June 24, 2012

Our friend's Abby and Taylor's son Brock turned 2 today!!  We had a blast at his pirate themed birthday party!!  Arrrrrrrrrr!

May 25, 2012

Claire received a kit to make this magic wand for her birthday.  Today I promised her that we would put it together and decorate it.  Here's the final product!

May 18, 2012

Claire received this fancy Barbie waterslide for her birthday and here they are trying it out on the patio.  I did get Claire dressed today, however, she loves her snowflake pj's and insisted on wearing them this afternoon. 

May 13, 2012

Happy 4th Birthday Claire!!!

A quieter day today and we were able to spend half of it with our whole family, including Uncle Wes and Oma!

And we can't forget that it was also Mother's Day!  I woke up to flowers and pancakes being made for me!

May 12, 2012

Today we had a houseful of little princesses and princes for Claire's 4th birthday party.  She had been telling us for months, that she wanted a princess party and a princess cake.  Here she is blowing out her candles on her cupcake cake in the shape of a crown with Sleeping Beauty, Belle and Cinderella lite up in the middle.

This was the invitation her friends received.

And the day would not be complete without a bouncy castle! Big thanks to our wonderful neighbours who let us borrow theirs for the day!

I made crowns for each guest to wear.

And the aftermath...whew, what a day!

May 5, 2012

Claire was invited to yet another birthday party today.  This time it was our neighbour, Jessica who was turning 6!  This one was held in Canatara Park at the playground near the animal farm.  And here is a picture of the birthday girl!!

May 3, 2012

Happy 2nd Birthday Ava!!  I cannot believe how fast these last two years have gone and everything that has happened in them.  Feels like just yesterday I was on the phone with my Dad at midnight, asking that he and my mom come to my house because I was in labor.  And now today he is not here to help us celebrate. 

When we brought Ava home from the hospital, I remember thinking, I just can't wait until she is 2.  Well here we are, and here is Ava on her brand new bike!  It's a balance bike and has no pedals.  She can run with her feet and then put them up when she gets going fast enough.  They are supposed to help with the transition to a big bike.  She can wheel it around pretty good already.

April 30, 2012

We are having a party for Ava a few days before her birthday because on the actual day, Mike is working days and I am working nights.  So we had a few of her friends over for lunch and some cake and ice cream.

I had found a little helium tank at Hobby Lobby and the ceiling of our family room was full of balloons. 

I had ordered a cake from Foodland in Brights Grove for approx 12-15 people.  When I went to pick it up, they had made one double the size.  My jaw must have dropped when I saw it, because the lady asked if there was a problem.  No it was a beautiful cake, I just didn't expect so much of it.  Thankfully, I only had to pay the price of the smaller one.

April 29, 2012

Claire was helping me put together the treat bags for tomorrow's party.  Each guest is getting a jungle mask in their bags, a different animal for everyone.  Claire had to try each one on and make the sound of each animal while it was one.  Too much fun!

April 28, 2012

We were out shopping today for treats in the "goodie bags" for Ava's birthday party.  Every time we go to the dollar store, Claire is instantly drawn to these wacky caterpillars.  This time she picked out certain colours for each guest, and of course the pink one was for herself.

April 7, 2012

Claire loves birthdays.  We often have to count down through the year to see who's birthday will be next and so on.  Today was her best buddy from preschool, Keanen's, birthday party.  It was held at the YMCA and they have a gym with a bouncy castle, bouncy slide, plasma cars, hockey and trampolines.  The kids had a blast!  This is Keanen blowing out his candle on his 4th birthday cake!  Happy Birthday Keanen!!

March 6, 2012

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Today is Mike's birthday and the house has been decorated to Claire's satisfaction with balloons and streamers!  The birthday boy's only request for the day was that we have a Dairy Queen ice cream cake with "crazy candles" as Claire calls them!