Alli had a colorful birthday weekend, beginning with her Cosmic Blast painting party with her friends.  She personally hand-painted her multi-color birthday cake.

Clean picture of the kids before the painting began.

Getting their canvases setup in the paint room before the lights go out.

Cosmic painting under black lights... they spent almost an hour throwing paint at the walls and each other, but the black lights did not allow many photographs...

All of the party attendees worked together to splatter paint a large masterpiece, which will be displayed in Alli's bedroom.

And she remained painted for the rest of the day through her family birthday party at the house.

Favorite gifts this year were: legos, Monster High, gymnastics

 

 (having fun conducting the Happy Birthday singing)

 

AND... her pink BB gun which she received on October 3rd.

Her birthday week ended with cupcakes in class on Wednesday, her actual birthday.

Mom and Alli in her favorite center in her 1st grade classroom... reading!