Alice's 3rd Birthday Circus Bash

 

Here are some of the highlights from Alice's 3rd Birthday Circus Bash.  She had so much fun that she is already asking about her party for next year.

 

 

The four of us before the party began

 

 

The circus snacks table, complete with popcorn, animal crackers, circus peanuts, and cotton candy

 

We had a lot of fun games for the kiddos to play thanks to the Lowrie bunch who borrowed several cool things from their church.  even the bigger kids had a good time.

 

The birthday girl

 

Kendall and Kaizer enjoying some lap time with their Pops

 

Here is Alice reminding Mitchell that she is now 3

  

Nana and Eleanor

 

 

We hired a really wonderful clown who made some really fantastic balloon animals and hats for the kids.  This was really a hit with the 2-3 year-old crowd!

 

 

Happy Hearts blowing bubbles at the kids

 

Alice loves to get her face painted, so this was probably one of her favorite parts, and the clown did a spectacular job of giving our smaller guests exactly what they wanted.  Alice was a beautiful rainbow butterfly.

 

 

The "big" girl blowing out her birthday candle with some help from Daddy.  She had been talking about this part for days!

 

 

Yummo!  The best part of every birthday party...cupcakes!

 

Me and my birthday girl.  She is now telling me that soon she will be four.  Hopefully not too soon, I would like to enjoy my 3-year-old a little longer.

April Happenings

 

 

Here are a few of the things we were up to in April...

 

Here are a couple of pictures I took of Alice wearing her new tea party princess dress.  I wound up using one of the for her birthday party invitation.  This girl is definitely not camera shy.  What a ham!

 

 

Here are a few shots I took when we headed to Lubbock for a Saturday to see a baseball game and for Drew's birthday party.

 

 

Alice at the ball park.  She was loving the new baseball cap!

 

 

 

Daddy and Aunt Melissa snuggling up with Baby Eleanor during the game

 

Drew and Alice watching the game from the Suburban.  Cute cousins!

 
 
 

 

 

Drew's Birthday Party

 

 

 

Matthew the Clown.  I think he should totally get himself hired out! 

 

 

 

Eleanor enjoyed the party too and loved watching all of the kids playing and hanging out with the birthday boy!

 

 

 

 

Alice even got an early birthday present from Mimi.  Ride 'em cowgirl!  She believes she is riding a bucking bronco... I wonder what will be the first thing in our house to get broken with the stick horse!

 

 

 

 

Daddy was the luckiest (and maybe the least productive) man at Lowe's with both a stroller and a little princess in tow.

 

 

Our little Eleanor turned 6 months old.  It is hard to believe she is growing so fast.  She is sitting up on her own now, and wants to be a part of the action these days.  She gets so excited when Alice talks to her, so I have a feeling they are going to be great playmates soon...if Alice will let her play with any of the toys.  We are in a "mine" phase right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let the birthday festivities begin!  Alice was so excited about turning 3 that she couldn't sleep for days.  On Friday she got to take some special cookies that she helped bake to her classmates at

 St. Paul. 

 

 

 

The one gift she consistently asked for was a Cinderella dress.  Here she is in her new royal duds.  I really do think she is the "fairest of them all"  and her outfit is complete with what she calls "tippy toe shoes".  All of the princesses have them, you know...LOL

Here is a cute photo I took of the girls hanging out together one morning before I took Alice to ballet class.