AnnaKate participates in an awesome Special Olympics Young Athletes Gymnastics class each week. She adores “tics”, (that is what she calls it.) She has made amazing progress and absolutely loves every minute of it.
Here is a video of her showing off some of her skills…
She just did a somersault on the soft balance beam…WOW!
Check out her assisted handstand…
Working with Mrs. Penny to flip on the bar.
We are so lucky to have such a neat program in our community.
It is hard to believe that our sweet angel is 6 years old. When we brought her home from the hospital 6 years ago it was a beautiful sunny day just like the day of her birthday party this weekend.
I love a good theme and some may say I love them too much!
AnnaKate’s birthday party was the day before Easter so I went with a chocolate bunny theme.
The Decorations
*Bunny painting by a super sweet friend.
*Party package from Totful Memories
The Yummy Food
To do something a little different I decided to do my usual sweets and a box lunch for our picnic lunch.
A beautiful bunny cake…
That never made it to the party!!! Unfortunately, the bunny got a big head from all my ohhing and ahhing over her and her head fell off!!!! Oh well…I just made do and put a ceramic bunny on the cake for the party. I sure am glad I had pictures!
Chocolate bunnies
Bunny Brownie Bites
Bunny cookies for favors
The Table
The Boxed Lunches
Little Bunny Lunches: Rabbit shaped PB&J with a marshmallow tail, carrots and cheddar bunny crackers.
Big Bunny Lunches: Chicken salad croissant, fruit cup and chips.
One of my favorite parts was having everyone picnic on quilts.
Egg Hunt
At the beginning of the party, the guests decorated a bag for the Egg Hunt.
Bunny
Of course to complete our theme we had to have a bunny!! The kids loved him.
The MOST special part of the party…the GUESTS!
We had a wonderful party thanks to all of our special friends and family who came. It made AnnaKate feel so special and that is what we wanted!
Billy and I married in 1998 after dating for 6 years. In 2006 we adopted AnnaKate. We were lucky enough to meet her birth mother and take her home from the hospital. At about 4 months old, AnnaKate was diagnosed with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. Through all of AnnaKate's struggles and delays she surprises and delights us daily! Thanks for marking this spot and coming back often to check in on us.
