A Birthday Celebration

Allison celebrated her 5th Birthday on July 26. She was very excited about her birthday this year and talked about it for months. She knew she wanted an Ariel birthday (Little Mermaid), so we obliged.

On her actual birthday, we celebrated with the immediate family. Amelia gave Allison the presents she had picked out from the dollar store. I made pancakes using our letter "A"  and birthday cake cookie cutters. For dinner, she chose Branns Steakhouse and Grill, simply because they have the Tootsie Roll machine. When you order a kids meal, you get a token to get some candy from the claw machine. Allison made out like a bandit with a ton of Tootsie Rolls when we went for my birthday, so she wanted to go back for her own birthday dinner too.  

A few days later we had a small birthday celebration at our house with close family and friends. We recruited my niece to do the face painting, the kids searched for lost treasures in the sand, pinned the tail on the donkey, and everybody ate some cake and ice cream. In all, we had a great time and Allison was excited to be the star of the show.

 After the party, the girls tested out Allison's new gifts.