Carli's party

We had a lot of fun on Saturday with Carli's birthday party. There were a total of 8 little girls and we decorated fairy wings. I had made the wings before the party and they looked like this...

Then the girls got to take their own set of wings and

decorate them with ribbon, glitter and jewels.

Here is a picture of Carli's wings...

Here are some of the other wings...

Then she opened more presents...

This birthday party was a little different and difficult for me. First of all, it was all in German which was very stressful. The girls would ask me how to do something on their wings, and I didn't know how to answer them. No one knew what cupcakes were (they called them muffins) and not very many of them liked the raspberry lemonade that I made. All of my favorite people who have been at every single birthday party for all of my kids were not there this year. It was a strange feeling and it hurt my heart. But then I would look at Carli's face laughing and smiling because she was surrounded by all of her new best friends, and I was reminded that this party was not for me... it was for her and she was having a blast. I am constantly amazed at how well she is doing here and how quickly she has made so many friends. I am so very proud of her.