You only turn 9 once so you might as well make it messy!

This year Hannah had a tie dye party, it was super messy, and super fun! We started out with a friendly game of "get the pennies out of the jello with chopsticks" (for lack of a better name). It was easy for Hannah's cousin, Heidi, because she told us that she flew in from China to come to Hannah's party. Therefore she was an expert ;). It was a fun game and ended up with lots of slimy little hands and slimy pennies. It's a good thing that the parents were warned to dress their kids in clothes that could get messy. Then we moved on to tie dye. I have never had much luck with this, but I tried a new technique this time. It worked out beautifully and it was very easy. In this technique you roll the shirt up like a cinnamon roll. I love how Hannah's friend, Gabby, took me seriously and tried to take a bite out of her shirt.

Then came the tie dye cake, it turned out a little different than I expected, but now I know how to make the perfect spider-man cake!

Lots of great friends for Hannah and wonderful gifts, she is one very lucky girl. Happy Birthday Hannah, I love you so much!