Happy 5th Birthday Luau!

Forget the fact that it SNOWS

in late March in Chicago...

It's hot in here because

MILA IS 5!!!!!!

We celebrated in tropical style--

We cranked up the surfer tunes

and made some fun decorations,

almost all from stuff already in the house. 

We dumped all our Legos

(mostly Daddy's from childhood!) 

into a plastic pool.
Put on that weird-o Disney movie 
about Hawaii and aliens and Elvis
Lilo & Stitch...
Voila! Instant fun.

I'm completely on board 

with pull-string piñatas for home parties!

We served baked ham sandwiches

 on King's Hawaiian rolls...

they were good,

but the hit of the party

 was the adults-only 

Hawaiian Mule Punch.

(For those who asked...

Tito's, fresh pineapple juice, 

fresh lime juice, 

Gosling's ginger beer)

What's a luau without a LIMBO contest!?

Lucky little girl.

Scrambling for the goods.

The kids also had fun decorating 

monsters with stickers.

Don't forget about this sweetie.

Thanks so much to everyone who came!

Mila had a blast.

Happy 5th Birthday to 

our Mighty Mila Quinn!