Week 17-part 1

The kids were having fun, sitting under the tables while I set up the tables, chairs and play things.

Here is the birthday girl in her beautiful blue dress. The book said Being Greedy.. she was showing it to my friend, Berniece.

Gabriel BBQ'ed hot dogs and hamburgers.
The kids played with drums, maracas and tambourine. Here in this picture, Elena played the drum while Casey danced. We had the CD going on in the background. Elena's mom brought a CD called Kids' party music.
More music time! Kaleb and Elena fought over the maracas.

Casey's paternal grandmother braided her hair.
Beautiful wrapped gifts bought by friends and relatives.

Kaleb, Elena and baby Kairi on the swing set.

family and friends.

Silly Kairi.. she has a pretzel in her mouth.

Kaleb, Casey and Elena, listening to Elena's mom read a book (one of Casey's new gifts).

a mommy and daughter time.

I covered Casey's eyes until daddy bought out the last gift. she was surprised.

She tried out the bicycle. Gabriel's mom got it at a yard sale for $5 bucks.


Grandma told her that Grandpa took her cake to work. Here is the look she gave her grandmother.
The Princess and the Frog cake that we order. Here is the side profile of the cake.
Singing happy birthday to Casey and while we did that, she look at each of us singing and she got shy at the end.

Kids eating cake.


Kairi enjoying her cake. My mom gave her a little more. No ice cream tho. My mom tried to put her on the ground but she wanted to stay to eat some more cake and then she got down from the chair by herself.

Casey's party was a blast. Friends and relatives came out to celebrate her 5th birthday. Her theme was the Princess and the Frog. The only child that came was their friend, Elena, from the kid day out group. Besides myself, Gabriel, the kids, my mom, Gabe's parents and sister (she came later because of her swim meet) and GG, Elena's mom, and my friends from church--Berniece and Mike, and my best friend, Trisha.

Part 2-Casey's gifts and the sleeping child.