Birthday Party #2

The day after our family party, Ryan and Kendall had a joint "My Littlest Pet Shop" party at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Ryan's birthday is March 6th and Kendall's birthday is March 8th so we had the party on March 7th! Since the girls are in the same kinder class and Daisy troop, it made our guest list a breeze!

While we waited for Daddy to park the car, Ryan showed off her 6 year old style! New shorts from Marzie and a new purse from Nonna and Grandpa!
She totally looks six!

Happiest girl on Earth!

We waited outside of the Aquarium for all the girls to show up. There were 21 at the party!

To pass the time, Ryan passed around all the "business cards" that Nonna had made her for her new wallet!

Buddy up!

We walked through the Aquarium to get to our classroom!

The classroom was decorated just for Ryan and Kendall!

Our Littlest Pet Shop cupcakes!

The gift bags!

They played games with the teacher leader!

The did crafts!

They met some Aquarium friends!

They learned about the classroom tide pools!

Sharky visited the girls!

Finally, we took the girls around the Aquarium to show them the sights!

Teacher skills really came into play to keep 21 girls together!

We fed the Lorikeets! (My favorite bird... go figure!)

Daddy was in charge of the 2 little ones for the Aquarium walk. They kept his hands full.

The party is over now! The girls played around outside until all their friends were picked up!

Happy Birthday Ry-Ry!!!

Otanjyoubi Omedetou Ryanchun!

Ryan had her surprise birthday celebr-"asian" yesterday! It was a huge success! Thank you to everyone for coming! A day to remember for sure... unless, of course, the sake got in the way of your memory! LOL!

All of the guests waited quietly in the wings until the birthday girl came through the door!

She was so surprised that she turned around and went back outside before she could face her guests! Brought me to tears!

Mommy and birthday girl! Love you Sunshine!

A family picture! Aren't those little girls cute?

Charlie didn't find out about the surprise party until one hour before party time! She was so excited to help mommy set up and get into costume!

Casey brought a yummy Chinese Chicken Salad! The problem is that I forgot to get it out of the fridge! Duhhhhhh... I'm so mad at myself! Thanks though Casey... you are the best!


Brennan is not quite sure what to think of Charlie! he got into the swing of the theme in no time though... you should have seen him use his chopsticks!

Great picture ladies!

Our out of town guests... Jeff, Julie, Nonna

Mike came in costume too... Love it!

He was in tune with "The Karate Kid" playing on the TV in the background!

Julie and Joe "breaking it down!"

Kudrons cuddling!

Aunt Casey and Aunt Marzie breaking in the new couches!

TIME TO SING!

Ryan gets so shy to be the center of attention. She did great though!

PRESENT TIME!

Ryan received so, so many wonderful gifts! Thank you to everyone! You are all too generous!

And Charlie was all too envious!

Do you think that she realizes that whatever is Ryan's now, will be hers in a year or so? Maybe that is why she looks so darn happy in this picture!

Aunt Nancy is getting really good with her crafting! Look at her homemade card!

Ryan is modeling some of her gifts all at once!

Watching the birthday girl open presents!

Nancy and Cameron had front row seats!

Back row has it's perks too! Closer to the food and drinks! LOL!

Charlie's 2nd outfit for the day! She celebrated both the Japanese and Chinese cultures!

Thank you all for helping us celebrate! I get the feeling that this is a birthday that Ryan will never forget!

Shhhh... birthday preparations begin!

Someone we know turned 6 years old this morning! Ryan woke up at the crack of dawn, just like Christmas, went straight to her presents to get her day started off right!

As always, Charlie was in charge of getting her own present for Ryan. She got her an Island Princess toy and a new movie. She even wrote her own card! She was so proud of her work

Good morning Sunshine!

Ryan FINALLY got Pixos! She's been wanting them forever!

Birthday Breakfast:

French Toast

Scrambled Eggs

Chocolate Milk

&

Six Candles!

I wonder if her wish had anything to do with "Dylan!"

Shhhh... little did she know that major preparations were going on throughout the house hidden in the shadows! hee-hee-hee!

Can't wait until Party Time!!!

Girl Scouts' Thinking Day

Ryan experienced her first Girl Scouts' Thinking Day last weekend. I didn't know what to expect or even what it was!! Turns out, Thinking Day is much like an International Fair. Different Girl Scout/Brownies/Daisy troops create a "station" representing another country. They teach each other about the country. Exchange a trinket. And offer food from that culture. They are supposed to be "thinking" about all of the other Girl Scouts around the world. The rest of the world is doing the same thing on the same day. Pretty cool.

Pretty cool, yes. Total chaos, most definitely!

It was a raining and cold Sunday afternoon so we were all bundled up. The held the festival indoors so we were all over dressed and very, very hot. Picture soggy floors. Jackets thrown everywhere. Kids and mommies in every inch of the room. It's a good thing 5 year olds don't notice this kind of thing.

A snap shot of one side of the room.

Ryan with her International faire! She tried many different foods. I was proud.

It reminded me a lot of Indian Maidens when I was a kid. I remember a day like this when we would exchange "wompoms" (I think that is what they were called). Mom, do you remember those days?

Ryan's favorite trinket was the Greek alphabet!

Our little Daisy is almost six, ya know? Just 4 more days!

Happy early Birthday Ry-Ry!