Earth Day was Friday, and girlies had been dying to do another trash pick-up again this year. So, we made our signs the night before and they decorated them with Planet Earth stickers that day. Faith and Maddie were not kidding around about wanting to collect every single bit of trash that they saw. They were funny. We walked down to the duck pond, and then came back for a snack of dirt pudding with gummy slugs. Abrie was my helper for the dirt pudding this year, and it was delicious.
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Dan's family came over yesterday afternoon to celebrate Abrie's birthday with us. We had fun, and my girlies were so excited to wear their Easter dresses. The first half of the day was so ugly with non-stop raining, so we went to the library while Dan went fishing. The day actually turned bright and warm by mid-afternoon, and we were able to spend the second half of the day outside with Molly and Tyler. Girlies had a great time.
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Today was my baby girl's 2nd birthday!! It feels surreal to know that my BABY is 2 years old. This one hit me hard for some reason. 2 years old seems so much older than 1, and it feels like Abrie is more of a 'big' girl now, and less of the baby that she'll still always be to me.
I will admit to having OCD this week about the weather. I literally watched the forecast about 12 times a day, hoping the forecast for today would change. It wouldn't budge though, and every meteorologist under the stars was calling for rain ALL day long. My big dreams of having Abrie's party at the lake were slipping away rather quickly. But, we woke up to brilliant sunshine and not a raindrop in sight (despite weather.com's forecast still insisting that even at that moment it was supposed to be raining), and I felt so relieved (only problem was I overlooked the need for sunscreen, and Maddie got quite sunburnt from spending the whole day outside!). Abrie loves being outdoors, and this weather couldn't have been better for her big birthday day.
We spent the whole morning outside setting up her Bambi and friends ring toss game. Girlies all helped decorate the sidewalk with chalk drawings, and Abrie and her sissies spent the morning blowing bubbles. Abrie just loves practicing with Faith's scooter too, and so she went up and down the street on the scooter. She's actually really good at it for still being so little.
I had decided to go simple and incorporate 2 of Abrie's favorite things for her birthday cake: hopscotch, and Thumper/Bambi/ and friends. Thus, the hopscotch cake. She loved it.
Cousins Donovan, Ella, and Chase (and Aunt Lisi and Uncle Nate) came today and Nene, Grampa, and Tia Rosa. We all had so much fun. Cousins got Abrie the coolest water table (I've always wanted one of those for my little girlfriends) and needless to say, all 6 played so happily with it! It was a hit. I am excited to get a lot of use out of it this summer. We had an egg hunt over at the little day care, and they all had a lot of fun. And, then they decorated their little Thumper flower pots when we got back home. I made posole (with girls' help) since Abrie loves it, and she sat at the table tonight with the tupperware of spinach dip all to herself.
Tia Rosa got Abrie some really cool Crayola Wonders stuff, and they were all happily drawing tonight after a bath. And, Nene got Abrie some Thumper books which, of course, she loved.
I think Abrie's 1st ever birthday party was a success, and she had a lot of fun which is what counts!
My precious 2-year old:
2 comments:
Happy birthday to your sweet girl!
Her birthday looks like lots of fun. Glad you had pretty weather!
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