Party Like a Rock Star!!

So WAY back on June 27th we had an eventful day! First of all Sadie turned 5!

I can't believe how big she is getting! She is my big helper and is always willing to help out! She is a great big sister and always keeps tabs on her younger siblings! She is so thoughtful and so good with them.

Sadie's Favorites at Five:

Color - Red

Food - Fruit, Chips & Cheese (Queso)

Toys - Barbies, iPod

Things to do - Ride Bikes, Read Books, Dance

Movie - Princess Protection Program, Barbie and the Diamond Castle, Another Cinderella Story

Book - Bob Books, Pinkalicious

She LOVES accessories. Just the other day we were reading Fancy Nancy where she brings out fancy accessories for her family to wear and Sadie asked what accessories were. I started describing things like hats, jewelry, scarves, purses etc. and realized that was everything that she loves! She loves to accesorize! She always has at least a few bracelets, necklaces, and rings. She loves hats and scarfs and fills every purse in the house with necessities! She is so funny because she is kind of sporty/tom-boyish in the way she dresses (and is very particular about what she wears) but then she is so girlie with her accessories. It is funny and oh so cute!

Sadie's birthday was a busy day. We woke up early and had birthday pancakes - tradition. Then had to hurry and get hair and make-up done on Sadie and Lucy for their recital! It was a process as usual but we got everyone ready and we made it to the recital! Only forgetting our tickets to get in! Luckily we know everyone at the studio so we got more tickets. :)

Lucy was up first. She and her friend Averee are in the same class and have so much fun together. This year their routine was to Bippity Boppity Boo. It was so cute and Lucy loved yelling the "boo" part. They started off on the floor and spun around.

"Put'em together and what have you got?"

"Bippity Boppity Boo!"

A little blurry but she flashed a cute little smile!She did so well. It was so cute to see her up there being so little and all! Good job Lucy!

Next up was Sadie! She finally got to do a tap routine! They do a combined tap and ballet class and every year has done a ballet routine for the recital. So she was excited to do tap. She was so funny up there. At first she had this giddy smile going, like she is getting old enough now to realize what this is all about and that a lot of people are out in that darkness watching her. It was cute. Here is her little embarrassed smile! :)

I love the tongue sticking out as she is concentrating!

Here's the tongue again. This was a tricky move. Jump up and click your feet together. Great job girls!They had so much fun and did a great job. They always love doing their recital and talk about it for so long after wanting to do it again!

After the recital we had to hurry home, have some quick lunch and finish the preperations for Sadie's party. We did most of it the day before...which was a disaster because everything was right in their face for so long, it was torture to have to wait! :)

Since life has been crazy with having a baby and then the dance photo shoot, I gave in and let Sadie have a Hannah Montana party. I always thought with that I could just do a rock star party and through in a little Hannah, but for the ease of it all, I did a full blown, tacky Hannah Montana party. Even down to the cheesy invitations!!! I swore I would NEVER do that! I guess there are worse things! :)

They started off dancing around on the "stage" while everyone was arriving. The stage was our formal dining. Then the formal living is right across from it that we set up a bunch of chairs and stuff for the to watch and be the audience.

Then we decorated some leather "rock star" cuffs and each girl got a stripe or two of pink or blue coloring in the hair. They LOVED that! Then we played pass the microphone and when the music stopped, whoever had the inflatable mic got to dance and put on a performance. Being the birthday girl, Sadie had to be first and boy did she love the audience.

Here is her audience: Lucy, Evka, Lexi, Cassandra, Kenzie, Reese, Brooklynn, Janae.

Sadie was being SO supportive of her friends. Shouting out praises and ideas of moves they could do. It was so cute!Lucy was LOVING the attention and had no reservations. I think having this party after their recital was perfect! I love this sassy look!

A friend of mine has the kids get the presents they brought and hold it until it is their turn to bring it up. It helps with crowd control up by the birthday girl. This way you can actually see the birthday girl as she opens presents, instead of the back of kids heads! As Sadie opened her presents, she would call on each person to come and bring up their present. She would stop and tell them to raise their hands! Too funny.
She lucked out and got a LOT of cool stuff!She has been begging for a Hannah Montana wig for SO long, so we finally got her one! But she was so embarrassed about it! She didn't even put it on long enough for me to take a picture.
For a rock star party I had to get the candles the spark! She got a little scared by the first spark! But then she liked it! It was cool!
They breezed through the pinata and then wanted to go through their goody bags. They were so cute looking through them. It was fun for me to see the kids enjoying the stuff. Usually we hand them out on their way out the door so I don't get to see their excitement.
Notice the pretty makeup! What pretty rock stars!
Evka, Sadie, & Lexi
Cassandra, Janae, & Brooklynn
They were so funny! They got little cell phones with lip gloss in them and they were all talking on their cell phones to each other! So cute!
This was their beginning pose for a dance! So funny!
This party was SO low key on my part...but the kids had a blast and really enjoyed it. I let them run the show for the most part and they LOVED it! Especially Sadie, and that is what matters most! Sadie, we love you and are so proud of you!!! These past 5 years have been the best in our lives!