Goldilock's 7th birthday
She choose a winter wonderland theme.  We did a terrible job with pictures, so these 2 are all you get!  I ordered some snowflake bags and winter wreath kits from Oriental Trading, got a make your own foam snowman kit from either Target or Michaels, let kids make scarves from fleece, and had lots of hot chocolate and marshmallows.  The cupcakes were cute, some had piks with snowflakes, others looked like snowman heads.  We finished off the party with an encore snowball (cotton ball) fight

Angry Birds party - May 2012

Curly LOVES Angry Birds so I scoured Pinterest and the internet and found lots of great ideas for the party.  We had it at the park again this year.

the grandpas helped with the large angry bird game.  each guest took home a  bird (playground ball)

make your own angry bird feeder (pinecones, yarn, peanut butter, birdseed)

 there was also a coloring station with lots of different angry bird pictures from the internet

Curly opted for cupcakes instead of cake, and she and her sister decorated all of them

snack station: gummy worms, sunflower seeds, bird poop (M&Ms), and something that was really popular but I can't remember what it was!  the little cups are bathroom size cups

Pajamas and Pancakes!

december 2011

this was the theme of Goldilock's 6th birthday
all the kids showed up about 10 am in their pjs!
Papa Bear cooked up a big breakfast with lots of toppings

 The kids made fruit loop necklaces and used fabric markers to decorate a pillowcase to take home.

 The party ended with a massive snowball (cotton ball) fight.  I gave all the kids a plastic baggie and they picked up (cleaned up) all the snowballs.  I told them to attack their dads when they got home HA!

Curly Bear's birthday

This summer we celebrated Curly's birthday with cousins and friends from church and school at a local park.  The kids had fun on the playground and we decorated the picnic pavilion with a Dr. Seuss theme.

 We weren't planning to open gifts during the party since we were having fun on the playground, but it started thundering and threatened to rain.  We passed out popsicles for everyone to enjoy and let
Curly Bear open the gifts

for me Mom?

We are very grateful for all of the friends and family who helped us celebrate!

Goldilock's birthday

 We had to postpone Goldilock's birthday party because she had a stomach virus, but we managed to have it in January, right before we got snowed in for a week.  All of her church friends came over for a princess tea party and had cake and "tea" with real china teacups. 

Birthday #2, Party #2 & AWANA awards

Sunday, Goldilocks and I made some cupcakes for Curly Bear's actual birthday.  Papa Bear's parents came to help us celebrate her birthday and attend the AWANA awards.  

She got some more presents too!

After this, we went to church for the AWANA awards.  I am the Cubbies director (3&4 yr olds) and this was Goldilock's first year to participate.

Afterwards, there was ice cream and bouncy houses for the kids.

Problem solving and Cookies

My girls love puzzles.  Here Goldilocks is helping Curly Bear with an alphabet puzzle.

Since we did not have a birthday party with Curly Bear's friends, we took the party/cookies to church with us on her birthday.  Papa Bear, Goldilocks & I made some Sesame Street cookies with a cookie press.  The press was frustrating at first because the dough was too cold, but once it started working it was a lot of fun.

We made some bags of cookies to send home with her friends at church.

Birthday #2, Party #1

This picture cracks me up - Goldilocks has smushed her face in the chair.

We celebrated Curly Bear's birthday with my family one night while visiting the grandparents.  I forgot to take a group picture.  Curly squealed so loud (when we were singing to her) that her face turned red. 

Curly Bear enjoyed opening her presents.  She really liked this pink shirt!

Uncle Bryan gave her some colored wooden building blocks

Christmas Day

Some friends of ours gave us a small bouncy house that their kids had outgrown, so we saved it for Santa to leave on Christmas morning. Goldilocks was thrilled and hopped right in, but Curly Bear didn't have any clue what was going on. She was speechless.
After the morning excitement, we packed up and headed to TN for the rest of the weekend. My friend Samantha and her husband dropped by to say hello. Samantha's baby belly was Cute!!
We celebrated Christmas with Mama Bear's parents and Bryan that afternoon, then celebrated Goldilock's birthday after dinner with them. Goldilocks and I had made a pink Christmas tree since we had leftover pink fondant from her Cinderella cake.