Start with a birthday celebration at school. I made this butterfly "cake" out of Rice Krispies treats. They were all individually wrapped, and I just opened them and "shaped" them into the butterfly. It was great to be able to serve without needing to cut them!

Open lots of presents. We wrapped up each little item one by one -- she felt extra important. Though she did remind me today (4 days later) that she was dreaming about a pink and purple horse, but didn't get it. That IS the one thing she asked for -- but pink and purple horses are a bit hard to come by....



Eat some more cake... This cake was special for 3 reasons. (1) Daddy picked it out. (2) It has Dora on it -- still her favorite. (3) The pink frosting did very odd things to things that shouldn't be pink.... I'll let you ponder that for a while.



Eat sushi at a Hibachi Grill. OK, so this time she wouldn't eat it (last time she did). But she did try it. And she did wolf down the shrimp. The picture below is when the chef lit the grill on fire! They LOVE "the fire food house!"



And that's what a 5 year old's birthday celebration looks like!