ALEXIS IS 5!!!

We started off Alexis' birthday with a Build A Bear party...and it was awesome! Alexis got to do everything first and all of the girls built a bear (or an owl, cat, and some other creatures!). This was the stuffing stage: Then they got to give their bears a bath...
Then they dressed them up...shoes and all...here are all of the girls!Then they got to parade them around the store:Her cupcake birthday cake...this was a great idea...so easy to just pull apart and hand out (and it was delicious too!)Blowing out her 5 candles...

And taking a swipe from the cake...family tradition...
So happy with her Peace sign bikini bear...

Alexis with her second cousin...

Alexis' second cousin taking her bear for a stroll...

Then the next day we had a big open house for Alexis' birthday...the cake was extra special...our friend who made our wedding cake made her cake just as she requested it...

Alexis dressed as tinkerbell before we decorated the cake...All set for the party to start...Blowing out her 5 candles again (this was her 3rd cake!) My old college roommate drove 2 hours to her party...so great to see her again (and her family!)