Esme’s 6th Birthday: August 2014
6 years! Hard to believe, we know. As we said last year, without going into sappy details, let’s just say it’s been great and we can’t believe how fast it’s gone.
This was the first year that it was truly a 100% “Esme” party vs. an “Esme party that Mom and Dad also invite some friends to” and it was the first year we didn’t have the party at our house.
This year her birthday fell on a Saturday, so we had the traditional birthday pancake breakfast, followed by presents, and then went to the Webster Groves swimming pool where we had a true pool party. Of course, we missed having all of the friends over that we normally get to see on special occasions like this, so later that evening, we had a “this isn’t a birthday party for Esme but since we didn’t get to have our friends over on her birthday we’re having an impromptu potluck that happens to fall on her birthday.” Esme had a great time at both, incidentally, and then on Sunday we ventured out to the American Girl store so she could use her birthday gift cards to pick out one other very special gift.
If you’re feeling nostalgic, here’s what the birthday parties have looked like the previous years:
- 5th birthday: 2013
- 4th birthday: 2012
- 3rd birthday: 2011
- 2nd birthday: 2010 (part 1, part 2, part 3)
- 1st birthday: 2009 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4)
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