Happy 4th Birthday Hannah Claire

Hannah Claire was adamant about having a rainbow party to celebrate her birthday.  We, well I, had planned on Strawberry Shortcake for a month or so but the birthday girl had other ideas.  Since it was her birthday I didn't put up too much of a fight.  Also thanks to Pinterest I was able to find all sorts of cute things to do for the party.  Some worked better than others.  We were so excited to see all of our friends that were able to join us for the party.  Sweet baby Lillian came to celebrate.

An idea I stole from my coworker was to buy the colored bubbles and let the kids catch them on a piece of paper to create artwork  The kids were running all over the place catching the bubbles.  A big shout out to dads that were our bubble blowers (Brad, Geoff & Tyree)!

The Carter kids were loving the balloons.  The balloons were suppose to be a beautiful rainbow.  Well, that didn't work so well.  Oh well, the kids loved it especially when they all started popping.  Hopefully no one was traumatized by the craziness and now has an aversion to balloons. 

Ms. Dampadoes got to come this year.  HC & Samantha have been friends since they were little bitty babies.  Now they are both big sisters to little brothers.

Next was time for food.  We had cake for everyone else and so Hannah Claire could blow out her candles, of course she didn't eat a bite of it.  I love that she finally wore her Birthday Girl hat.  We have attempted every year now!

I would like to draw attention to the super yummy, super time consuming rainbow jello cups.  I found these on Pinterest and was so excited to make them.  Plus it was something that HC would eat.  I knew they would take some time but wow, I was so not prepared.  You had to do a layer of jello and let it firm up, then a layer of cool whip and let it firm up (or there was white floating all in the next layer) and keep repeating.  Everyone that set foot in our house before the party helped with these crazy things.  They turned out really cute and they were super yummy and refreshing on a hot day!  Plus the birthday girl like them!  Success!!!

Wyatt spent most of the party hanging with Aunt Janet and Pawpaw under the tent.

The cake was yummy and not that time consuming compared to the jello cups.  Haha!

Hannah Claire got lots of great toys and we have enjoyed playing with every single one of them.  She was very excited about the princess dresses.

She also loved her baby, Jojo!  Jojo sleeps right beside HC every night.

Hannah Claire had fun playing with her friends from school, the neighbor kids, family friends and cousin Wendy Lynn!  Wendy Lynn even got to spend the night.  They played so well together and had a blast.

Some kids got away before we got a group picture but here are the ones that were still hanging out.

Sleeping Beauty!

Snow White, along with her new purse strapped over her shoulder and new baby Jojo.

The last 4 years have flown by and have been filled with joy!  We are so thankful for Hannah Claire and her silly, tender-hearted, thoughtful, smart, beautiful self.  She is so funny and makes us laugh all of the time.  We are so proud of the little girl she has grown to be.