Lily is such a sweetheart, I really tried to make her birthday special. When she woke up in the morning, her door was decorated and waiting for her. I loved the look on her face when we all sang "Happy Brithday" to her :).

She came downstairs to lots of presents and a special surprize of Krispy Kreme donuts.

Kevin and I had picked up the donuts the day before in Denver, and we hid them in our closet, so that she didn't know we had them. She was very happy :).

And then she got to open all the family presents. There were quite a lot, although most of them were books. She also got a cute new purse, a flashlight, and her favorite thing - a magician's costume :).

After she opened her presents, she had to try the costume on right away. She sure makes a cute magician.

With it being Kevin's last day in town, we decided to do something a little extra, and we got her and Derek out of school for a special birthday lunch. She picked Mexican food, and we had a great time. We would have kept her home for the rest of the day, but she had a class party that she didn't want to miss.

The biggest thing for her birthday was her Magical Birthday Party. We had planned a friends party back when Kevin was supposed to leave on Mother's Day, and so we thought he would be gone. Little did we know that things would change, and that he would get to be here, but he didn't mind the chaos.

One of the funny things about her party, was that there were six little boys there, and only one girl besides Lily. It turned out that there was a big dance recital dress rehearsal at the same time as the party, and so most of the girls couldn't come. All those boys sure made the party interesting :).
When the kids first arrived at the party, they had to guess the "magic beans." I had different flavored Jelly Bellies in cups, and they had to try and guess the flavor. The winner was the one with the most right answers, and they won a bag of their own Jelly Bellies.
Then they got to make their own magic wand out of pipe cleaners.

Lily made a great wand :). And although most of the kids used them more as wizard wands than magician wands, they had a great time.

Then it dinner time. Originally, Lily wanted pizza, but since one of the boys she invited has a dairy allergy, we switched to ribs - which is her favorite food anyway :). The kids loved them!

After dinner, it was time to play, "The Sneaky Magician." One person sat on a stool blindfolded, and under the stool were a bunch of magical items. The other kids had to sneak up to the "magician" and steal the magical items without being touched. They had a great time.

Then it was time for presents. Lily was pretty excited, because she got all books and cash - sounds pretty good to me too :).

For her cake, she had asked for red velvet cake in the shape of a magician's hat. I did my best, and she loved it, but it was so much better in my head. The black food coloring turned the frosting silver, but she thought that was cool :). It tasted delicious though.

When the kids were singing Happy Birthday to her, they kept adding different lines onto the end of the song, until finally, she looked at me and said, "Can I just blow out my candles?" I told her of course, and luckily that ended the song too :).

After cake, Lily put on her magician's costume and taught them all a card trick that they could show others. Then they each went home with a chocolate dipped pretzle wand and a mini deck of cards (so they could do their own card tricks).

It was a really fun party, and I think everyone had a fantastic time, especially Lily.