished, they gathered on stage for a group photo.

Then we gathered to sing Happy Birthday and have cake.

 A very fun 5th birthday party for Grace!