Friday, November 5, 2010

Natalie’s 5th Birthday!

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Natalie wanted a princess/flamingo birthday party this year.  Luckily, I found all kinds of goodies on clearance at the Christmas Tree shop!   We decorated our yard in flamingo pink and orange and invited a very special guest.

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Princess Ariel came!  She walked in even playing her own theme music!  IMG_8797

Natalie adored every minute with her!IMG_8872

Ariel truly was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. with the kids!

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My talented friend Karrie made her a cake that fit so perfectly with want Natalie wanted: flamingos and princesses!  And PINK!  =) 

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We painted pumpkins.

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We even dressed our obnoxious boxer quite obnoxiously.IMG_9362

He loved it. 

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As per our usual party we had the piñata…

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and the mayhem that goes with it….

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She was over the moon that the crown was made out of cake too! IMG_9659

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She watched carefully as Daddy cut it and was sad that it had to be cut…she said its too beautiful to cut!

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Once again, this was a post with a zillion photos but its so hard to choose just a few on special occasion posts!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice pictures Joy! Love them! I can't wait to get great pics like that with our new camera!! Your friend must be really talented to make such an awesome cake! LOL ;)
~Karrie

Kathy Drachowski said...

Happy Birthday Natalie! I am so glad that the party was a success! I really wish we could have made it...it looks like you got some awesome pics though!

The Ousdahls said...

This party was awesome! It was great watching all the little girls awe struck with Ariel visiting Natalie's party! So Magical!

-Melissa

Anonymous said...

Joy,
thank you so much for inviting me to your daughters birthday party ! it was truely a pleasure as the girls were wonderfull not to mention your daugter was as sweet as sugar! it was truely a magnificent party!
thanks again
Ariel~