Cinco de Avery!

This year’s theme was easy – birthday on Wednesday, May 2^nd – the following Saturday was Cinco de Mayo, and the little senorita turned cinco. Cinco on Cinco de Mayo - done and done!

Always excited when we can get a somewhat decent family pic!

I simply could not have pulled this party off without the Mr., and it helped that he was beyond excited about the party theme.  In case you don’t know the Mr. very well, he takes a costume party very seriously, even if it’s a 5 year old one:

 The details…

The party was great, but the weather was HOT.  You know, we like to keep our parties authentic – right down to the Mexico weather.  Thankfully it didn’t seem to slow the kids down one bit!

The piñatas were a big hit (pun intended)!!  Almost all of the kids took a swing or two, and Daddy busted it open for the grand finale! 

Piñata number dos was this little lady, or should I say big lady… she was almost 4 feet tall!  

On the count of “CINCO”, everyone pulled their string to get more junk prizes!!

One happy little señorita!!

Feliz Cumpleaños Señorita Avery! 

Birthday Girl!

For months, you have been SO excited to turn FIVE – with all of the birthday parties we attend, you always want to know when it is YOUR turn to turn five.  At your request, I finally printed off a calendar for you so you could see why it is “taking a long time” for your birthday to roll around.  We all get daily reports of how many more days until your birthday and how many days until your Cinco de Mayo party! 

You’ve grown so much over the past year that I don’t even know where to begin. You started tap and soccer this year and have really enjoyed both.  You love to go on family bike rides and we have ridden as far as four miles which just amazes me! You are learning to read; you have mastered your right and left, and you finally know how to skip (even in soccer)! 

I can’t believe you start Kindergarten this year!  You are ready in every way though...  I see the school bus in our neighborhood every day, and I think that there is NO way that you are going to ride that big bus all by yourself in just a few short months!

Avery Renee, you have been such a joy and such a blessing to all of us. We all love you so much!!

More Birthday posts to come…