celebrating emi

i'll be honest with 

after years & years .....& years

of planning multiple birthday parties each year

i've grown to appreciate when one of my birthday girls

actually prefers the following plan.

1. their personal dinner of choice at home.

emi was pretty flexible on her wishes,

so we went with grilled tilapia

roasted broccoli (barefoot contessa's version)

publix potato rolls

&mashed potatoes

( her plate also had rice. sorry folks. i realize this is a starch foul but hey, she's the birthday girl)

 

2. bff joining us for birthday dinner at our local pizza joint

3. request for these!

& yay for me

we wear the same size!

4. & because we're all about celebrating birthdays

or anything , really,

by eating out

the birthday girl chose another destination for birthday dinner #3

with the fam

5. cards & balloons & candy

em is not a cupcake cookie eater. candy all the way baby!

6. a sweet personalized canvas

painted by caroline 

to match emi's room

while i loved those days of Madeline tea parties,

sleep overs, pool parties, ballet parties

Belle, Anastasia & Barbie character parties,

gymnastic parties for the entire class,

let's all go to the movie parties....

i really really love the days

of purchasing boots, grilling, eating out with bff's

lavishing the birthday girl with love

& calling it a day!