Birthday Party Report!

Last Sunday we had a party to celebrate Colin and Gillian's BIG THIRD BIRTHDAY! All of our guests were family, but we still managed to have twenty people over. Well, make that twenty adults. We need some other kids to invite next year! We were very lucky that it turned out to be a lovely fall day; it was dry, sunny, and just warm enough for the hale and hearty to hang out on the deck for a bit! Our house is just a bit small for that many people!

Daddy and I had breakfast treats laid out for our Guests of Honor to open pre-party.


We had gotten them Cinderella and Thomas shirts to match the party "theme"! I think they liked them. G wanted to wear Cinderella at breakfast!

So, with lots of help from Grammy, Papa, GraGra, Uncle D and others, we were all ready for lunch, cake, ice cream, and presents by 11:00! We kept the cakes hidden until party time to surprise the kiddos. Here's Colin's Thomas Carnival Cake (provided by Giant Eagle).

He immediately wanted to "chuff" the Thomas from the cake. He kept asking and asking for it! I made him wait until after we blew out the candles!

GraGra volunteered to make Gillian's cake after I couldn't find any bakeries in town to make a princess doll cake for less than $70. GraGra then roped Aunt Emily into helping her. And in the end, Uncle Stevie and Papa Greg helped too! It was all worth it though; Gillian's eyes just LIT UP when she saw Cinderella!

They did such a fantastic job! We all appreciated it so much!

So we had a yummy lunch.

(This was obviously the Table of Honor!)

Then goofed around a bit.


(That picture of Colin in the presents cracks me up for some reason)

Then it was PRESENT time!

(Those were some GORGEOUS new coats from Leah. Unfortunately, she was out of town for the party!)

Some fun new games from Dickiedoo and Noonie.


A castle tent and princess dress from Uncle D and Aunt Cedes! Huge hit!



Aunt Cedes and I are obviously very excited about the walkietalkies from Uncle Stevie and Aunt Emily. I'm not sure the kids understood them!


Once Colin got his train, he was perfectly content to be done. Thanks GraGra and Papa Greg.


Gillian had to immediately "princess" herself!


We finished up the fun with cake and ice cream! Colin was funny because he couldn't wait for us to finish singing to him before he would blow out the candles. We tried twice. No luck.


Gillian's turn! She was slightly more patient with us!


The kids had so much fun at their party. They enjoyed it from beginning to end. We are so lucky to have such loving and wonderful family to help us celebrate our two BIG kids!