Shower Fun

On Sunday, I had the treat of taking Gillian to her first official "Girlie Event!" Ok, so we took Colin too, but just because he likes the ladies.

My cousin Matthew is marrying the lovely, talented, and wonderful Rachel in October and her bridal shower was Sunday. We are very excited about Rachel joining our family! We think she's great! AND, Colin and Gillian are going to be a ring bearer and flower girl in their October 23rd wedding. Along with my cousin Becky's daughter, Sarah (age 2), and son, Benjamin (age 6). So, yes, that's three two year olds in one wedding. Could be epic.

So, C&G had a great time at the shower! They were totally spoiled by Rachel's family, as was Sarah. (Benjamin reluctantly stayed with his Dad, but I bet he had more fun at home than he would have at the shower!) The little girls got these cute aprons to wear while "helping" Rachel with her presents:


Rachel had an apron to wear too, and an oven mitt to assist in opening presents. She kept the mitt on the whole time and it didn't slow her down at all!


But, most of the fun came from the tissue paper "snow storm" that the little ones made for themselves. They threw paper up in the air, rolled in it, tore it, and just had a great time! Rachel's grandmother (whose house we were in) was, unexpectedly, in the hospital on Sunday, so she watched the shower on Skype and while taking pain meds. Apparently, she found the little kids very funny and kept saying "Weee, weeee, weee" as they played!

(Gillian is holding a cow dish scrubber, also very amusing to younglings.)

Great Aunt Sue also brought along her stash of kid toys, so Colin played with the magnet letters too!


Oh, and Gillian was wearing her adorable Sheep Sundress that Grammy Lynn made her, complete with sheep buttons on the shoulders! Everyone LOVED it and thought she was just a dollbaby!


So, Girlie Fun was a hit! Even with our little man! Bring on the wedding!