We followed up Anna's actual birthday with a little party this past weekend for her closest girlfriends. For the longest time Anna has been wanting a "Makeup Party", that is, a party where she and her friends get to put on makeup. Initially I was hesitant (the girl is only 5 after all), but we decided as a special occasion to indulge her and landed on a Dress Up / Spa Day theme.
I have to admit part of the fun of this party was all the 'girl time' prep Anna and I got to enjoy together. We shopped for fun nail polish and other accessories for the goodie-bags, we talked about what food we'd have, and Anna helped make all the signs that we posted around the house on party-day. Its such a different experience having a big girl now that we can do the planning and prep together! Love it!
Following are a bunch of pictures from the event. Thanks to all those that joined us, it was super fun to have you there to help Anna celebrate!
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| Snacks included fun finger-sandwiches, curried eggs and fruit. |
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| Anna inspecting the food right before her guests arrived. |
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| Ava and Auggie doing a wonderful job on Anna's hair. |
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| Michaela hamming it up for the camera with Auggie. |
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| Harper getting some beautiful nails from her gorgeous Mummy, Viv. |
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| Amy getting in the mix with the girls at the "Makeup" station. |
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| Marc doing a fab job on Ellie's toes at the "Nail" station. |
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| Is there a more gorgeous baby on the planet? Precious! |
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| Auggie getting her Pedi on courtesy of her Mummy, Chris. |
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| Harper D. looking supremely regal! |
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| Seriously, too cute... Michaela recently returned from a trip to Hawaii and is looking the part in her outfit along with Snow White! |
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| Ava working Athena's hair at the "Hair" station. |
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| Beautiful girls! |
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| Beautiful girls in the mirror! |
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| Anna with her own grass skirt - a gift from Michaela and family. Anna also showing off what happens when 5 year old's do their own make-up...looks a little like war paint! |
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| James got in the groove of big sister's birthday with some bead action. |
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| Anna in 'bride' dress-up. Kind of a scary preview into our future?!?! |
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| So much fun! |
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| James peeking into the girls 'Dressing Room' (aka our Mud-Room). |
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| More makeup fun. |
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| Chris helping Snow White with her hair. |
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| These = Good Idea - no noise... |
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| These = Bad Idea - sounded like our house was invaded by a bunch of Geese once we handed these horns out to the girls. |
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| Thanks again to Donna Hay (love her!) for this years cake design and recipe. Kids had a blast helping to bake this! |
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| Singing Happy Birthday! |
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| Anna modeling one of her birthday presents, a lovely dress, complete with war-paint makeup. |
Hope you enjoyed the day our beautiful girl!
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