Lydia Joy had a very special day for her 8th birthday! She decided months and months ago on a theme of fairies. We chose a smaller group this year. I was so worried that someone would feel left out. But Lydia Joy really cannot enjoy 20 or 30 friends at once. She asks every year for a smaller group, and I refuse because I am so afraid someone will find out about the party and get her feelings hurt! This year I sent out invitations to 8 or 9 friends and enclosed a note to please not talk about the party at school! As far as I know, it worked! We also invited our sweet 4 girl cousins to join the fun. And we had a couple of teenage friends come over as helpers. Lydie felt so loved and celebrated!
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| The food table |
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| "Fairy acorn" cookies |
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| "Fairy twigs", pixie sticks, and flower-shaped watermelon kabobs |
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| Owls, moss, butterflies |
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| Birds, butterflies, and glitter on her cake...Why not? |
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| We made a fairy wreath to hang above the kitchen table! |
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| Little pop of color in the kitchen |
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| Bunnies, fairies, moss, pinecones and butterflies |
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| Some of the guests painting fairy houses. |
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| The other table was where we made flower headpieces and jeweled fairy wings! |
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| One of Lydie's dearest friends |
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| Mouth watering over the cake! |
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| Singing to our birthday girl! |
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| Make a wish! |
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| Sweet girls |
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| We hunted for fairy jewels and fairy bells in the front yard. |
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| On her actual birthday we went out with family to eat at Cracker Barrel. |
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| It was a sweet 8th birthday! |
