olivia laine turned 5...

and it took 3 parties to do so!

her birthday is april 1st.

she woke up to a special breakfast of 

orange juice and cinnamon rolls...

for lunch she was treated to chuck e cheese by my 

parents and a shopping trip to toys r' us. she was

so sweet and wanted her brother to be a part of her

special birthday lunch.

then we played outside till jess came home...

on our birthdays we have a fun little night

together. the birthday girl/boy picks out their 

favorite dinner, dessert, and movie or game.

olivia picked - 

chinese...

her and i had similar fortunes. 

we are all looking forward to a much needed

little get-away this coming weekend. we'll

be taking a little road trip out of town to visit

with my whole family... we're pretty excited.

for dessert she chose fruit pizza.

he would sing the first line of the song and say, 

'ok sissy, blow!' she was too slow the first go at it

so he blew them all out for her.

and since she had had a pretty long day, 

she decided against playing games and to

watch the newest chipmunk movie instead...

it was a lovely birthday day.

but it didn't stop there...

on friday evening we had family over to

celebrate.

she asked my sister for a 'sick baby'... ha ha. 

she has been begging for a doctor's kit so she

wanted the kit and a sick baby to make well.

you can see the fork jab where liam got a 

hold of her 'birthday' cause he'd been 

begging to eat 'birthday' all day and 

decided to take matters into his own hands.

well, her birthday weekend doesn't stop here!

today we had her 3rd and final birthday party.

we invited some of her closest girlfriends over

for a tea party. i had soooo much fun planning

this out. i've always wanted to have a tea party.

i lived it through her...

and soon her as well...

first we did a simple little craft for them to 

hang up in their rooms.

while we were hot gluing the buttons on for

the girls, they all went up to olivia's room and

played together. that gave us the opportunity to

set-up lunch and display their craftiness for them.

they were pretty pleased with the result.

i found some great little things last week at 

our local thrift store. 

and i was able to use some gorgeous china

that i've been saving for such an occasion. 

my mom gave it to me and i think it was given

to her by her grandmother.

we set up the tea party while the girls were 

upstairs playing again. while we were waiting 

for the tea on the stove, olivia opened 

up her gifts...

i snapped a photo of my mother-in-law 

and faye to show all of you how much

they look alike...

- beautiful -

and these beautiful ladies enjoyed a 

very special little tea party. 

i showed them all

how to add the milk and sugar. i served 

vanilla chai tea. one little girl said it was

gross but drank her entire cup and 

determined that it was actually good and 

asked for another cup. 

i think they all had a good time... i know i did!

i love you, olivia! you are a wonderful 

little girl with a big heart. 

happy birthday!

and a special thanks to amy for helping...

she's gonna be my sister-in-law

someday :)

and a very special thankyou to my bestie, 

hannah t. you know why... ;)