Yup.
We let her turn 5 this year.
I don’t know what we were thinking. I want my baby back!
But, we sure did enjoy her first *little friend party.
She wanted a “pin the candle on the cake” game; I found a pin the treasure on the pirate’s chest” and well, Nana and I kinda ran with the theme. Zoe certainly came to be *very* excited to have her friends over and was a great little hostess for Lucy and Lewis.
With a bit of hat-wearing, pirate’s chest-pinning, a treasure hunt and fishing for loot, it was a party, indeed.
X marked the spot
And a real treasure chest, to-boot!
Beware these fearsome pirates! Thick as thieves, I tell you!
A bit of decorating and “itsy bitsy spider” (which didn’t go over so well, either)
Little sibs were in on the fun, too
Maggie, just making sure… 
Happy Birthday, Zoe Zo. We love you for the smart, funny and beautiful little girl you are!
*Last year, I asked Zoe if she wanted a party with friends and her response was a definitive “no-way-what-the-heck-are-you-crazy-head-shake”, so I didn’t push it and considered myself lucky that she’d let me off the hook yet another year. Then, the week after her own simple family party at home, she attended pal, Lucy’s big party at the Little Gym (tumbling mats, activities, cake and lots of kids), she asked me when she’d have her party. Gah! So this year I swore to push the friends party idea a bit harder with her. And, after lots of prodding and coaxing, I managed to eek three whole names from her (two of which were actually my starter suggestions). One couldn’t show and so we ended up – actually quite happily – with a “starter” friend party of sorts. And I think it was perfect.
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