Pyper's 7th Birthday

My sweet Pyper turned 7 on the 17th of this month. The day was full of surprises, starting with her gift from us- a keyboard so she can start learning to play piano. While she and I were out, Aaron set it up in the garage and had Hakan singing "Happy Birthday" as we opened the door. (Right after he was done singing Hakan burst into tears. Apparently he'd just gotten in trouble right before we showed up. But loving little brother that he is, he still sang to his sister even though he was sad.)



A couple of weeks before her birthday I decided I wanted to throw her a surprise party, so the invitations went out and I hoped things would come together. It wasn't anything fancy- just pizza and cupcakes and a pinata, but that's all a 7-year-old really wants anyway.

Luckily nobody spoiled the surprise (I think mostly because none of the guests were told ahead of time about her party!), and everybody had lots of fun.











This was her gift from Grandma Pam and Grandpa Dean- a hand painted box filled with $15 worth of coins. Can you tell she was stoked?











After letting everyone have a swing at the pinata, Aaron decided to finish it off.



That thing was built with cardboard, packing tape and huge staples- no wonder the kids had a hard time getting it open!

Anyway, her birthday party was great and I couldn't have been happier with how it went. She was pretty happy with it, too, I think. :)