Tessa's Belated Birthday Party

I know what you are thinking...didn't Tessa have her birthday a few weeks ago? And you are right, her birthday was June 5. On the even years, we let the kids have a birthday party with friends and the odd years we have family parties, so this was Tessa's year to have a friend birthday party. But, Tessa really wanted to wait until Divia (her good friend from our neighborhood) got back from India and her grandparents could come. So, we had her birthday party a bit late.

It was kind of unfortunate too in a way because she had a list of 8 kids she wanted to invite, but since school has been out for awhile, she had lost their phone numbers and the girls aren't going to the same school next year--6 out of the 8 kids we didn't have contact information for. But, Tessa being the easy-going child that she is, didn't have a problem with only inviting her two good friends and having her grandparents and family, so that is what we did.

I thought the tree frog cake turned out pretty good. Jesikah was my good helper in making the cake. Tessa couldn't decide between a tree frog cake and a DQ oreo cake on her birthday. In the end, she lucked out and got both. One on her real birthday and one for her party.

Divia, Hannah, and Tessa

They had a lot of fun playing "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". Jesikah drew the donkey and made everything for the game. This game was Tessa's one request for a game.

Grandma and Grandpa Ricks and Collette (Eric's step-mom) enjoying a good conversation during the party

We set up the pinata in the storm shelter downstairs because it can't be hurt and it had good bars across the top for hanging. Tessa wanted a littlest pet shop party, but we couldn't find the party stuff at any local stores, so we put some pet shops in the pinata along with candy and prizes.

Pramika (Divia's sister) giving the pinata a whack.

Tessa's turn

Jesikah's "fly" cupcakes to go along with the frog cake.

The party guests

Eric scooping ice cream

Tessa opening her present from Divia and Pramika. She got a really nice art canvas and paint pallette and set. From Hannah, she got an awesome Hello Kitty stuffed kitty which she sleeps with every night. I missed the picture of that...I must have been talking. She also got a nice scrapbook kit from Collette and Grandpa Bass as well as an assortment of fun things from Grandpa and Grandma Ricks.