We went with a neutral Luau theme since it was for girls and boys. I'll tell you, I'm absolutely exhausted right now after planning, cleaning, feeding, entertaining and cleaning up after about 10 5-year-olds and their siblings. Whew! It was a great time though and Taylor was just so excited the whole day. She's such a gracious, good kid that you just want to do special things for her. She hugged me and told me "thanks" about 20 times tonight. A few times, I'd catch her staring at me and then she'd just dive on me with a big hug. Makes you want to have a party like that everyday.
The kids ate and played outside, then worked on sand art projects. This was a huge hit, especially for the girls. I bought everything for under $25 too, so it was well worth the price. Next was a treasure hunt, pinata, cake and ice cream and then presents.
The decorated deck, pre-party. We're six for six on no rain during her parties. Thank you, God!
Sand art! Glad I bought two containers of pink sand. :)
Pinata time! Here little cousin Abby takes a swing. Too cute.
Taylor, cousin Haley on the left and friend McKenna on the right.
Taylor getting help from one of her BFF from preschool, Courtney.
Michael and the other handful of boys at the party spent most of their time playing with the balls I threw out in the yard. In that way, boys are easy. :)
Taylor and McKenna later in the day. Look at all of the bruises on their little legs, haha. 
Is it just me, or does she look about 7 or 8 here? No that's not Jabba the Hut in the background, it's Champ.Ms. Social Butterfly had another party to attend on Friday night. Her buddy from Susan's house, Bryson, was turning 4 and had a fun little party at the local swim club.
Bryson (little guy in the middle) and his ladies. That's Taylor on the end.You'll probably notice that Taylor's hair is short again. I took her for her first salon haircut last week. She got the cutest bob and it's even stacked in the back. It's waaay more stylish than anything I could ever attempt. I also got my hair cut, but have no pictures. :(
She was super excited. My stylist was amazed at how good she was.
The after. She loves it!
Not much about my Main (little) Man in this post, but the Pear is doing great! Loves to have me read books now, continues to amaze me with his daring and athletic ways and just as cute as ever. :)Until next time,
Mommy Kel
The Pear.
That's Aaron sitting behind Taylor. I always say that he hit one of the biggest shots in Wabash basketball history, a game-winning three-pointer in a huge upset over county rival Manchester. Of all the games I've seen Mike coach, that probably goes down as my favorite!
The Pear and Daddy seem quite pleased about the Steelers' tackle.
The Pear, the Worm and the Ben (and his mom, Michelle) hanging out. Ben is our neighbor.
Our buds the night before.
As Taylor said when she saw this picture, "He's not waving 'hi' here."
...and then they make up.
Taylor and Michael ready to leave for the party. Yep, little bro got to come, too.
The little siblings table. 
The big kids (and the Pear). Look at him trying to steal that little girl's hotdogs!
Champ's nemesis.
We were able to get all of Taylor's hair into one ponytail. Yay!
My baby smelling flowers. He sniffs, then says "Ew, 'tinky." Pretty funny stuff.
I could just eat him up sometimes! He loves to sit on this little step on our front porch.
He doesn't talk much yet, but he certainly gets his feelings across, haha. 
The Pear eating pears. He's getting pretty good with the fork. (Disregard the toothbrush. He carries it around everywhere.)