Macie's 6th Birthday Party

Lots of thought went into where to have Macie's 6th birthday party. She had tons of ideas that included Memaw's house, roller skating, bowling, and much more. But in the end- we opted for a simple park party! And it turned out perfect!
We had pizza, and just let the kids run and play on the playground. It was a beautiful day. EXTREMELY windy- but not too hot or cold and no rain! I consider that a WIN!
I baked her cake on Friday night. By request we had chocolate and strawberry cake with white icing! I decided a layered cake would be fun! (I must have drank my breakfast the day I decided this...). On Saturday morning, I started icing and layering. Only the strawberry layers were so moist that they started cracking! I didn't think this was a big deal until the entire cake started to crack and slide apart as I was icing!

This picture was after I attempted to fix it with more icing and sticks! oops! I stuck it in the refrigerator quickly in hopes that it would firm up and the icing would hold it together. It seemed to work. And in the end, it turned out looking ok.

No worries...the awkward sticks were replaced with candles at the park...
The kids all had a blast just running around playing! Even the BIG kids!

Pops has always just been an overgrown kid. Today was no exception.

I do believe he was having fun!

Swinging is way more fun when Aunt Kim touches your feet every time you swing forward!
It's the simple things that bring the most joy.

I love the friendship that these two share. God blessed our whole family when he placed us in Quail Springs.

Macie's "My Mrs. Sara" and Prissy came by to say HI and see the birthday girl!

If only Macie loved her Mrs. Sara....
Macie Claire thinks Mrs. Sara hung the moon! She has good taste. 

Aren't you girls a little BIG for the baby swings??
Macie, Kaleigh, and Makala

What really melted me was that Macie wanted to invite Brenna's friends to her party. Sweet girl is convinced that they are her friends too!! And bless them- they do love her!
Brenna, Kallie, and Tia- All great role models for Macie Claire!

Macie talks about Makala all the time! I was so glad that she and her sister were able to come to the party!

I spotted sisters, pushing sisters! Because....pushing your OWN sister is just not fun.

Finally it was time for presents!!! The highlight of the party for ANY birthday girl! And this girl was spoiled beyond belief!

I dearly love all of these girls!!! I am so glad that Macie has such great friends

Her friends must know her well...she got 3 baby dolls!

BFF Hug Break!

Mrs. Nikki and Tia made her day with a bubble toy and lots of paper and envelopes! This girl loves her paper!!!

Graddy and Mrs. Kathy hooked her up on swim wear and water guns! Poor Wyatt was a little outnumbered at the party, but he was close to the action at the mention on water guns!! Even Za'Mariyah wanted to play!

I didn't get a picture of her opening her money from Nina and Aunt Kim, but when she opened Aunt Kim's card and was asked how much money was in it ($60), she looked closely and said "Twenty and twenty and twenty!" haha!
Next up was CAKE!!! The wind was so bad, I knew candles were never going to work, but when I mentioned not doing them, she started to freak out! So- our party attendees set out to make sure this girl had candles to blow out!! Teamwork!!

And it worked! I'm not sure who blew them out, her or the wind. But all that matters is that to her- she got to blow out candles on her birthday cake!
And if I do say so myself- the cake turned out pretty cute! Despite my struggle to keep it together.

Macie said "I love it Mommy! It's so pretty!" And that right there.... is the only thing that mattered with this cake!!

We managed to get a group photo before everyone left!

Since they couldn't get there until late, we took Z and Peanut to swing!!

Despite the look on their faces, they loved it!!

My sweet Arleigh!!

Za'Mariyah is always happy if her Macie is nearby!

Brenna is in heaven when she has her Peanut.

In case you didn't know- swinging is hard work!! This angel melted my heart when she just laid her head over and went to sleep! I could have held her all day!!

Our youngest party attendee got a lot of lovin' that day too! Mr. Walker got passed around and got lots of cuddles. But no one was as proud to hold him as Maylee!!

It was a great party! Macie Claire enjoyed herself and had fun playing with all of her friends. Thank you to everyone that came out and helped her celebrate!!