Celebrating "FiVE" in a BIG Way!

Each day comes bearing it's own gifts... untie the ribbons! Happy Birthday!

- Ruth Ann Schabaker

The PARTY PRINCESS!

Tomorrow, MAY 24th, MARIAH, my adorable Grand daughter, will be FIVE years old! 
Where does the time go?


It is hard to grasp the concept that I have been a "GRAMMIE" for that long! In some ways it seems like only yesterday when we were on our way to meet our very first grandchild on her date of birth in Edmonton , where she was born!

The "Grammie D" Crafted
Birthday Card!
I hope the crafted cards will mean something
 to Mariah as she gets older!

The excited "PARTY GIRL"
at Saturday's family
gathering!

The cake theme for the family party
was from the DISNEY MOVIE
"ENCHANTED"

A bit EXCITED to open the gifts!

Mariah and Beau anxious for more
party guests to arrive!

Eating cake with cousin Rowen on the right
and a friend's little girl on the left.

The JUSTIN BIEBER DOLL!

The JUSTIN BIEBER
poster...and
 a WEDDING GOWN
with all the trimmings!

Beau under the table
pushing around a gift box!

Treat Bags for the KIDS ONLY PARTY!

A photo book made of RI and RO!

Mariah was born in Edmonton early the morning of MAY 24th, 2006. When we got the call to go meet our first grandbaby, we called one of Jana's good friends to come along with us.
Her friend, Shelane,(who did join us on that trip!) co-incidentally had her first baby this weekend, too, while we were celebrating
Mariah's 5th birthday!

Congrats to Shelane and her husband Jarret
 on the birth of their son, BRAXTON JAMES!

Jana chose to have 2 parties for Mariah this year ... one for family and one for kids!

The family party was with cake and presents with all the grandparents and some special aunts, uncles, cousins and friends of the family.
This was on Saturday night.

The THEME of that party cake was "ENCHANTED".  Mariah was a very excited little party girl all night and was a typical little princess!  She received many lovely gifts and was treated royally as a princess should be!

This little PRINCESS  had fun with cousin ROWEN and a friend's little girl, too...
the girls played and danced together all night!
In the course of the evening, Mariah changed FIVE times... kind of co-incidentally... seeing as we were celebrating her FIFTH birthday!

She is so into the pop teen singing idol sensation, JUSTIN BIEBER... (or "BEAVER") as she says it! Anything she received with his picture on it was a hit. Another hit was the adorable wedding gown and all the trimmings to go with it, that she received from her other Grandparents, NANCY and ARVID who came especially to celebrate with her on this birthday.

The wedding gown came from the
DISNEY STORE...and I believe might be from the DISNEY MOVIE "ENCHANTED"!
It came with little shoes that looked like glass slippers with flashing lights on them!

Mariah received so many wonderful gifts from the many people there and some from people who sent gifts along for her, too. Among those gifts were a lot of very cute books.
I put together a book that features all pictures taken of Mariah and Rowen
in the five years of Mariah's life!
I am hoping this will be something she will enjoy in years to come as the two of them grow up.
Mariah idolizes Rowen!

Yesterday's party was held at a place called "FLIP"...
It is a gymnastic type facility where people
host birthday parties.

MARIAH told me
"Real people can't come to the
gymnastic party... only kids!"

So after given those strict orders... we stayed home... and let the KIDS ONLY have their fun!

Not only was this a GYMNASTIC type party... it was in "JUSTIN BIEBER" theme!...
(Jana tried to convince Mariah to stick with the Princess or a Barbie theme...
but nope JB it was!)
So she had a second cake with his picture on it!
No picture of it, though!!!

The treat bags I made for the 12 little party girls included many little candies and chocolate bars along with some JUSTIN BIEBER stickers,
 a skipping rope, and some MOVIE STAR
type sunglasses!
(I seem to be all about the sunglasses
for some reason lately!!!)

I attached the glasses on the outside of the bags so at the end of the party the kids could get a picture in them...
but apparently that was a bit of an ordeal!
OOPS... sometimes as a grammie... I can  be a bit high maintenance, I guess!!!...
a bit OTT!
(over the top!)

Jana did get a photo and I saw it this morning on her cel phone... Looked cute!

This morning before the Edmonton Grandparents headed back home, we all met for a nice long weekend brunch breakfast together.

Tomorrow Jana is Pre-School helper mom and will take cupcakes to celebrate
MARIAH'S REAL BIRTHDATE!
I offered to look after Beau then to make it easier for them!

In addition to that babysitting... I will have Beau wednesday, thursday and friday this week leading into the dance recital weekend  held on May 28th...
so never a dull moment around here!

 I would say MARIAH was and is very celebrated as a little girl of only
FIVE YEARS OLD!

BUT... I must add...
SHE IS REALLY WORTH CELEBRATING!!!

Here is the little poem in Mariah's
crafted birthday card...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a
Sweet Princess who's 5!
It's hard to believe the day finally did arrive.
You are wished so much love...
more than you'll ever know.
It's been our true pleasure,
just watching you grow!
With each passing year
you grow better than before,
Giving us a girl to LOVE and just to ADORE!
Hope this year's a special one,
spent with all your friends.
And you just have so much FUN
from the start until it ends!

Happy Birthday
To our little
"JUSTIN BIEBER PRINCESS!"
xo Love Grammie D and Poppa Brian