Tangled 5th Birthday Party

How in the world do we have a FIVE year old??? The time sure flew by with this lovely lil girl! 

She brings us so much happiness and joy everyday with her laugh, smile and kind heart. She may be super silly at times and maybe a little bit needy but we love her more than words can say are soooo proud of her. She tried many new things and went to a few new places this year...swimming with a puddle jumper, soccer, ballet, Michigan, Mankato, continues to be an awesome big sister, buttons her own shirts, writes her name, and probably many more things but I'd say these were the highlights :) 

Happy 5th Birthday Linnea!!! It was so fun to plan your Tangled theme birthday party:)

I loved making your tower cake and flower cupcake with one of Pascal :)

I made some lanterrns and grandma and papa brought some store bought ones too :)

We called our dining room the Snuggly Duckling which was the pub/grill in the movie.

 I made a special banner with the golden flower on it. Pay no attention the bday decor mixed in with the Christmas decor :) It's tricky to decorate for two special days.

We had a lots of kids come...we mixed friends with family this year since it was her big 5th birthday. We may start doing half birthdays this summer for her friends and then have just a family one in the winter. My parents did that for me since my bday is Christmas Eve. It is hard to find an open date and add another event to an already super busy season.

We served braided breadsticks with marinara sauce (yes I braided pizza dough to make them) with pasta salad, fruit and veggies, Golden Flower Punch

and 

 Jello boats symbolizing Rapunzel and Flynn Rider's boat ride with the lanterns in the movie.

Flynn drawn by Papa!

 We also played pin the frying pan on Flynn Rider.

All the kids got to take home their own water color palette and the two crafts they made which were a crown and a lantern from a tp tube.

Linnea got some amazing gifts! 

This nightgown from our neighbors went on quickly and she slept in it the following two nights! 

And we are big fans of puppets and now we have one that looks like Rapunzel from uncle Erik and family:)

Spin Art (from gma and Papa)! Just what I wanted she said :)

and then it was time for cake/cupcakes! 

We ended the party by putting Tangled in while waiting for the kiddoes to get picked up. Grandma and Papa stayed a while to help clean and snuggle with the bday girl on her new nap mat (from Harper) and Tangled Comforter  (from grandma Sarah and Papa Dave:)

The final mural just like Rapunzels walls in her tower :)