Alexis is now 8 years old. She is getting to be such a big girl. She is hard to buy gifts for. She is no longer a little girl and doesn't want toys but she is not a big girl either. We gave her a real camera for her birthday. She is always stealing mine and wanting to take pictures of everything including bugs, flowers and anything else. She had a camera, that was decent and was not a child's camera but it was to slow for her and she wanted something more powerful.
She had a wonderful birthday party. We had her party outside at a community clubhouse. The weather was perfect. The napkins didn't even try to blow off the table. She wanted a pink pirate party with a treasure hunt and pinata. She had a great turnout. Chris made such a cute treasure hunt it was creative with the pirate lingo and rhyming words. At the end of the treasure hunt the kids found the treasure and it was full of pirate must haves, sword, compass, skull-cross bone rings and hooks for their hands. We had a pirate girl pinata that took many turns to break down. Chris finally had to just throw the candy to the ground. We had pirate bandannas, eye patches and everyone started out the party getting their pirate tattoos. I think all the kids had a blast. It was a huge success.