Lauren's 7th birthday party!

Sunday, 4/22/12

Lauren Dorothy's 7th birthday party!

Beautiful day... a little windy, but nothing that stopped us from being outside! Her first 'friend-only' birthday party was a huge success. (largely due to Grammy offering to take the little girls out of our hands! ;)          Bright colors was our only 'theme' & we went with all her favorites :D

Her classmates...

Playing musical chairs...

Lauren was really funny during this... she sang the whole time!

the whole time ;)

Had to put this in ... like her 80's outfit?  Compliments of Mimi! And she adored it... wanted to wear it to school the next day even :)

And although she wanted to win & had a good 'hip' strategy ;)  she did not, Lily did.

Moved on to an obstacle course that was long & involved, hence no pictures :)  but here is the egg-relay race...

everyone did a great job despite the wind.

Next up was painting sun-catchers & then inside for cake! Jessica Cook made the cake and she did such an awesome job...

Pretty proud 7-yr-old :D

and the cake-pops were a huge hit!

and super adorable...

Singing to the birthday girl...

This is what I remember from my birthday parties... streamers & balloons on the mailbox :)

There is something magic about being sang too :)  it always produces a beaming smile!

I can't believe she's 7...

I do hope all her wishes come true :)

This was after presents...

Everyone was wanting a turn with the magic 8-ball... remember those?! I can't remember if Tara or Mendi had one?  So much fun :)

Wish I had snapped this earlier... but had to get one of the two of them... Lauren's friends were great at including Lindsay in the fun.

And her birthday party-day ended with a trip to O'Connors where she found her gift from us, a new bike!  (Never mind Lindsay on top of the truck ;)  She's perfectly safe... promise!)

All of this before the big day at school :)  More to come on that!