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Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A Goldilicious Birthday Party

I decided to go with a "Goldilicious" theme from the Pinkalicious book series for Paige's golden birthday party!  The book had been a regular in our nightly reading for at least 6 months!

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The birthday girl was ready for a fun day!

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That morning when we were setting up for the party we were trying to decide if the party was going to be in the backyard, garage, or inside.  The forecast was calling for a chance of rain and temperatures in only the 60's/low 70's.  What a difference from last year when it was 100 degrees outside for her party!  We decided to set up outside and hope for the best - well the weather ended up being great!

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We called on Aunt Abby and her business Life's Sweeter Side to provide the cake.

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It was torture for Paige to take a picture with the cake without being able to eat it, but I wanted to make sure we got one before things got too crazy!

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It was a great party for our little golden girl!  We had so many of our family and friends there to help us celebrate! 

And now for some pictures!

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She loved having us sing to her!

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We ended the night with some Facetime with Paige's Godfather Johnny. He was sad to miss, but he was out of the country for work!

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sunday, April 7, 2013

The Weekend

I still need to blog about our Easter, but we had a great weekend and really enjoyed the nice weather!

Friday night was low key.  Wally had a game and the kids and I watched Mary Poppins.  And then you will never believe what happened?!?!  Paige pooped on the potty!  We have had the little potty out for quite awhile now and she likes to sit on it with her diaper on, but on Friday, I was in the bathroom and she came in too (I mean, are we ever alone in the bathroom again???).  She insisted on taking all of her clothes off, including her socks, and I figured I might as well encourage her.  And sure enough she pooped.  I seriously could not believe it!  I was freaking out and of course made it a huge deal and kept telling her she is a big girl.  I think she was a little confused and grossed out!  I am sure it was a fluke, but we might go with it a bit and then do the 3-day potty training method we did with Luke at some point - we'll see!

On Saturday, Luke had gymnastics and Wally had only practice in the morning.  The afternoon consisted of lots of outdoor fun, filing our taxes (leave it to the accountant to wait until the last week!) and then we headed to Morris to meet our friends for dinner.  Apparently Chili's is one of very few restaurants there because it was packed.  I think they thought we were crazy when we told them we needed 12 seats and 4 high chairs and we weren't willing to split up.  So after over an hour wait, we were finally seated.  And I can't even say enough how good all of the kids were.  We were even complimented by our server before we left.  So proud of our kids, but we might try to find a better gathering place next time!

Daddy's and their baby girls!

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Patiently waiting!

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8 adults and 8 kids!

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Sunday was a super productive day.  As always, we were up early so I headed to the grocery store and then we were off to church.  Since it was so nice out, we walked over to the park by church.  Then it was lunch time and some backyard fun while Wally did some yard work and I washed some windows and outdoor furniture.  During Paige's nap, Wally and Luke headed to the front yard for some more yard work and I worked on finishing up gathering and tagging the items I am bringing to a consignment sale this week.  Once Paige woke up we headed to our neighborhood park.  Two parks in one day?  Luke was thrilled!  We grilled out for dinner and called it a night.  Super great weekend!

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And then the nerves kicked in as they do every year when we get outside - the climbing! There is no stopping Paige this year!

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She loved the slide! She kept saying "one more"!

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Then it was time for a picnic!
  
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Oh and I had to share this picture:

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He is getting so good at writing our last name!  (just missing an "S"!)