The long-awaited 5-year birthday finally arrived on January 6 for Sasha and I think she truly enjoyed herself on her special day. This year she had a small party at our house with 4 friends that she invited from school. It was the first drop-off party we have hosted (meaning parents did not attend). My parents and Aunt Megan also were in attendance for added crowd control. The party started off with a few games that Sasha had requested: Pin the Tail on the Donkey and Musical Chairs. Next was the butterfly decorating craft followed by a meal of some of her favorite foods: Campbell's Chicken and Stars Soup, mashed potatoes with hamburger gravy, mango and pineapple, and a chocolate purple butterfly cake for dessert. I accidentally poured quite a bit of lemon extract instead of red food coloring into the frosting so it had a distinctly tart flavor which Sasha did not care for (who can blame her!) but the aesthetics of the cake made up for it she said.
Jack kept insisting that he was four in the days surrounding Sasha's birthday which did not go over well with Sasha.
Phil and I got a babysitter on January 12 and went out to Chili's like we do every year on this day to relive our first date back in 1996. Before the big night we donned our wedding attire (13 years last December). Sasha and Jack got a kick out of it.
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