Butterfly's, Princess's, Pink and Birthdays

Jayden, my grandaughter, will be 3 on Aug. 4th!  Crystal had an all girl birthday party for her this past Saturday and it was amazing.  The girls had so much fun.  She invited some of the little girl's who live on her street and also attend the same Ward, some friends and of course cousins.  Jayden was SO excited the entire week that led up to her party or her "Pink Party" as she called it.  She was thrilled that "No Boys Were Allowed"!  As usual Crystal put a lot of time, thought and work into her party.   So here is Jayden's Day!

 This is my grandaughter Izzy and my Great Grand Niece Tynley.  They were born 5 days apart!

Jayden our Birthday Girl

Group Photo

The girl's each decorated little photo albums. 

Then they decorated cupcakes!

This is Bella.  Isn't she adorable?

Then they all sang "Happy Birthday" to Jayden and she got so embarrassed!

I couldn't tell if she was laughing or crying.

Then when the singing was over she lifted her head and had the biggest grin on her face!

Then she opened presents

She was a little shy about it and asked for mommy's help.

This is Berlin our little princess in pink.

Berlin got Jayden her first Princess dress and she LOVED it!

Then each of the girls got their special gifts from Jayden.  Large Coloring books, crayons, treats, jewelry and a hand made bow from Crystal. 

Here is Payten wearing her bow.

And Kaitlen with hers

I heard a couple people ask Crystal how much she spent on the party...because it really did look like she spent a small fortune but in reality she spent very little.  She got all the party supplies and the tissue paper at the Dollar store and spent a grand total of $8!  Then the craft supplies were also purchased at the dollar store as was the going home gifts.  The boxes of crayon's that were given to each of them were in the 25 cent back to school bin at WalMart.  The entire party was about $40.  I only say this because I want people to know that with a little imagination and creativity you can do wonders and of course the Dollar store is a magical place!  When Crystal and I want to get away that's where we go.  We have so much fun hunting for little treasures and sharing our finds when we get in the car.  Any way she made all of the decorations from tissue paper and pipe cleaners. 

Then she made tissue paper flowers and hung them from the ceiling fan and the banister and her house was transformed into the cutest little fairy land.  The little girls LOVED it!

After the party we noticed all of the left over tissue paper and we decided that it could be used to make more butterfly's.  Crystal is going to save all the butterfly's and each year ad to them with the tissue paper she receives from her gifts.  So she will make some more butterfly's and mark those with a #3 so she will always know that those came from her 3rd birthday and so on through the years!  Isn't that the coolest idea?

It was nice seeing Crystal so happy.  She has always made a big deal out of each of the kids birthdays but since Sage's passing birthday's are even more special.  Sage continues to teach us every day about just how precious life is.   I'm so thankful for my grandchildren!

Happy Birthday JayBug!