my tay tay is 9.

whoa whoa, hold the show!!! my beautiful taylor is now 9 years old. how in the world did that happen? on her last night as an 8 year old i gave her 8 big kisses as tradition, but i just couldn't stop. i know this is obvious, but the fact that she won't be eight again was too hard to handle so she got about 5 gazillion kisses and then i had to cuddle with her for a while longer. taylor is such an amazing girl... dare i say "young lady?" she reminded me that i better enjoy her being 9 because next year she will be in double digits. (little jokester!) she is so mature and independent for her age and is such a huge part of our family. taylor has so many friends and her social calendar is ALWAYS full. she is creative, talented, smart, REALLY funny, and has such a sweet spirit. she takes care of levi like she was 25, and is one of my best friends. i love you my sweet little taylor. happy happy birthday.

we celebrated with a fabulous teeny tiny party and B.J.'s with the grandparents for dinner. what a great day it was!


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we painted miniature treasure boxes and then went on a mini treasure hunt- each clue had the word small or miniature in it. (i had no idea how much 9 year olds like a good treasure hunt) for the prize they found scrabble tile necklaces and put them in their treasure boxes. then we played a game of miniature ring toss (courtesy of oriental trading). we then ate tiny tuna and turkey sandwiches with tiny cookies and tiny pretzels and had teeny tiny cups. (the refilling of the cups was not fun... but the girls enjoyed it). I purchased super small white glass plates at salvation army for 25 cents a piece. (invitations posted previously.)

Taylor's next request was charades. We played mini charades, meaning that there were some things that had to be acted out that were tiny and if you got those ones right you got 3 points instead of 1. (i was stretching it to make this one work with the "teeny tiny" theme)

the party hats were made from the paper cups that come out of water coolers. (I had to ask my tennis club if i could take 10 because I couldn't find them anywhere)

last we had a mini ice cream cake (made using 6 inch cake pans). taylor's favorite is cookie dough which was on each of the three layers.

we had BIG fun for such a teeny party....

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