When Elizabeth turned two, we started the tradition of having 2 parties for each of her birthdays. The first party is a friend party where friends bring donations to a charity. The second party is a family party. Our entire family gets together, grandparents, great-grandparents and immediate family, and we do the traditional birthday thing with opening presents. Below are some pictures from both parties. We had a fun weekend, filled with celebration of Elizabeth's 4 years in our family.

Ashlee and PawPaw inside the parachute

Elizabeth is a little OCD, it comes out and the funniest times

Elizabeth got to demonstrate each of the activities at the gym.
I think this was her favorite part of the party.
All in all there were 21 children. I was a little concerned that it would be too much, but these kids all have such awesome parents and they all were so well behaved. It was a blast!
On Sunday, Elizabeth's
actual birthday, we had our family party at my Mom's house. My mom made the MOST AWESOME cake. I was so impressed, and Elizabeth LOVED it!

Yes, that's a real Barbie, and no, she didn't use a kit

Our first picture as a family of 6
"Happy Birthday to You"
Please pardon the horrible singing, clearly
our family isn't musically talented.
So, I love the expression on Luke's face in the family photo! I have seen that look on Noah's face a lot lately :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks like Elizabeth had a very special Birthday !
What a seriously adorable daughter you have... two of them actually. Also, I tried to make my own Barbie cake. Now I have a melted naked barbie caked to the bottom of my oven....please help.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a great birthday! Elizabeth is very blessed to have great parents and grandparents. Mimi did a great job on the cake! I wish I had been there for a piece.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Mason watched the video and said "That's my best fri-yend."
So sorry we missed out on the fun. I love the video of Elizabeth. It is so sweet!
ReplyDeleteThis is precious... the singing was awesome... my ears are only bleeding a little. :P Sorry I missed out on Elizabeth's b-day... she's one amazing kid none-the-less.
ReplyDeleteThat's great. i love how little kids get this excited look as everyone sings happy birthday to them. Heck! I STILL get an excited look when someone sings happy birthday to me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun time, though!