Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Party: The Prep

So Bells and I scoured Pinterest for the BEST things for our 5 year old birthday party.  After MANY choices, Bells decided on an "Under the Sea Little Mermaid Party."  

The invitations were message in a bottle style.  Notes were rolled and put in an empty water bottle.  Sand and sea shells were a must!  Since our sand box was literally frozen solid, we had to buy sand.  Put a label on it, and tie with raffia.  Voila!

 I had the hair brained idea that I wanted to make mermaid tails for the girls.  So this is what I came up with.  They are just wrap around style with velcro (that may or may not fall off every time they are worn).
The kids were great helpers in making the decorations and cupcakes.  Here they are helping make the fishy cupcakes.
 Here is our treat table.  (The Cheerios are the bubbles.)  


 Go Fish station
 Making our Under the Sea crowns.




 Such a fun party to plan!  I have only about a hundred pictures from the actual party!  We had a blast!

Happy Birthday Bella!

So I'm a little slow in posting Bella's birthday, but here it goes anyway!  :)  It was a long party weekend, with lots of pictures!  Here's her birthday DAY!




 Bella was thrilled to get to go to preschool ON her birthday.  Her teacher makes it EXTRA special on their birthday.  She was pretty excited with her birthday box and crown.  She wanted to stand in front of the long banner Kaley made for her.  


 Thanks for all the phone calls, texts and facebook messages for Bella.  She loved all the attention!










What a fun birthday!  Stay tuned for the birthday party of the year!  :)

Monday, January 28, 2013

Dino Museum

Monday, it was a holiday, plus Ethan's birthday!  We met at Thanksgiving Point again for a trip to the Dino Museum.  Our kids love the auditory exhibit there right now.  






 Even Grandma Hayes got in on the fun!  This little booth tests your ears on eavesdropping.  They play 3 or 4 different conversations and it amazes me how your ears pick up on different words or intonations of the people talking.


 J still wears these cowboy boots everywhere!  :)








So fun to have cousins close to hang out with!  :)  Happy Birthday Ethan!  

Friday, January 25, 2013

Sunday Birthday Dinner

Sunday we went up to Sandy for Danielle and Bella's birthday dinner. It was a good party!  



 The kids pulled out Grammie's Legos and played.
 The girls played Barbies in the hall.