Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Party

We spent most of the day Saturday celebrating with friends and family for Anna's birthday. Thankfully the birthday months we've dealt with so far are April and October, so we tend to go with what we know - rent a bouncy castle and have fun in our backyard. The weather was beautiful and the day was just perfect for a polka dot birthday party!


Three of our babies, pre-party.
Checking out the bouncy castle before the guests arrived.

Her latest stance these days.



Our "polka dot" goodies.



My attempt at polka dot decorations.







Pop wore a special polka dot shirt, just for the occasion.

She's such a lady, isn't she?




The Birthday Girl in her polka dots!










Again, she's just so lady-like!

Sweet Claire declared herself "Keeper of the Dog," and walked Hank around the backyard for pretty much the entire party!



Yes, she's squatting in the back of a dump truck!






Goodbye hugs from Claire as the party was winding down.

Mason surprised us and showed up at the end of the party and Anna was thrilled to see her favorite uncle!


After the guests left, our family stayed around for lunch, presents, and cake!
Sam just couldn't make it through lunch, though.

Jack patiently waited for Anna to finish lunch so he could "help" her open the gifts.






Sam finally woke up and snacked on more junk food.

Our girl got to blow out the candles on her polka dot cake.


The rest of the afternoon consisted of watching football (see below), playing with new toys, bouncing more in the bouncy castle, and eating even more junk food. It was a good day!











Sunday, October 3, 2010

3rd Birthday

We had a great party for Anna yesterday with lots of friends and family. Pictures of that are coming soon, but for now, here are pictures of our celebration today (her actual birthday).

They started out the day playing with brand new toys - didn't even want to eat breakfast first!

Next, Anna got to open her gift from Daddy, Mama, Jack, & Sam.




It's Belle - her favorite princess!



We headed out to lunch and celebrated with leftover cupcakes from yesterday's party.




Sam REALLY enjoyed his cupcake!


Then we spent the afternoon bouncing at Monkey Joe's because that's what the birthday girl wanted to do today. And even though we had a bouncy castle sitting in our backyard all day (we rented it for the party yesterday and have to return it tonight), we did what our new three year old suggested and had tons of fun!

I think we've all enjoyed Anna's 3rd birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Anna!

Our sweet, spunky, mischievous, fit-throwing, wall coloring, music loving gal is three years old today. And she still melts our hearts the way she did three years ago when we first met her. Happy Birthday, Anna - we love you!