twinkle your toes...

The day after the pirate party, we re-dressed the house for our ballerina extravaganza (ok, not really an extravaganza, but there was a lot of pink everywhere).  Here are some of my favorite shots - enjoy!

the birthday girl - already 6 years old!

love her brother's feet in the shot *rolls eyes*.

a shot of our decorations - I made them all!

felt banner made with PTI dies

my paper-napkin flower garland

tutus on a line - one for each girl

tissue-paper-poms hung on the chandelier

a centerpiece for the table

crepe paper rosettes

I worked on these decorations for a good month or 2, just little-by-little.  I really enjoyed the process - it was fun to be able to work through the long list of online tutorials that I've been meaning to try out!

warming up for the ballerina, with Thomas supervising!

a ballet class!

even Maia wore a tutu

When the girls came, they were each given a tutu, and told that a *real* ballerina would come a teach a class for them - it was so cute how excited they got!  They started stretching to get ready for her - hilarious!  They really enjoyed her - and her 30 minute class was the perfect length of time: some of the kids started slinking off to the snack table to sneak more chips somewhere around 25 minutes in, haha.

a party on the inside

The cake got so many compliments, but it was dead easy!  I mixed food coloring into each layer of cake batter in different amounts to get the layers of pinks.  My hubby declared it: ordinary on the outside, but a party every slice :)

favor tag

monogrammed tee

Each girl got a parting gift of girly trinkets, a ballerina bookmark (that doubled as the tag) and an embellished, monogrammed tee.  I think they were a hit!  

We had a fantastic time, and Sofia loved it all - I hope these memories will be cherished for years to come!

So now, 2 parties down - 1 more to go!

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