joy times two

Sunday, February 26, 2012

The first birthday party

The girls first birthday party turned out so fun! I had a fun time planning it and I was happy with how it turned out. I decided to do a baking theme for a lot of reasons: first- I love to bake, I wanted to give the girls a kitchenette for their birthday, I did a cute photo shoot of the girls as bakers for invites, and the theme was pretty easy because simple things (like cake and cupcakes that you do anyways) worked with the theme, also it seemed pretty original to me and I liked the idea. :)

First I set up a place where the cousins could dress like little bakers if they wanted:

I baked a bunch of cupcakes the day before that everyone could decorate:

The kids loved that.

Little bakers

& cupcake makers.

Want one?

I'll probably do the same theme again when the girls are older, obviously any one year old could care less about a birthday theme. They just enjoyed the extra attention, eating cake and opening presents. :)

prizes.

Cousins

Everyone baked their own pizza.

Of all things I splurged on straws, it was the first thing I bought for the party. Then I realized I needed special drinks worthy of cute straws. Luckily it didn't really break the bank, I got a good deal. :)

Of course, we sang happy birthday and the girls ate their first chocolate cake.

Hmm...this is pretty good stuff.

I want to try a little...

It looks pretty.

Eat Cake.

I'll do it.

Me too.

Everyone squeezed into our little kitchen to peek at the girls.

They were happy. :)

Want some cake?

Don't mind if I do.

Yum.

Why haven't we been eating this "chocolate" more often?!

This is what it's all about.

Lick yo' fingers good.

Then the girls opened all their fun presents.

It's always like a baby zoo when my family gets together, 8 babies attended the party!

Presents!

New toys

& some clothes.

Thanks to everyone who came and gave such fun, cute gifts to the girls! And a special thanks to my mom and mother-in-law who came earlier in the week to give me some time and helped with cleaning the house. And my friend Alicia for helping with the pom poms and going grocery shopping with me so I had a cart. :) And my mom and Annabella and Mirna and everyone who cleaned up EVERYTHING after the party. It would have been a big job and I was exhausted, I really appreciated it. It was a fun day filled with fun memories that will be fun to share with the girls one day!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

one year old!

Yesterday was the girl's first birthday! To make the day special we started with some breakfast pancakes:

Daddy let them play in the toilet while I wasn't looking, for a birthday present. I have 3 children.

We took some birthday pictures:

Yup, they're adorable.

I borrowed this bench, but they love it- I'll have to find a similar one. :)

Birthday girl Juney

Who's the birthday girl? "me!"

Pretty girl.

I didn't force them into the birthday photo shoot, they liked the bench... When they crawled to their favorite toy in the house (the tub), I went with it. They had a little bathroom break.

Birthday girl Lyla!

"I'm a big girl now."

Pretty girl.

They weren't all perfect and happy the entire time, in case you were wondering...

It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to...

Sad and funny. They will laugh at these pictures one day though...
Then we had lunch with Grandma Barbara, Aunt Julie, and their cousins Claire & Autumn. Daddy came home from work early so that we could have a little celebration with just the four of us.

First we gave them their present from us, which I've been excited to give them since they were born. :)

A kitchenette!

Now they have somewhere fun and safe to play in the kitchen while I'm cooking in there.
Then we sang happy birthday and gave them cupcakes! But not chocolate, I'm saving that for their real party on Saturday. :)