Abby's birthday party

This year we had a family&friends birthday party. We made sure there were plenty of little girls invited (plenty, being like...4). Anyways, we had pizza and salad. Then I set-up a necklace making station with a bead-set that we had got from Costco. After that we had the chocolate sheet cake that I had made from the Pioneer Woman cookbook. She suggested letting the kids decorate the cake with m&m's. I thought sixlets would be about the same but there is one big problem in that m&m's are flattened and sixlets are round. We had plenty of candy rolling off the cake onto the floor (the frosting was not sticky enough to hold them like I had thought). And of course there were the presents which turned into madness until Abby firmly said "no! I am opening this one!"

eatin' pizza

cute Carmia

the banner (reads Happy Birthday Abby)

the birthday girl is 5!

the ghost meringues that Abby wanted to make

Lulu!

making necklaces

the cake (I attempted to make a '5' with candles)

opening gifts