Tory's 8th Birthday!

"So, Tory, what theme do you want for your birthday THIS year?"

"UM....I want.... horses.... and birds!"

"Horse.....and......birds, hu?"

"Yes! We can decorate half the party with horses, and the other half with birds!"

A couple days later.....thanks to my brilliant mom: Tory had decided to combine the two themes and go for a Pegasus party instead. Phew!

A couple days LATER, she decided, because we went to see Walking with Dinosaurs during the summer free movies at Fairchild, that NOW she wanted to have a dinosaur party! Well, at least I had not done anything to prepare for it yet.  When we went to pick out a piñata, however, Tory did not like the dinosaur choices available, but LOVED the Rainbow Dash My Little Pony piñata. So, we ended up have a dinosaur/pony party. :)

One of the presents Tory got on a different day, was a turtle she named Sammy. She actually paid for most of it herself with her allowance.

Just for fun, a few days later, when Kiera and Uncle Paul were leaving, the three girls wanted to decorate a cake.  So, I got an old Cabbage Patch Kid mold which my mom actually used for us when we were kids, and we baked a box cake together. Then, the girls went for it! They LOVE dropping the food coloring into the frosting and watching it turn the white to whatever color they picked. And since it was Tory's actual birthday, we sang to her again, just for the fun of it. :)

SOOO fuzzy, but I just loved the smiles of the moment....