Thursday, May 14, 2015

Hailey's Shopkins 7th Birthday Party


Sweet Hailey it's your 7th Birthday!!! Let's Celebrate!

When I asked Hailey what kind of birthday party she wanted she knew right away...Shopkins!! What are Shopkins?? You can click here for the Shopkins Website. 

Shopkins decorations that you can buy at the party store don't exist! So it was up to me to get crafty! 

There are no Shopkins clothing items available so I made an iron on for Hailey and it was pretty perfect, and it was pink! 


I was able to find Donut shaped balloons on Amazon and made a donut Shopkin. Hailey was very impressed! *So was I !!*

 An easy, fun decoration was Shopkins Crazy Straws! Easy! 

Through the Icing Smiles Organization we were given a cake that was made by Ms. Renee who we call a Sugar Angel. She made the cake and decorated it just for Hailey. 


More easy and fun decorations were some M&Ms in tube containers with Shopkins stickers (that I printed) Hailey loved the fun, bright colors! 
 I think the main decorations were the Shopkins Blind Baskets that were EXTREMELY HARD to find! I actually had to pick these up at a Target that was 191 miles away from our HOUSE! When Hailey saw this it was like she won the lottery! Such a happy girl!  

Shopkins manufacturer is Moose Toys. Another item from Moose Toys are BEADOS. These were set up as the craft activity for the kids and I've never had the house so quiet! Concentration was a must!
This is a great fun for Hailey who goes to Occupational Therapy. Lots of hand eye coordination and anything that helps Hailey's brain communication with her body is a plus! This was a perfect activity! 


More home made decorations. Balloons and stickers. Perfect! 

I even made a Shopkins cupcake stand with the help of some printables off the Shopkins website. This was a HUGE hit. Some even had Shopkins on top and those were picked first...Whoda guessed? *Wink*

Tablescapes are SO much fun and so easy to do. Here are a few decorations I put together: 








The day wasn't ALL Shopkins. Hailey is really into Tsum Tsums which are just as hard to find but thanks to great family Hailey got one as a gift! 


It's really hard to find shoes for Hailey since she wears AFO's (Ankle Foot Orthotics) and she really loved her Peach's Neet Feet Shoes. I was inspired to give this challenge my best try. One day when/if I ever get to the point where I'm good enough I really want to paint a pair of shoes for Peach's Neet Feet.  These are the Shopkins Shoes I painted by hand for Hailey for her birthday. She loved them! 

Instead of gifts and birthday presents for Hailey we wanted people to help us donate to our local Ronald McDonald House. We collected so much stuff! Lots of toiletries and lots of toys. We spent time at the Ronald McDonald House in Salt Lake when Hailey had her Pacemaker surgery in January and we know they could really use the help and we were happy to be able to do this. 

Happy Birthday Hailey! We love you TONS and TONS and we hope you had so much fun and that you enjoyed your day. We know how happy you are to be turning 7 and we are even happier. You are the most amazing daughter and you give the best hugs!

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Hailey's Birthday Trip to Disneyland 2015


Taking Hailey to Disneyland is always amazing family fun! She is so happy the whole entire time. It's a magical place for her and we love that we were able to take her for her 7th birthday. The first thing we did...Disney Jr. Live!!! Last year we went to this show 5 times. It really is one of her favorite shows to see. One of the cast members, Chris, treated Hailey like a VIP and let her pick where she wanted to sit. She was excited to say the least!

Meeting characters is on the to do list. I love how this is so real to Hailey. Getting autographs and photos are such a fun thing for her to do! (I just wish the lines where shorter!) 


There is a new Frozen Sing a Long show at Disneyland California, and we saw this show MULTIPLE times as well!! It was also a lot of fun and the singing was Hailey's favorite part! 

Over at Disneyland there is another Frozen show and this was another MUST on Hailey's list. She hears the music and immediately starts singing! Again all the cast members were amazing with Hailey.

It seems to be a tradition now to have lunch with the Princesses and it's always fun for Hailey to get to Hug royalty. 


Another fun surprise we had for Hailey was that there were a few families that we originally met at the Hunter's Hope Foundation Symposium that we were able to meet up with! We always have so much fun with our Leukodystrophy family. Hailey had lots of Hugs and Kisses for everyone!


We even went on a few rides with everyone! 

Then we all had dinner together! I can't wait to hopefully see everyone this year at the symposium!!


Hailey was very excited when she was able to see Olaf from Frozen! Hailey even wore her Olaf socks with her AFOs. He pointed them out and we told Olaf that Hailey loves hugs too! 


 Anna & Elsa!! They were both great to Hailey and made sure to spend some time talking with Hailey and gave her lots of Hugs! This was so special. Hailey LOVES Frozen...still! 


Hailey had seen some YouTube videos of Disneyland and was determined to go on Dumbo. I didn't think it was a very good idea but Hailey wanted to and so we did. After, she said that she did NOT like Dumbo. I had that song from Tangled pop into my head, "Mother Knows Best." HA! 


It's a Small World was the ride that Hailey would choose 100 times if we let her. She smiled, sang, and pointed at all the dolls saying, "look at that!" 


We've never met Sofia the First before so this was really fun for Hailey! 


While pushing Hailey in her wheelchair we'd end up walking through bubbles that kids where blowing with bubble guns. Hailey laughed and smiled and really wanted one of her own. She got one and she had so much fun with it. Walking through Disneyland through bubbles is 10 times more fun! There is also a really cute video of Hailey on her Facebook and Instagram page of the bubble adventure! 


Hailey was given a button that let others know that it was her birthday and boy did she LOVE the attention! She showed EVERYONE! 

It was another great trip with our birthday girl. Disneyland, Our Hunter's Hope Families, Hugs, and smiles. I love seeing this smile on my daughters face! After the pacemaker surgery she really needed some fun and time away from Doctors and therapies, and school. 


We want to thank the families that gave us this opportunity to do this for Hailey. It was amazing and we appreciate it beyond just saying thank you!