Kayla's Birthday Party

We celebrated Kayla's birthday a couple days early so family could come celebrate with us. As far as she knows, that day was her birthday. :) On Friday night before, Brett and I spent 4 hours putting together this kitchen. It came in a million parts! But it turned out great and we were excited to give it to her. Both Kayla and Tyson have spent a lot of time playing with it since so it was well worth it. I also finished decorating her cake that night. It was a long night. We blew up balloons so when she came down, she'd find it all set up. The kitchen was a combined gift from us, Grandma Betsy, and Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tom. We also got her a dish set. 

 

Kayla was so excited about the kitchen! She got to choose breakfast and waffles were her choice, with cream of course. :)

My whole family came up to Rexburg and we all went bowling together. RaeJean and Tom couldn't make it, unfortunately and they were missed. 

 

At first, Kayla was scared to bowl. She's always hesitant to try new things. Tyson on the other hand tried running down the lanes several times! He had no problem dropping the balls down the ramp and after watching Tyson, Kayla decided she could do it too. 

 

 

Everyone sacrificed their turns for Kayla once she was ready to bowl so she got lots of practice in. I loved the little bowling shoes they gave her to wear too. 

 

After bowling, we picked up pizzas and headed home for lunch, presents, and cake. 

 

 

I even made everyone wear these party hats that were made for kids' heads, haha!

I had asked Kayla what she wanted for her birthday lunch and her answer was Peanut Butter.....so she had a peanut butter sandwich while the rest of us enjoyed the pizza - she doesn't like pizza, crazy girl!

 

She loved opening her presents! She got this Cinderella doll from Grandpa Kelly and Grandma Sheryl. She got an adorable apron from Grandma Jean and a beautiful church dress from Grandma Betsy. Haley and Jon got her a giant coloring book with stickers. Needless to say, she was one happy girl! 

I made the cake and it was definitely amateur, but I had fun doing it. She picked the pan, and the colors of the cake. Just as we were lighting the candles and starting to sing the Happy Birthday song, we hear a big crash! I looked over and saw that Tyson had gotten into the cupboard and dropped a pyrex bowl and glass was everywhere! Needless to say, we blew out the candles, cleaned up the glass, and started over again!

 

Tyson enjoyed it more than anyone!

Kayla wore her apron pretty much all day!

 

When she tried on her new church dress, she said she wanted to dance and twirl, so we had an impromptu dance party! She loved it! 

 

Kayla LOVES her kitchen! She makes food for us every meal. Here's Brett eating his snack before bedtime she prepared that night. I love seeing her imagination grow. Since then, every morning, the kids wake up and spend time playing together in the kitchen before we even go downstairs. It makes my mom heart almost burst!