Our Five Ring Circus: Lexie's 6th Birthday Parties

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Lexie's 6th Birthday Parties

On Saturday, we celebrated Lexie's 6th Birthday with two parties!  The first one was for family and the second one was for friends.  We have such a big family and group of friends that we have to split them if we hold them at our house!

I felt bad that we were unable to book the library for her party, as originally planned.  I reminded her just how lucky she was to have TWO parties, and that made her happy.  She had a great day!

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Lexie chose a bunny theme for her parties, in honor of her lovey, BunBun, that was the centerpiece on her cake!  This made shopping for decor and goody bag items very easy!

My parents arrived early for party #1, and we had Lily share our exciting news!  They were shocked, but very happy!!!  Lily wore her shirt all day to share the news with our family and friends!

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After everybody got some food, Lexie got to open her presents then blow out the candles on her cake!

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I have to admit, I've been really bad about taking pictures lately.  I honestly feel like absolute crap again, thanks to a 4th round of hyperemesis.  It was expected, but it's definitely hard to live with!  I did manage to snap a picture of each grandparent and great-grandparent.  I apologize to the rest of my family and friends!  I really hope that a good friend of mine that came got some good shots!

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The first party ended with a fun Just Dance 4 competition.  I even got my pregnant butt up there for a bit! 

There was a bit of downtime between the parties, so Lexie and her BFF (my great-niece, Aubrey) played with her new toys until party #2 began. 

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I cleaned up AGAIN and set up for the next party. 

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Party #2 was even more crowded than the first.  I lost count, but I think there were around 20 kids in my house!  A group of big kids and a group of toddlers.  It was loud and chaotic, but the kids loved seeing their friends and I loved seeing mine!!!

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It was a long, busy day, but Lexie had a great time with those she loves the most!!!

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It was fairly late when the last person cleared out. Aubrey stayed over for a sleepover, along with our friend, Dom. The kids played while I cleaned up the entire house. It wasn't long before the sweet birthday girl crashed!

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I would say that's a sign of a successful birthday celebration!

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16 comments:

  1. What a perfect day and congratulations on the big news!

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  2. Looks like she had a great birthday

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  3. Now that is a day of celebrating!! Happy birthday Lexie!

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  4. Happy birthday Lexie! It is so special to have two parties. What fun! Congratulations my dear friend on the incredible news! So exciting! What a blessing! You are such a great mommy and this little baby is so blessed to be coming into such a beautiful loving family! :)

    Mama Hen

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  5. stefanie, your kids are the absolute cutest! and i love the name of your blog. :) it looks like lexi had a great birthday!

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  6. Double the fun!! How neat to have two parties in one day! I bet she slept so good that night. My hat's off to you for cleaning the entire house that night!

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  7. So fun! Your girls are both beautiful!

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  8. Wow!! Congratulations on baby #4 !!! And happy Birthday to Lexie! We always do the same with parties and split them up I have a big family and it's too overwhelming to do them together!

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  9. So adorable, those cupcakes with the stuffed animals around them are too cute. She is going to be so helpful with the new baby.

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  10. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW LITTLE ONE!! Looks like Lexie had a great time at both her parties!!

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  11. Such fun parties! I'm still so excited for your big news. We eventually want four too :)

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  12. Wow you are totally super mom! I don't know how you manage when you are feeling so badly! I have thought of you through the whole time I was sick (til 17 weeks) and wondered how you could do it. You are a lot stronger a person than I. LOL Congratulations again!!!

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  13. Happy Birthday Lexie! Was fun celebrating your 6th year.

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  14. You are a good mama! What a busy but wonderful day with two parties, what a lucky girl.

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  15. I was happy to be able to help you celebrate Miss Lexie! I do have a ton of pictures from party 2 - I'm getting caught up! Will share very soon! I'm sure I would have stopped at baby #1 if I'd had all that while pregnant! May it at least go fast!!

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