If You Blow Out Five Candles . . .

Janae had her birthday party this afternoon . . . two days before she actually turns 5. But according to her--and several other young birthday experts--once you blow out the candles, you have already turned the next age. So, here are some pictures of Janae turning 5 :)

We had a Tinker Bell party with lots of pixie-hollow decorations,

 

including butterflies on trees (I found a couple of great "indoor trees" for the occasion!),

 

and lots of hidden fairies for our pixie hunt (rest assured that by "hunt" I mean "look for"--not "exterminate"!).

 

With some help from Grandma we figured out how to turn butterflies into fairy wings for the girls to wear, and to sew tinker bells onto socks as well.

 

Janae and Alaina were really excited for things to get started . . .

 

and Ben decided to join them, opting to dress up as a pirate rather than a pixie :)

 

We found a way to get Tinker Bell onto Janae's cake

 

and to turn the cake into a flower!

 

The fun really started when the girls arrived--they all made such cute fairies and had a great time playing together. I was worried about tears or tantrums from the birthday girl, but she did GREAT!

 

Janae's friends knew what she liked . . . and got her stocked up on art supples, new Barbie/princess stuff, a toy blowdryer/curling iron set, and a Scentsy cat that she'd had her eye on for quite some time. We also surprised Janae with her current favorite movie (you might be surprised to hear that it was How to Train Your Dragon!), which we had been borrowing from the library whenever we'd had the chance.

 

Finally it was time to blow out those five candles (notice she is holding her toy curling iron in the picture!) . . .

 

and since then Janae has been saying, "I'm five!"