My little nieces were born a week apart from each other. Well, I suppose it's more correct to say one week shy of two years apart? Anyway, when you're this young, birthday parties are all the rage, so this year we got to celebrate a 1st birthday party and a 3rd birthday party back to back!
For my littlest niece's birthday party (I'll call her Little A), we had an intimate family birthday luncheon on 6/5 (she was actually born on the fifth). I don't think there is anything more fun at a first birthday party than watching the little one smear cake from ear to ear!
Of course there were gifts galore, but little A's big sister (let's call her Big Sis A) and cousin Cassy seemed to be more interested in them than she was.
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| YaYa plays with Big Sis A and Cassy |
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| Cassy reads up on Little A's new book |
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| Big Sis A plays with the diving, feeding fish |
After the gifts we had the cake, and mom and dad took a moment to get in a great picture with their big 1 year old!
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| Here comes the Cake! |
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| Beautiful 1 year old! |
Afterwards, it was just fun and games the rest of the afternoon.
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| So many presents! |
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| Ciao, bella! |
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| She *loved* this card! |
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| Grandpa reading to Cassy |
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| Big Sis A helps clean up! |
The following weekend was Big Sis A's birthday party at JW Tumbles in Ashburn, VA. Um . . . what an excellent idea! I gotta admit, when I first entered the place I had my doubts. It looked like all there was to it were some old gym mats (colorful though they may be) and a few jungle gym sets. Nothing too terribly appealing -- but then the party actually got started. Oh, boy, did it ever get started.
There were . . .
Parachutes!
Rollercoasters!
Swings!
Trains!
Gymnastics Equipment!
Even a zip line!!
The workers at JW Tumbles were fantastic at keeping the kid's attention for as short as their little spans allow. As soon as it seemed the kids were losing interest, something bigger and better than before would be set up, and the kids would get overly excited once again!
After all was said and done, there was cake and other refreshments (veggies, cheese, fruits, etc). We sang happy birthday and Big Sis A got to blow out the number 3 candle on her Tangled birthday cake!
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| Gift Table! |
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| Pam and Baby Drew |
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| Balloons! |
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| Me and Grandma BonBon |
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| J and Little A |
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| Taking a break with my girl |
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| Little A is the queen of lounge! |
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| Setting up for the cake! |
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| Cake Eater . . . |
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| Cake Hater . . . |
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| Cake Lover . . . |
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| So happy! |
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| Serving out the cake |
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| The Boys |
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| Three Generations! |
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| YaYa and Little A |
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| Bubbles! |
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| Jockeys. |
The party time was set up for just an hour and a half, which was perfect. I think by that time the kids (especially the younger ones that didn't get naps) were getting sleepy, and the excitement was beginning to wear down. But the party wasn't over until the princess bids it so . . .
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| Setting up court for her royal highness :-) |
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| Princess A makes her debut |
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| Princess A bestows gifts upon her subjects |
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| Princess A finds favor in Cassidy |
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| Just beautiful! |
The immediate family packed up everything and went over to J & A's house to watch Big Sis A open her gifts.
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| Go on . . . make my day . . . I dare you. |
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| Gift Table again! |
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| Picture taken by Big Sis A, the budding photographer! |
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| Picture taken by Big Sis A, the budding photographer! |
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| Little A tries to steal grandpa's shoes |
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| Grandma BonBon just about floats away! |
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| Our gifts to Big Sis A; I was thrilled with the wrap job (I am that strange) |
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| Reading the birthday cards! |
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| YaYa throws a bit of pizzazz on the subject |
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| Opening gifts with YaYa |
All in all, a fun time was had by every one, big and small :-)
When did I get so cheesy?
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