Friday, April 27, 2018

April Birthdays

My baby is 3!  Evie is a fierce, smart, goofy little girl and we are so proud of her!

That face

We celebrated her birthday a few days early at build-a-bear with her cousins.  She had a pretty good time, but as usual, was not interested in doing what everyone else was doing – the girl goes her own way!  We had pizza and cake afterward, and she was pretty excited about all her presents! 

Her bear, which is named "Me"


Waiting for the party to start.  Claire was not impressed.
 
Instruction time

Stuffing time

I love this sweet picture - the kids are making a wish for Evie
by holding hearts that got stuffed into Evie's bear

Snakes in the store
The party crew

Excited about her new bike helmet!
  
"Blowing" out the candle... with a little help from Will

Bear bath-time with Sarah

Spidey-bear


Let them eat cake!

She loves her Grandpa

Aunt Amy took Evie to the Disney store after the party to use her gift card, and when selecting between an Anna or Elsa doll, Evie matter-of-factly said that she would take both.  Had I been there, I totally would have said no way, but her doting aunt spoiled her!

When you get what you want

Grandma got the three cousins roller skates, and the girls are obsessed!  Sadly the weather was pretty nasty, so we let them try it out on our hardwood floors (probably not my best decision).  Maggie got the hang of it pretty quickly, and I think Evie will do great once she's on something with a little more friction.

All the safety gear

Team Donoghue





Future derby girls?

Jamie took the day off on Evie’s actual birthday since he had to be at his school all evening for their open house.  They went to the aquarium and had a special lunch at Rainforest Café.  Jamie really enjoyed that one-on-one time with his sweetie.  Maggie stayed home with Grandma to work on Evie’s birthday cake.

Evie opened all her presents as soon as she came downstairs
on her birthday... that's the face of determination

Fishy friends

I spy an Evie

Horse race

Evie was so excited to sit by the elephant

Selfie time

Happy Birthday to you my love!

Eating Grandma and Maggie's special cake

Evie got a bike from Grandma and Grandpa and is pretty psyched!

Jamie and Amy's birthday was a couple days later!  We had dinner with the family the night before, and then he and I drove to Grand Rapids for brewery fun on his actual birthday (sans kids).  Jamie had a lot of fun…

Flirting with Grandma at dinner

Horsing around with Uncle Justin

Cake time!

Beers with Yost!
  
Founders Black Party - all the dark beers
(not enough stomach space)

He's so cute

Here's a few others:

Making a cake... not even sure for who...
so many cakes that week

Evie finally has some Frozen pajamas,
just like her big sis

When you're princess-ing,
but you live in Michigan

My little ballerina in class

Sister shenanigans
Buddies for life
One of Evie's favorite gifts - her Elsa costume,
she's a big fan of the attachable braid!
Princess time
My husband decorated these cupcakes for Evie to take to daycare...
I think I'll let him take over the baked goods from now on!

The girls wanted to see what they were like as babies...
luckily I have this little blog to scroll back in time!


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