We celebrated Butterfly's 4th birthday this weekend and what a blast. We invited her cousins and her two best friends to join us at a Jungle themed family fun center (much like Chuckie Cheese but less games, more rides). Grammy and Papa arrived early to stake out our party spot and get us set up. We let the kids go nuts on the rides for awhile and our little Butterfly just bounced around with crazy energy. She loved the airplanes that fly in a big circle, giggled like crazy on the roller coaster (especially going backwards) and her eyes were huge on her first bumper car ride. Ladybug went with Daddy to pick our special balloons for her sister and then joined in for her favorites--the swings and the carousel. We ordered pizza and snacked on the veggie trays Grandma brought. We passed the babies around and followed children who ran around in excitement and delight.
Butterfly shared the day with her little cousin celebrating her 2nd birthday so when it came time for cake and presents, each beautiful birthday girl sat with her own cake and pile of presents. Her Mickey-crazy cousin celebrated with a cupcake tower of adorable chocolate cupcakes in red wrappers with buttons (to look like Mickey's shorts) and chocolate circles on top (for Mickey's ears). Butterfly's cake was jungle themed with zebra print around the sides of the cake, accented with green frosting and little jungle animals on top. We sang and then after a brief dive into the cake (no hands, no fork) she helped me cut it with our special cake knife (our wedding cake knife, now used for birthdays and other special occasions). She got spoiled with presents and then dashed off for another round of rides before the pinata. Daddy began hooking the pinata onto the pulley system but it was so heavy with candy that the zip tie tore through the cardboard at the top. So a few minutes and two and a half engineers later, they found a way to rig the pinata and each of the kids got a turn at it. The littlest ones took a hit and then turned around with a big smile. The bigger cousins went after it with determination and full energy behind their swing. But it lasted through the whole group and then Butterfly got one last hit on it before it broke and the kids scrambled after the candy.
It was a great party and so much fun for our (big) little girl.
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