Friday, November 22, 2013

Happy Birthday Eva!!

Yesterday Eva celebrated her 7th birthday.  I have come to the conclusion that there is just something magical about the 7th birthday - the child just gets how awesome it is to be the birthday girl!  We had a totally rad scooter/skate party over at the local rink and I don't think Eva stopped grinning from ear to ear the entire night.  Made my heart burst to see her so joyful and happy surrounded by her dearest friends.

To start it all off I had the local bakery create a cake just for Eva with a puppy on top. She was thrilled with that sweet little puppy and made sure that everyone got a good look before we sang to her and ate it up!!

She was able to go in the birthday ticket booth and catch as many tickets as she could - 80 points, not bad!
Then they let her spin the birthday wheel of prizes - of which she won a flashing dolphin necklace- just perfect.

After that they played her favorite song request (Imagine Dragons-On Top of the World) and gave a birthday shout out for her and her friends to scoot around the rink to.

Top that all off with decking out everyone and their scooters in glow sticks, eating pizza and ice cream, and opening presents - I will just say that it was the greatest night of her life to date.

Happy Birthday Eva
We love you so so much!!!

Monday, November 4, 2013

This is Halloween, This is Halloween

My favorite holiday of the year!! We were ready and set and just about the first ones out on the street this year.  We all went around from door to door together as a family- and my parents came over to man our door for us and we love having them here to join in the celebration.

Our theme this year was the Wizard of Oz.  The girls and I love this movie, and with the anniversary remastered edition released this fall we thought it appropriate to have a tribute to one of the best made movies of all time.

I was Glenda the Good.
It's always fun to be a blond - but just for one night because we all know that brunettes are better!!!!
I was pretty pleased with how my make-up turned out :)

Olivia was Dorothy.
It was the role of a lifetime for her and she took it very seriously.  She would not alter her costume for warmth one bit and YES you better believe that she walked around for the entire three hours in those heels!!

Abby was the Wicked Witch of the West.
She was thrilled to be painted all green and get to tap into her evil side for one night.  Her favorite part of the night was having lots of people stop her and Liv to remind them that they shouldn't be out together-  they are ENEMIES after all!

Which brings us to our little Toto.
Yes that is Eva under there- just about as thrilled as ever to finally have a doggy costume that she has been wanting for just about her whole life :)
She looked pretty darn cute and went out with her sister's for the entire time, didn't get tired, complain, or have to got to the bathroom - looks like someone is growing up too much.


Paul made it home from work in time to transform into the Scarecrow.  He looked pretty great (even if he won't let me get a picture of just him)

My Dad had a new Pirate costume to wear while answering the door and he looked wonderful!
My girls kept asking me if his earring was real!!

Here we are all ready to head out and get some candy!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!