Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Party at the Little Gym

Cake time!
Make a wish!

Thirsty after all of that cake!

Mom, Dad and the FIVE year old
(who looks a little monster-like in this shot!)

Cousin A enjoying his cake
Cousin G enjoying her cake 
Cousin K enjoying his cake 
Mimi and Ty
Doin' the hula
Ball and hula hoop time
 The "high" bars





 Kiera and her little buddy, K
 Group shot with thier sunglasses on!
 Miss Sharon, the best teacher ever, came to the party too!
Thanks to our fam for all of their help!



Monday, March 25, 2013

Party Set Up

Dave surprised Kiera and I by asking Ry and Ty to come to Kiera's party. Kiera loves her big brothers. I'm sure glad they came to the party; they were  the set up and clean up crew! Mimi and Papa helped too. Here's the party scene at The Little Gym before the kiddos arrived...

The balloons were weighted down by pink buckets of crayons 
and markers. The kids were able to draw on the table cloth as
they were waiting for cake.


 The "theme" of the party was pink, orange and yellow which
was based on the bunting below. I only had one bunting (Target clearance purchase!),
 so I took it  apart and made plain pennants out of scrapbook paper to add
to the existing patterned bunting and was able to make two!
Dave "happily" removed the water bottle labels and we added
pink, orange and yellow scrapbook paper to match our colors.

 Balloons are an inexpensive decoration, but so festive...
especially when they are pink and polka doted!
 The cake was delish! We got it from Wild Flour Bakery. 
We had their cake at another party a few weeks ago and knew we 
had to have it too! Some of the frosting was falling off, but it 
still tasted great!


 Loved how Kiera wrote her name on the treat bag she wanted...
she had to be sure to get the pink sunglasses! In addition to the
sunglasses, the kids got roll on body soap and a ring pop

We didn't get a picture of it, but we also brought the Keurig coffee pot and pastries 
for the parents to enjoy as they watched their kids play in the gym.


Sunday, March 24, 2013

St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt

Kiera went into the bathroom and found a surprise...a visit from a leprechaun! Not only did he leave a surprise in the toilet, he...

...left clues for a scavenger hunt!
First stop her shoes...
 ....Then to her gloves, 
 ...And to the plates, where...
 ...A colorful surprise awaited! 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

St. Patrick's Day

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day at Mimi and Papa's house. Kiera had her second mini birthday celebration. Our little Irish Princess had fun playing with her "new" birthday gift...a Strawberry Shortcake Doll House that used to belong to me when I was little! Mimi had it saved in the attic for 20+  years. She cleaned it up really well and bought Kiera new dolls to go along with it. Kiera loves it! We enjoyed a lovely feast of corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and rye bread and pie for the birthday dessert.
We also got to check out Papa's new truck. 

Our Irish Princess
Getting ready to unveil her birthday gift...

So excited!




The Irish Mob
Wearin' o' the green (and orange!) mustaches
Doing the Irish jig!
Blowing out 5 candles
Papa's new set of wheels!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Birthday Breakfast

Kiera enjoyed her traditional birthday breakfast...a donut with sprinkles, of course!