Birthdays

We had a weekend of birthdays, and it was so fun to celebrate Brett and Emmy! On Friday, Brett and I braved the graduation traffic and went to Olive Garden for dinner while my parents watched the girls. Then we went back to their house for Cake #1 (which was actually Cake Balls - cake and frosting mixed together and dipped in chocolate - pure deliciousness!) and to open presents.

On Sunday, we went to Brett's parents' house and had a combined party for Brett and Emmy. Emmy got this scooter which she LOVES (as well as the darling jacket and a new outfit plus a new lamp from her aunt and uncles).

Nate got out his scooter and they had fun riding around together.

Then we enjoyed Cake #2 (decorated half purple and half green per each birthday person's request).
On Monday, we had a Pinkalicious Party with a few of Emmy's friends. Pinkalicious is a darling children's book about a little girl who loves pink and eats so many pink cupcakes that she actually turns pink! She doesn't mind it at all, but then she sneaks one more cupcake and turns red. Then she has to eat green food in order to return to normal. For the party, we played "Pin the Pink-tails on Pinkalicious," decorated and ate pink cupcakes (Cake #3), played hide-and-seek, and opened presents.

The kids all had fun, and Emmy did a pretty good job of being a polite birthday girl.

That evening, we had my family come over for a dinner (Chicken on Blues -aka Chicken Cordon Bleus - Emmy's favorite). Then we opened presents that included a new helmet, bike bell, bike basket, books, and clothes from us. My parents gave Emmy lots of stickers, stamps, and pictures of her that she could put in her very own scrapbook. (She loved it so much that she stayed up late that night and filled all the pages!) My mom also found a really cute Build-a-Bear that Emmy could sew and then decorate the clothes. We've also done that project, and Emmy thoroughly enjoyed it. Emmy loves to work on a project, so those presents were so perfect for her! My sweet mom also made matching outfits for the girls. (Emmy's wearing the shirt in the picture above, but it's too cold for the capris that match.)

Then we ate Cake #4.

In case you were wondering, I am sick of making cakes! I'm glad I have 5 weeks until Abby's birthday, and I hope somebody else will make my cake in a couple weeks. As much as I love having spring babies, it sure makes for a crazy 6 weeks!