Gabi's 7th Birthday

Gabi's 7th birthday was on a Saturday, so we held her party on her actual birthday. Lolo, Lola, and Tita Chrissie were all here to celebrate with us, too!

As Gabi's guests arrived for her party, we painted their nails and decorated them with heart and flower stickers.

Then the girls made two kinds of friendship bracelets together.

Of course the girls took time to play and act silly!

Gabi chose a "Hippie Chick" birthday girl theme for her party decorations.

For lunch, we served sandwiches and let the girls cut them into fun shapes with cookie cutters. Then we had sugar cookies to decorate for dessert! Some of the cookies were 3-D animal shapes, like these seals:

Before we ate our decorated cookies, we sang "Happy Birthday" to Gabi.

At the end of the party, Gabi opened her gifts.

Friday afternoon, Gabi brought cookies to school for a birthday celebration with her whole class. The kids sang "Happy Birthday Cha-cha-cha!"

Gabi's favorite birthday gift is the pulley that Bella gave her! Gabi's friend Max has one in his room which she thought was cool, so she'd asked for one. The kids enjoyed sending toys upstairs and down in the bucket, and now it is installed on the bunk bed (which of course keeps them up a bit later every night, passing stuffed animals back and forth).

Gabi's big birthday gift was a new bicycle! The weather has been gorgeous and sunny this week, so we've spent some time riding bikes on the Greenway.