The birthday invitation on the door greeting the guests at Gulf Branch Nature Center in Arlington.
Leila and Grandma helping to prepare the name tags.
Leila's birthday cake
The cake/snacks. It was a Princess Pirate themed party.
The downstairs of the Nature Center had a carved out canoe that the kids had a blast playing in.
Clayton, Taryn & Leila (hiding behind fish).
Leila, Clayton, Taryn & Annabel
As part of the birthday party at the Nature Center, a Naturalist came to give a presentation on turtles to the kids. They loved it!
Attentive kids!
Crowding around the video screen to watch a video of turtles hatching from their eggs.
From left: Amelia, Carmen, Robert, Abby, Taryn, Leila, Sophia, Annabel, Iain, Samuel & Clayton
Touching the turtle.
Iain, Samuel & Sophia
Cake time! Leila loved when everyone sang Happy Birthday to her!
Blowing out the 5 candles on her birthday cake.
We were happy that the day's drizzle stopped in time for everyone to go outside for a nature scavenger hunt. The kids had a great time running in the woods and checking off items from their lists.
They're off!
Clayton looking through his magnifying glass.
Leila following her friends in the search for scavenger items.
Posing near the Nature Center: Iain, Taryn, Amelia, Leila & Abby.
Amelia, Taryn & Leila
Iain, Abby, Samuel, Leila
The kids had a chance to make a turtle craft to go along with the turtle theme.
Kids Taryn, Abby, Carmen, Sophia & Leila getting some help from their parents.
A room full of crafty birthday guests!
We all had a great time celebrating Leila's 5th birthday!
