One thing I've learned in this family is that birthday preparations are at least half of the fun...for both the family and the person we're celebrating. It's the scheming and work we do together to create the "moment" we remember most fondly later. So, I've tried to become less "up-tight" about the end product...and include the family more in the creating. The night before Elizabeth's birthday we had an hour or so to get ready...
Nathan and Joshua had "crepe paper duty".
Nathan decided to do a chain-link design...taping small pieces of it into "links" and then connecting them together. Thankfully Greg helped him realize relatively quickly that that could take a while, so they compromised. =)
(We go through a lot of blue painter's tape on birthdays!)
Elizabeth created the invitations. (Yes, those are 3x5 cards.) =)
Nathan addressed the envelopes. He and Joshua gave each person a royal name. The ones I remember are:
Sir Nathaniel -- General of Griffendor's Castle
Sir Joshua --Knight of Zelda's Kingdom
Lady Elizabeth -- Princess of the Party
Elizabeth delivered them to each of our pillows.
Aaron helped with making frosting. =)
I had showed Greg the things I'd gotten to decorate the cake...and while I fed Aaron he decorated it for me! It's definitely becoming tradition that Daddy does the cake!
Greg drew our "Pin the Kiss on the Frog" poster.
Our Princess Castle Cake
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I love love all your posts! So fun to see what you guys are up to/celebrating Elizabeth's birthday! You are such a good mother. I hope I am as good of a mother as you ,someday. Miss you all.:)
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