To boldly go where no five year old has gone before

Lucy turned five this past Sunday with a space birthday party that was, well, out of this world crowded.  After a three month spell of hardly any rain at all, we had rain, rain and more rain Saturday night into Sunday morning, leaving our grass-starved backyard a bit of a mud-pit.  We decided to clear out the playroom and turn it into a party room.  With two birthday girls (Kylee being the other) and 13 guests, it was a bit crowded, add parents, little siblings and games that were meant to be played outdoors, well, space themed, maybe, spacious, not!
Lucy didn't even seem to notice the chaos, she had a great time, loved all the games and prizes and loved having her old friends mix it up with new friends from kindergarten.  Of course, no 5 year old minds a mountain of presents and a mountain it was.  On Friday we counted 25 presents that were wrapped in our house for Lucy, add Gramzie and Pop Pops' which arrived with Gramzie on Saturday and gifts from friends, well, you can see she was a bit spoiled.  She recognized her good fortune, though and noted that she had "gotten everything she had asked for and even a whole lot of others- that's great!"
The sleeper hit of the day was a whoopee cushion sent from Uncle D in a birthday card. After reveling in money from other cards sent as well, she decided to try out the whoopee cushion.  You will see in the video that the entertainment value of a whoopee cushion is well worth the cost.  She may be the world's worst prankster, utterly incapable of sneaking up on somebody, but she sure does get a kick out of the game.
Among her favorite gifts were a horse stable and trailor, a pretend school set, littlest pet shop pets, a glitter Barbie, a Sea World Barbie and a set of princess figurines. She also loves an "astronaut headset" that she walks around wearing, counting down a forthcoming mission.

We celebrated in the morning with gift opening and then her party.  That evening we went out to dinner and sang over coconut ice cream, which she gave a big thumbs up.  Whoopee cushion fun followed and then it was off to bed.  She took Rice Crispy Treats into school the next day, the first day of the school year in which she had to walk into school all on her lonesome, it was a very "five year old" thing to do.