Alexis Olympiais home on the range!
The 17-month-old daughter ofSerena Williamsand husbandAlexis Ohanianhad the time of her life at a party her parents threw over the weekend, where she donned an adorable red-and-white outfit and bonded with farm animals.
Other elements of the backyard-vibe bash? Face paint,train rides, aworking carousel and even a station dubbed “Olympia’s Candy Shop.” The day’s soundtrack — Disney songs! — could be heard in video footage.
“I wanted to just do something funbecause we don’t do birthdays,” the tennis star (who is a Jehovah’s Witness) said in one Instagram Story video from the carnival-themed soirée.
Alongside ablack-and-white snapshotdad Ohanian shared to Instagram, which showed his daughter pointing at a duck in the background, the Reddit co-founder wrote, “Ok, we’ll get some chickens & ducks. 🐓🦆”
Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr./Instagram; Inset: Earl Gibson III/Getty
Williams previously opened up about why she and her husband don’t celebrate birthdays — namely, due to their faith — saying at a press conference in August shortly before her daughter turned 1, “Olympia doesn’t celebrate birthdays. We’reJehovah’s Witnesses, sowe don’t do that.”
According to theofficial website for Jehovah’s Witnesses, followers of the church don’t believe in celebrating birthdays “because we believe that such celebrations displease God.”
“Although the Bible does not explicitly forbid celebrating birthdays, it does help us to reason on key features of these events and understand God’s view of them,” the website said.
One of the reasons for Jehovah’s Witnesses to avoid birthdays is they believe the celebrations have pagan roots.
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Despite not celebrating her birthday, Olympia has plenty of occasions and traditions to look forward to sharing alongside Williams and Ohanian, 35 — in fact, her mom is evensaving her “whole shoe closet”for her daughter to inherit one day!
“We don’t make shoes yet in the collection but my whole shoe closet is for [Olympia] and that’s why I buy so many,” the superstar athlete told PEOPLE in December at the launch of herL.A. pop-up store for The Serena Collection.
Asked whether she’s also saving any of the clothing items from her new line, whichlaunched earlier last year, Williams replied, “Oh, absolutely.”
Referencing a pink sweater that proudly proclaims“I Am Beautiful I Am Strong,”the mother of one said, “I’m definitely saving that for her.”
source: people.com
