"it's your birthday.."

me-"so, where do you want to go for lunch"
makena-"Costco!!"


really.. I am serious..
we met Damian for lunch and away we went to Costco for an $8 birthday feast.. she was ecstatic!

daddy had a few gifts for her to open on our way..
pizza + pink lemonade= a 5 year old's birthday wish...
who knew??
did you?!


so second request was Baskin Robbins and 3 scoops?!!!!
She finished every last bit of her creation of pink and blue delicious-ness..
that is Blue Raspberry on the bottom
then Pink Bubble Gum in the middle (but.. she doesn't like the actual gum in the ice cream?!)
last on top is cotton Candy..
Blue + Pink + Pink/Blue= 5 year old's birthday bliss
that..
i KNEW..



1 scoop cotton candy + 2 year old= (see below)

sugar filled twirling and dancing and singing paaaaarrrttttyyyy and of course NOT at the table. (Do you see her in the back?)

**

Let's notice the difference..

5 year old is still sitting, making sure she is slurping and scooping EVERY LAST DRIP of that monster treat...nothing going anywhere but into her mouth.

2 year old is dancing with ice cream ALL OVER her polka dot dress she is OBSESSED with wearing everyday, dripping down her face, puddles on the floor, and as she twirled ice cream would splatter all over the windows.. and floor.

that was our mellow birthday PRE- Party..

ya, i said mellow.. well it is the usual anyway :0)

ps- we do always clean up after ourselves and always TIP when we venture into public!!




Here is our Party in the Park...

she really was afraid she would float away with all these balloons...

i love her look of concern on that little face..

she is classic..

we did a garden theme with construction paper flowers in the pots and a craft table with fruit loop necklaces and rock painting and we made clothespin butterflies that hung from the awnings.

we were busy allll week..

the food was served out of flower pots and picnic baskets and we had silly names like ladybug pie for the pizza and sweet nectar for the drinks..

party favors were small pots with paint and brushes and a packet of seeds that i tagged and named "seeds of wonder.."

the kids loved them..

yes! even the boys!

we had 20 beautiful kids at the party and it was a lot of fun!!!!!

rainbow cake..

don't let it fool you..

there was CHOCOLATE inside!!!!!!

i think she is part kangaroo by the way she just jumped for 3 hours straight..

this is her precious face when she saw the man coming to take away her jumping paradise...

it's crazy how you love your kids more and more everyday and how now after 5 years of loving.. I KNOW tomorrow I will still manage to love her more... how is that possible?!

some today's..

today damian brought me home flowers just because..




today makena built a pyramid of deflated birthday balloons when she discovered the air conditioning vent for the first time..


today the girls danced and played for hours with those same deflated birthday balloons..

today he sang and juggled deflated birthday balloons..

(who knew deflated birthday balloons provided such great entertainment?)

today she got a barbie "big girl" bike and LOVES it.. ecspecially the streamers!!

(thanks grandma and grandpa)

today we put off potty training and potty training tea parties.. just for a tiny bit..

today i grew a GREEN thumb..

today she got her first tricycle..

today she went to a princess birthday party..

today she officially became a fish..

today we officially retired the polka dot dress.. yes we did!

*and whistle, that was a bad, bad purchase. i take full responsibility for that one.

**damian and i decided after this last washing to just neatly fold the dress and put it in her keepsake box to avoid the drama that unfolds EVERYTIME we try to take the dress off her and in hopes she will branch out and wear something new.

***and of course along the same lines, avoid ANOTHER picture of her wearing it!

today my beautiful niece turned one..

those are some of the "today's" i have been meaning to post but have been too pooped to blog!

3 cheers for sunday naptime! :0)

tea for 22?

so little chloe is now 3..

{insert tear here}

i just can not believe my little firecracker is becoming such a big girl..

she is mellowing out and i don't have as many crazy, hysterical, i feel so frustrated stories for you..

but that is why this blog is so amazing..

i can go back and remind myself.. laugh.. cry.. and move on..

lately..

she went to a big girl bed.

she ate a cucumber the other day?!!

she says "no mommy, i do it".

she went to her first drop off birthday party..(although.. i know the mom well)

she has her very own friends.

she goes to the refidgerator, opens the door grabs her gallon of milk.. proceeds to drag it through the entire, just house to tell me she is thirsty...

and those sweet little cheeks, that darling voice, those adorable toes, those big brown eyes..

i can go on and on.

i love you so much chloe and am soo proud of you.

happy birthday sweetie pie.

0k. i am done..

so.

here are some photos of the little soiree!

a tea party for 22 wee one's..

yes..

i said 22..

swords for the boys..

mimosas for the mommy and daddy's..

all the sweet kiddies belted out happy birthday with such gusto!!

and a few "chaa chaa chaa's"..

it's the new thing you know?

my friend tara did the beautiful face painting...

 a gift in itself..

thanks tara!

xo

                               
                                          this is the gigantic bouncer/slide requested about 3 months ago..
                                                                  
                      birthday girl got to do as she pleased all day.. including going up the slide wrong way??
                                                                        
                                                                    i was not stopping her...
                                                                             would you?

cutie pie landon..

nobody does pink better..

a couple girls getting a sneak peak of the tea cup cupcakes..

"which one shall i choose?"

a very difficult decision.

very difficult.

all the girls got pink tutu's..

 they all waited sooo patiently for the face painting..

i was in awe that they really just simply waited.

so it is possible?

who knew?

did i mention there was a lot..

i mean a lot of sugar?

strawberry lemonade and fruit loops?

pink sprinkle donuts..

a pinkest of pink menu..

afterall, it was a 10 am party.

breakfast of champions?!

how gorgeous are these cupcakes?

they were d.i.v.i.n.e.

lara made these beauties!!

thank you lovey!

xo

down the slide... an action shot..

how adorable is he??

seriously?

so cute.

an attempt for a family pic??

just real quick..

umm.

chloe not having it?

did i mention there was a lot of sugar at the party?

and that smile makes my heart smile...

wide

:)

good times.

:)

how many cupcakes until you are 5?

we had birthday cupcakes last week with ella and amelie at quail botanical gardens..
it was messy and quite the yummy feast..
i made 24 cupcakes..

today we had a birthday celebration at summer school..
(we came back 2 days this week because i am having seperation anxiety..)
i made another 24 cupcakes this time pink on pink, blue sprinkles and "donuts" on top..
can you imagine the parents face tonight at dinner when the wee-one says..
"i had a cupcake with a donut on top at school today"



this is the wonderful Mrs. McCorristin who i wish i could put in my purse and take home with me.
we love her that much... really.
so she reads a book titled "the day you were born"

this is a birthday poster i made from 1-5 years with pictures ...

it too, had to be pink..

there is an adorable little song/skit they do where makena is the earth and picks a friend to be the sun.. she picked chloe but chloe was stacking blocks on the other side of the room...

sooooooo

she picked me!! ;0)

i'll take it!

so the song goes...

"the earth goes round' the sun, the earth goes round the sun'..

"now you are 1.."

"what were you doing at 1?"

she said she was eating and drinking milk..

allll the way to 5..

"what are you doing at 5?"

she said reading and learning to ride her bike without training wheels and it's wobbly..

so that makes 48 cupcakes i have made and we are not even in her birthday month yet...

and it is bikini season..

i want to say a very heart felt thank you to the tankini...

and this last picture i had to post to remind myself to watch my ummmmm "expressions"...

how much does she look like me here???!!?!?!?

Happy Friday!!!