Whitney's 7th birthday excitement began the Saturday before her birthday when she got her ears pierced!!! She had been talking about wanting to do it for a while, and we decided to give it to her as a birthday present. Here she is without any holes in her body for the last time!!
And here she is after!! She didn't even cry or squeeze my hand, she just said, "OWch?!" each time. Eric wouldn't even watch; he took the little kids to wander the mall. :) Whitney loves to wear jewelry so this will be so fun for her! And her little sparkly earrings look so cute. :)
On her birthday morning of course she got up early and wanted to open all of her presents. Here she is with her earring packs she picked out. And yes her hair looks like that EVERY MORNING. (Eric teases her that elves come and mess up her hair in the night, or that birds make a nest in it, etc.) and every morning I have to fight her to do something in it before she goes to school!
opening a pig popper from Grammy!
And right after school it was time for her party! Here are her friends gathered around the Stone Table decorating swords and shields, which they would use in becoming true kings and queens of Narnia!
She had quite the mix of friends there: Damon and Porter from Santaquin, Rachel from her church class, Abby, Brianna, and Katie our neighbors, Maddy and Emily from school, and Natalie and Caleb our cousins! (plus a bunch of younger cousins!)
But before that, they all had to enter Narnia through... the wardrobe! "Lucy" showed them how to get in...
past the coats....
through the snowy woods....
to the lamppost where they were met by Mr. Tumnus and escorted to the Stone Table.
Next we had the "Dawn Treader obstacle course"!
part of which was scaling our new climbing wall--
and coming down the rope ladder.
they also had to run through the pool and fight the sea serpent (sprinkler), go through the tunnel and over the picnic table. Here is Whitney finishing!
Then we had Mr. Tumnus' Tea Party.
Complete with the awesome Narnia cake that I made (based on the amazing cake Allison/Melissa made a couple of years ago for Natalie!)
And we were able to use our awesome unfreezing game AGAIN! We have done Han Solo in Carbonite for the Star Wars parties, Anna and Elsa for the Frozen party, and now a bunch of animals frozen by the White Witch for the Narnia party. :)
And then they were all crowned kings and queens in Narnia!
After the party we had a fun pizza dinner with our many family members in attendance!
And then Eric and the kids went to see Cinderella at the movies while I sat down and hung out with Maris, so relieved to have the party over!
I love my Whitney Mae.
okay, that cake is AMAZING!
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