Saturday Recap: The Circus & Ninjas

If I had to pick a few words to summarize our Saturday they would be fun and over-stimulation.
I woke up Saturday prepared for a crazy busy, exciting day. We had tickets to the circus in hand, a birthday party to attend and cousins coming to town that we don't get to see very often. One of those would have been exciting but add all three together and WHOA!
First up was the circus. Let me just start by saying to the best of my knowledge I have never been to a circus before. So not only was this a first for the girls, it was a first for mom to. Why I didn't get a picture of the 3 of us is beyond me. 

We saw aerial acts.

Horses

Motorcycles in steel cages.

My favorite, the elephants and much, much more.

Marissa LOVED the circus, Emily.... she talks like she loved it but while we were there, there was a whole lot of this. 

Immediately after the circus we headed home, relaxed for 10 minutes and left for a birthday party.

A ninja birthday party. Our good friends Jonathan and David recently celebrated their 6th and 4th birthdays so we joined them for some ninja style fun.

After the Ninja party was more cousin time, pizza, home and spur of the moment 9 mile run that started at 8:30 at night.

Now that was a BUSY Saturday.

But it sure was a fun one. 
How was your weekend?  Did you do a recap post? If so, leave me a link 

Frozen Birthday Party

Last week Marissa turned 6! A week later I still can't believe she is that old. This year she chose to celebrate by having a small family party and a sleepover. I shared our first sleepover post yesterday. Today I wanted to FINALLY share some pictures from her small, simple birthday party.
I didn't go crazy with the decorations or the food. Honestly I think I spent under $5 on the decorations. Most things I made with stuff I had around the house, or found things to print off online and revamped them to make them a bit fancier.
 Blue and white streamers, snowflakes, pint size mason jars, Epsom salt and frozen figurines to decorate the mantel.

More streamers, snow flakes and her sisters Anna doll.

Since I couldn't find a banner to buy, I made one. Construction paper, yarn and some printables.

I used these Frozen Characters other Frozen Images

Do you want to build a snowman?

Centerpiece made with Epsom salt, pine cones, candles and a plate I had lying around.

Streamers and snowflakes

Of the 20 + snowflakes I made, this one was my favorite!

That was it for decorations!

Her cake was chocolate, with chocolate icing per her request. I am NOT a cake decorator. I did make the 3 layer chocolate cake from scratch but when it came to decorating I just slapped the icing on there and attempted to make some snowflakes with melted chocolate.

I also made the Queen of Ice an Elsa cape. Boy oh boy was that "fun".

But she loves it, even if it didn't turn out completely perfect. 

 All and all it turned out great. Especially seeing it was a very small family party.

All of the decorations stayed up for a whole week the girls LOVED having them around and I had worked so hard on them, I didn't mind either.

With the girls birthdays over for this year. My  Birthday party planning for the year is done!