Eden's 8th Birthday

Guess who turned 8 today? 

Yesterday, we had a very unusual birthday party for our birthday girl!  About a month ago, Eden told me she wanted a snake birthday party. After asking around, I got the name of a local man who breeds snakes and offers to bring them to birthday parties in order to educate kids about them. 

Some of the kids loved it and jumped right in!  Others were a little unsure and chose to just watch. Eden jumped right in- she was completely in her element and love every minute of it!  It was so fun to watch her go from one snake to another and not be phased at all!

Lily was not too sure about all those snakes. This was the only picture we got of her actually touching a snake.

Addison loved it but Ryan was pretty reserved.

And poor Aubrey wanted nothing to do with any of the critters. In fact, she spent most of the party in Eden's room as far away as she could get!

I was not a fan of the snakes but put on a brave face for a few pictures.

Even Granna took a turn holding one!

This is how I looked before my brave face... snakes just creep me out!

Parker wasn't a huge fan but was willing to take a few pics with his friends.

Grace and Luke finally got brave enough to pet the Komodo dragon.

The whole group

After all the little snakes had been passed around and then put away, they brought out the grand finale... an 18 foot long python!  It was huge and so heavy but the kids loved it!

All of the brave moms!

After the snake show, we let Eden open her presents.

And then it was time to cut the cake!  This is probably my favorite cake that I've ever made for one of the kids. It was one of the most time consuming cakes, but it was definitely worth it! 

Eden absolutely loved her cake!

Today we woke up and let Eden open her presents from us. 

She chose a puffy pancake for her birthday breakfast.

It was a great weekend celebrating our sweet birthday girl!  I'm pretty sure this will be a birthday she will never forget!