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!



The birthday girl was ready for a fun day!





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!



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



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!





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!

















She loved having us sing to her!















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!

 

July 2, 2013

On Paige's birthday she woke up to a lot of balloons!  They were on the floor, but Luke quickly put them all in her crib which she thought was hilarious!







Paige was then served her most favorite breakfast ever - cake with a side of fruit!



Luke wasn't too sure about having cake for breakfast though - my little rule follower!



Unfortunately Daddy had his high school golf league that morning and a baseball game in the afternoon, but the three of us headed to the children's museum in Frankfort!

We dressed up as firefighters!



Dug for fossils!



Played piano!



And played dress up!







I then treated the kids to McDonald's for lunch but the best part about that was we went to a McDonald's with a play area - it's the little things that excite them!

We came home where Paige took a long afternoon nap!

Then we were off to Build-a-Bear!  We have never done this before so Luke was very excited.  Daddy was able to meet us there after his baseball game!









We ended the day with dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, followed by cake and presents at home!









It was the perfect day of spoiling and fun for both kids!

Our Golden Girl

Last year, we had family pictures taken around Paige's 1st birthday.  I decided to start a tradition then of taking a picture of her with as many balloons as she is years old.  Unfortunately my bank account doesn't allow me to have professional pictures of the kids taken as often as I would love so I grabbed my camera and Paige and did my best!

This is her initial go to spot to have her picture taken outside. Personally, I am not a fan of the rusted white gate in the background but the subject is cute :)





She was into posing for me for about 1 minute...









And then I settled for her running at me :)











Then she grabbed her wand for a couple more pics!





Paige ran behind her house and came back with only one balloon!



And then that balloon went sailing into the air and that was the end of that!



Taking the time to stop and smell our overgrown daylilies!



What a difference a year makes!