Layla's 5th Birthday Party

On Saturday we hosted a birthday party for Layla. She invited some friends from preschool, one from skating, and even had her cousins from Edmonton, Charlie and Max, come to help her celebrate turning 5.

The house was crazy. Kids everywhere. The kids started by decorating clay pots in which they planted some marigold seeds. After that we played pin-the-petal-on-the-flower where EVERYBODY IS A WINNER!

For the remainder of the party everyone just ran around and played played played. The kids loved taking turns in Layla's jeep. This little girl in the jeep is from Layla's preschool and her little brother was born the same day as Baron, in the same hospital. I don't know what I would have done without the help of my sister, Sara and Greg. There were kids in every corner. Despite the 35 degree afternoon heat, Greg chased the kids around, let them beat him and never once complained.

I threw together a worm cake and put some chocolate flowers on the sides. I guess I didn't really think that one threw as the cookie crumb topping just added more ammo to destroying my white carpets. Yes, I have white carpet in my kitchen eating area. Brilliant.

The only other boy there besides Max was a boy named Blake. He was hilarious. He is pretty quiet. He drove all the girls around in the jeep, helping out the ones who didn't know how it worked, manning the stereo, and even opening and closing doors for the little princess's. Although he did sort of slam the door closed on one girl and told Greg calmly, "she took too long". Funny funny boy.

Layla loved getting to show all of her friends her house and toys. Everyone seemed to have a great time. Baron slept through most of it and amongst the chaos managed to climb all the way to the top of our stairs unnoticed...that is until we heard him come tumbling down. He looked a bit stunned but didn't seem to be hurt, he didn't even cry. Thank goodness our stairs are covered in nice thick carpet.

Lots of fun, but I am so glad it's over. Thank goodness birthdays only come once a year.