My Very Own Umbrella!

Elizabeth's favorite book right now is a book about a little girl who goes outside with an umbrella - so on this rainy day we decided to let her pick out her own umbrella with a little bit of Birthday money she had left - she was so excited!!

She proudly walked with her umbrella back to the car! (she did not want to put it away once we got to the car - but I had to insist that we do not have open umbrellas in the car! lol)

2 Year Birthday Pictures!!

We had Stephanie Austin of Austin Images take Elizabeth's 2 year pictures - and she did a fabulous job!! Elizabeth was in such a bad mood - I was sure we would not end up with any good ones!!

Can you see the 2 year attitude? lol!

I wonder what she is thinking about?

She did not want to sit in one place for long! But then again - she is 2!

I am not sure what she is looking at, It may have been me telling her to smile for Ms Stephanie!! lol!

I am not sure why she has her fingers in her mouth! Lol silly girl!

We never go anywhere without "little blanket!"

She was in a very serious mood!

Pretty flowers!

Feeding the ducks!

Watching the ducks!

Tickles from Mommy!!

Sesame Street Birthday Party!

We had Elizabeth's 2nd Birthday Party - It was a Sesame Street theme party!! It was a lot of fun - I had so many ideas - we ran out of time before the party so I did not get the best pictures - but I think you can get the idea from what we did get!

Here were the Sesame Street Invitations

Here is our snack table - filled with a wide array of Rainbow colored fruits!!

Elmo loves his goldfish!!

Rainbow Fruit Kabobs!

This party was brought to you by the number 2!

Character Goody bags!

I made rainbow colored pennant banner to decorate and I had different stations set up around the house for the kids to run around and play at.

This was Big Bird's nest - a place to cuddle up and read books! (Because Big Bird is always reading books!)

This was Color with Elmo - the Table was covered with white paper so the kids could color right on the table!

Dress up with Zoe!! We brought out all of Elizabeth's dress up chest! (You can also see the gift table covered with a small scrap of Sesame street fabric I found on sale)

Ernie's Rubber Duckie Pond!!

The Ducks were a hit!!

We cleaned up the picnic table and brought it inside so the kids would have an easy place to eat!

Uncle Noah blowing up balloons!!

Elizabeth decided to put some of the balloons into Big Bird's nest!

Madalyn was helping!

I made a counting board - Count with the Count!

The kids enjoyed counting the objects

Snack time!

Yummy Birthday Cupcake!!

Pretty smile from Madalyn!

The juice was good!

Time for presents!

A pretty Peacock (Elizabeth's favorite animal) made by Micah, Madalyn, and Sammy

Birthday card from Grandad and Bobby! (She loved the cat!)

Everyone was ready to play with the toys!

If you look behind Micah you can see all the kids curled up reading stories in Big Bird's nest!