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Yet again, I dragged Annette along in my hair-brain ideas for a birthday party (which, oddly enough, she started me on years ago). I wanted to invite the kids on our street that Evie plays with which includes those her age, some younger, and some older. Plus there’s her cousins. We ended up inviting about 25 – 28 kids. Crazy, right? Luckily not everyone came (although we’re sad you didn’t!). We planned on having it at a local park and then the precipitation percent kept rising. We were told Saturday morning just a few hours before the party started that we can use the nursery room at the church. I was down in Springville helping Annette and finishing the cake (thank you Annette for finishing it!) , cutting out the horse heads (thank you Lauren and Kayley!) and sanding the yard sticks (thank you Joel!). I showed up 10 minutes before the party started. Luckily Steve and Leona got things together and the kiddos ready. We headed to the nursery room, blew a few balloons, set up tables and then Evie’s friends started showing up.

The boys got tabors (or something like that…sorry Mike!) and the girls got princess skirts.  We had them start coloring horse heads and when they were finished they were attached to wooden sticks. The kids really liked it! Next we set out blank crowns (that Annette, again, rescued me and spray painted them silver) and let them decorate them with foam or sequins.

Evie opened presents while the men so graciously cleaned up after the kids. She was really excited. Bri, Rich and Jadyn gave her a baby doll (including carrier and diaper bag with all the fixins) and a princess cell phone. Ayslind and Cyana gave her a cute little purse with lots of bracelets. Reid and William gave her a bathtime Ariel with Flounder.  Tyson, Cameron and Kaylee gave her a wooden doll with velcro and clothes (perfect for church!) and two purple bracelets. Thank you all! Evie was actually willing to give each and every one of her friends a hug!

Next we had cake and ice cream. Unfotunately one kid from a different birthday party at the church building snuck into the kitchen and put a few lines in the birthday frosting (in which one adult didn’t even say sorry once we told her! grrr!) but with Photoshop I fixed it up!

And that about sums it up…oh, unless Grams wants to know about the hissy fit Evie threw in the kitchen where she banged – yes BANGED – her head repeatedly on the floor giving her a pretty little bruise. I’ve included that picture too! 😉

Spencer and Evie are loving bath time lately. We bought these neat color tab things that change the water color but do not stain the skin (or the tub). They come in yellow, blue and red. It’s great though because as you color the water, you can teach your kids how 2 colors combine to make a new color. They love it! Thank you Bri for introducing us to them! They are awesome!

Evie loves getting her hair straightened…and crimped. She is so funny. After a few months of bad attitude, Evie’s ‘tude lately has been much more enjoyable! She still has her rotten streaks but she’s also quite funny and fun to be around. What a hoot!

Hollywood! That’s right – we had make-up, hair do’s, boas, sunglasses, and the red carpet. It was quite fun, even for us adults. At the end, the girls even watched a movie outside in the back yard. Here’s a few pics

Last week we planned a Playgroup lunch at Bridal Veil Falls. Unfortunately, Leona didn’t come due to truck troubles and Rosanne showed up but didn’t see us through the tall weeds and turned around to go home. Luckily, Aimee and I were still able to get together. 🙂 Cameron, Kaylee (sorry Aims if I misspelled her name!), Spencer, Evie, and the two of us had lunch at a picnic table not too far from the falls. It started to rain a bit, but not enough to make us leave. The kids loved running down the hill (we kept telling them to slow down in fear of them face planting it). They climbed rocks, skipped rocks, road bikes, and just enjoyed the outdoors. Here are a few pics:

Evie was too cute playing peek-a-boo with me from our pantry

So, Evie, who is her own woman, has made me laugh a lot lately. She will take what you say and mix it with the phrases she’s been saying for a looooong time. I was looking at soccer pictures of my nieces and nephew and Evie said “dancing?”

I said, “No – he’s playing soccer”

She repeats “Soccer?”

I said “Yes – soccer.”

So she says “Go away sucker”

(the go away is from The Little Mermaid)

I tried getting her to say “soccer” but she just repeats “Go away sucker”

Oh dear.

So, last night I decided to catch up on those yearly scrapbook pages I do for my kiddos. Since Evie will be turning two next month (AH!) I wanted to finish up her “2nd Year” page. To show how much she has changed, I’ll put her first year and second year up for you to see. Can’t believe she’s growing up so fast!

I saw that the Fisher-Price company was giving away a Planet Heroes DVD so I decided to sign up. I’ve never seen them before and have zero clue if I’ll like it or not, but I figured, hey, why not! So, for those of you who have a little boy (they say 3+) and he likes super heroes, why not get a free DVD, right? Here’s the link:

Planet Heroes

So, I’m exhausted. Very exhausted. Stephen fell asleep, Spencer fell asleep, I laid down for my nap (especially since the kids kicked Steve out of our bed last night and kept me from sleeping fitfully) and Evie pounced, and jumped, and kicked, and stuck her feet in my face, and cuddled, and cried, and pounced some more ALL OVER ME! I’m exhausted and now I’m cranky. Steve woke up and I thought Evie was in the living room with him. I thought I heard something and I realized it sounded like water. I went into the bathroom and there was dear, sweet, mischievious Evie with the sink water on, the plug in, splashing in the water…in the sink, on the counter, on the stool and all over my floor. 🙁 Steve and I just kind of laughed and told her that was naughty. But now she’s mad and crying because I took the stool away from her… and I’m still exhausted and still cranky. Humph!