Ava's 7th Birthday Party!!!

Ava invited four girls over to help celebrate her birthday on Saturday, September 7th, and then two of them spent the night.  It was a crazy busy day, but I am pretty sure she had a great time, and none of the girls wanted to leave.  I take that as a good sign.  It was an event-packed party that included swimming, trampoline jumping, a piñata, pizza, presents, cake and ice cream, makeovers, craft time, and a movie with popcorn.  I was definitely exhausted by the end of the night, and it was a struggle for me to stay awake longer than the three little first graders I had in my living room.  Finally, a little after 11:00 p.m., they gave in to sleep, which meant I could as well.  :-)  Here are all the pictures:

Some fun decorations.  Who doesn't love streamers??

The girls:  Ashlynn, Katye, Ava, Taylor Jo, and Sami

First thing on their list.....Barbies.  :-)

Next stop....the pool!

Katye caught a lizard (brown anole).  She was super excited!

Trampoline time!

Taking a break to enjoy some yummy pizza.  Silas thought he was sooo cool that he was able to sit and eat with all the big girls.  This just made his night!!

After pizza, Eric set up the piñata, which everybody had fun hitting!

Sami

Silas had to have a turn too, of course......

Ashlynn's turn....she was a slugger!!

Katye

Birthday girl!

Taylor Jo

Ashlynn

After everybody went a few times, Eric gave it a couple of hard whacks, and CANDY went flying everywhere.  Silas was stunned at first, and not quite sure what to do.  :-)

Time to open the presents!

A gigantic Yoda eraser from Taylor Jo.  :-)

The girls.....Katye, Taylor Jo, Ashlynn, Ava, and Sami

Silly faces!

Ava's Star Wars cake

Make a wish, birthday girl!

Yum, yum!  Cake and ice cream!

Makeover time!  It was so fun to watch the girls do this!  I love Taylor Jo's face.  :-)

Ashlynn

Sami

Katye putting on her make-up

Sami

Doing some crafts with her new stuff from Taylor Jo.

 

All set up and ready for the girls!  Everybody had a great time!!