This girl is basically all cupcakes and rainbows so it was very fitting that she wanted a Trolls birthday party when she turned 5. I had to pull this party together going on what Maryanne told me because I hadn't even seen it. And there actually wasn't much Trolls stuff out there. Now there's tons of stuff.
I'm writing this a year later and sadly have lost the pictures of this party. It was so much fun and I'm so sad there are no pictures to remember it. And since it's a year later, I don't really remember what we did.
Now - I have a newly 6 year old Maryanne on my lap and she's going to tell me what she remembers about her 5 year old birthday party so that her memories will at least be documented for her future self.
Maryanne: "So, I remember that Emme and all the cousins came and Uncle Mike and Charlie were there. I don't remember that much else or who else came. I do remember that I got a little bug that was pink in a cage. And I got a Shimmer and Shine purse I got to color from Aunt Kate. And I gave tons of little things to everybody. I got a Shimmer and Shine castle from dad. I got a Poppy doll and a hug watch. I remember we had cupcakes instead of cake and they had rainbows and clouds on them. We had those sticks with tons of fruit on them. The fruit was in roy g biv like a rainbow. Everybody got surprise mystery trolls. We did an escape room hunt to get the trolls. And then we watched Trolls upstairs. There was a balloon tied to a chair by the train table. It was a Poppy balloon. And I got a Moana doll from Grandma Songer. And a Moana necklace. But I gave my Moana doll to Eliza. So I got another one for my birthday yesterday. I had sore lips. My lips really hurt when I was eating the pokey sticks with the fruit on them. They were kinda like frozen and I couldn't move them very much and it hurt to eat." Thanks Maryanne. Good memory!
Update: I found some pictures!!! The ones I lost were from my Canon (lost the SD card) but I have a few blurry ones from my phone. It's better than nothing.
the party
her sore lips.
I had totally forgotten about this until Maryanne said that.
Her lips were like this for a month! I took her to the doctor and she said that maybe her lips could have come in contact with something toxic or she was having an allergic reaction to something. It was so weird. We never really figured out what it was.
A present in the mail from Grandma Songer...
Troll hair.
(sprayed it and there is a cup in her hair... just a random Saturday)
I love this girl. This world makes her so happy. She is passionate and loves so many things.
At some point in March of 2017 I wrote down "Maryanne thought she lost her little, tiny poppy troll in the park and we went back to look for it in the dark. No luck. We got back in the van and she completely broke down. She said between sobs - 'That troll was the only and greatest thing in my LIFE!' more crying and then 'Now I have nothing!' .... Later we found the troll in the couch, so not all is lost."
On her birthday uncle Mike asked her "So now you are five huh? Do you feel different?"
She immediately said, "Yes! The difference is ... I'm bigger. And also... in my heart.... I feel... more love. "
We love you Maryannie. We are so glad we get to share in all that love in your heart.
2 comments:
This girl is one in a million! She's my Smileyanne!!
Wahoo! Good things come to those who wait. This blog post was worth waiting for. I’m so glad you found those pictures. Maryanne remembered so much. Really fun to hear it from her memories.
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