Marlie's 5th Birthday!

Marlie was so excited about her birthday this year.  She had her "school" birthday the last week of school and she loved being the center of attention.  The kids sang to her and at one point she shouted "sing it louder"!  They also had a birthday parade.  Thank you Mrs. Lisa & Mrs. Alex for making her day so special!

We had our real birthday party this weekend and the girls had so much fun!  We got all dressed up in pink...

and headed in town to see the musical Pinkalicious!  I was so proud of Daddy and Matt wearing PINK too! The girls were all adorable and they even got autographs from all the cast members at the end of the show.  Marlie told them right away that it was her birthday so they sang Happy Birthday to her and she loved it!

Then we came home and the girls got to open the pinata.  It was so funny how they all very carefully selected their goodies from the pile without a hurry in the world. 

Mrs. Jackie made us a wonderful cake and cupcakes.  I actually saved a cupcake for myself to eat later and it was so good! 

 I love these pictures of Marlie while we're singing.  You can see the excitement all over her face.  She added cha-cha-cha to the song along the way.  She insisted on wearing her crown from school and on wearing this ribbon she spotted at Walmart...too funny!

The fun didn't stop there.  Once everyone left Matt played Happy Birthday to Marlie on the guitar.  She loved it!

We opened gifts and she was complete smiles.  She got the best gifts from all her friends.  She was completely excited about each one! Matt was by her side the entire time reading the cards for her and helping get the gifts so she could open them.  Then they got silly!

 Marlie started making funny faces so I decided I would try to capture all of her expressions. 

Mad...

 Happy...

 Surprised...

 Sad...

This girl is full of personality!  Matt thank you for being so helpful all day and making your sister's birthday special.  Matt had several jobs throughout the day from handing out tickets and goodie bags to making sure the balloons didn't all fly out of my car! He scored a perfect 10 on each!

There are a few more pictures in the slide show.  Marlie I hope you had a wonderful birthday!  We love you so much!