Showing Off Birthday Presents

Waiting for guests

Dear Hazelita, 
My sweet girl, you turned 4 this September 8th.  This birthday marked six months of passionately awaited expectations of a party!  On exiting the library flipping your dark braids around you broke away from me to let our favorite librarian know that your birthday was coming up.  I nodded from behind and clarified in like 3 months you'd be 4 while you gushed on to described your party as a pony party in an alley with lots of pizza and jars of candy.  Checking out from the grocery you let polite checker know too of your alley pony pizza candy party, in two months but so and so are coming, and so and so and....  Finally, each day creeped by with the slowness of a snail until the day was here.  Two o'clock seemed so far away.  Bahboo and P, Grandma Jean and Aunt Glo, Uncle Dave and Goldie the best dog in the world showed up and the party started.  We got the cotton candy machine set up and party decorations, tables and Henry filled the pinata (stashing a half bag of candy in the cabinet.)  Soon, the party was full swing with all of your guest wishing you a happy birthday and despite the line stating no need for presents you make an amazingly thoughtful haul of presents and cards.  There was beautiful weather and a great swell of energy, and I don't think it was just the cotton candy machine going faster than little hands could wind it up on the naked paper cones.  

Great people together to celebrate my best girl created the excitement all on its own.  

Next was breaking the pinata.  Holy excitement!  Kids lined up and everyone got a couple of chances to wack and swing at the pinata, even a couple of adults.  It was intense and exciting to watch!  

After the pinata we sang happy birthday and cut cake. Yum!  Your birthday was a sugar feast.  

I'm so glad we had a party at our house this year.  I am so grateful the weather was perfect.  I'm so grateful for you.  Many more happy birthdays my lil peach. Love, Mama