With two birthdays within four days of each other, plus Father's Day sneaks in there as well, it seems that there's just no getting around celebrating the entire week. It makes for a lot of fun, but everyone is definitely wiped!
I want to do individual posts about the girls, but they will be saved for another time.
Last Friday started our birthday extravaganza. Molly turned 2! Since we were throwing Jane a separate party with her friends in addition to our family party, I thought we should do something special for Molly too. We (ok, I) decided that Brian would take off work and we'd all go to Sesame Place. If you aren't familiar with Sesame Place, it's a little kids' amusement and water park based off Sesame Street. Of course the morning we went was cold and rainy. NOT ideal for the water park (or taking pictures...so unfortunately I hardly got any, booo). The weather didn't stop us from the rides though. And we even got to watch Elmo's World Live. By the time we left the show, the sun was shining and we got the girls changed quickly to enjoy the "wave" pool (we're talking barely ripples) before we had to leave and let Molly nap.
We came home, let Molly open her presents, finished up some yard work before the girls' party the next day, ordered the girls' favorite meal, for dinner- PIZZA, and ended the day with cupcakes!
The girls played with Molly's new pool princesses in their water table while we did some yard work/party prep.
The following day we had a birthday party with our families for both the girls. It was a beautiful day and everyone enjoyed a lot of swimming! The girls got a ridiculous amount of STUFF! (We are now planning a yard sale for the end of July to clear out the old for all the new- including baby brother's stuff!)
Sunday of course was Father's Day. After church we had a little picnic at the park, provided by Brian's favorite, Wawa.. We spent the afternoon at my dad's house- doing what we do best, swimming and eating! It's Nace tradition to have no less than 3 desserts!
Tuesday we celebrated Jane turning 4! She planned her own party with the help of You Tube. During the winter, she was an avid You Tube watcher (not something I'm proud of, but she loves to watch the princesses at Disney World). Well she happened to come across a princess birthday party that involved the "real" Snow White. After viewing that, she had to have Snow White come! She also watched about 4 tutorials on how to make your own Snow White cake. We invited her girlfriends from school, and our neighbor, to come. 5:30 that morning, I heard rustling of Jane's sheets over the monitor, and she whispered, "I'm 4!" Then she had to tell everyone else, so she yelled, "I'm 4 today!", waking Molly up. Despite waking her sister up, it was super cute! I tried to keep the party as simple as I could. We set the moonbounce up in the yard, gave each of the girls their very own Snow White headband, and they decorated little hand mirrors with stickered jewels. Snow White did come, and she made the kids balloon animals, played some games, told some stories, and ended her visit helping us sing happy birthday! Jane was thrilled with it all! That evening Jane got a very special birthday present, her first real bike! She had a fantastic day!
And now birthday week is over and I can't help but be a little glad. I can't believe how big the girls are getting, though. Stay tuned for more!
OK, you are super mom. Seriously, I'm glad sailyr does not read your blog or I would need to step up my game. Look like you had fun! Molly's pig tails kill me! They are perfect!
ReplyDeleteAnd p.s. we have the pink and white pokadotted tutu swimsuit as well! Makes me laugh!