Minnie Mouse Party Time...

The anticipation of her birthday party was almost more than she could bare. We talked about it for months and after changing the theme a thousand times, she finally decided on Minnie Mouse when we went to the party store to buy some napkins, plates, and a pinata. Then, after a fluke upset tummy (and some nasty throw up from the birthday girl) the party got pushed back a weekend so she was more than ready on party day. We started out in the backyard with some bbq hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad, french fries, fruit, veggies, and a whole table full of desserts and candy. I am pretty sure the little girls sneaked their body weight of treats off the table during set up and guest arrival.

After food we headed out to the front yard for Sam's annual party games. Squirt guns shooting down crepe paper (a bit classier than last year's toilet paper). It was a big hit with both the kids and Dad's once again...

I think his only regret was not getting the bigger squirt guns. In and out of the house for refills was too annoying.

 Then it was pinata time. Note to self: three year old girls are not capable of busting a pinata with a foam bat.

 I guess it meant they each got plenty of turns to try though.

 The thing finally busted open and there was plenty of candy for everyone since I stuffed an entire Costco bag of mixed candy as well as a Costco box of tree top fruit snacks in there. 

 Daddy helping Bails get the final few stragglers that got stuck inside Minnie.

 Then it was back inside the house for some cake. I don't think she cared for everyone singing to her...

 or blowing out the candles really since she took off and left me to do it.

 She did enjoy opening her presents...

 And giving each one the attention that it deserved.

 

 A few hugs for the party guests:

 And then the rest of the day was spent running around and playing like crazy. When we finally said goodbye to the last guest we realized that Hazel was hiding behind the treat table, once again sneaking treats.

 Who knows how much she managed to eat while we basically let her roam free. The white chocolate truffles appeared to be the biggest hit since there were a lot of empty holders and not very many actual truffles left.

 I left Bails on the couch for a second to play with one of her new toys while I ran to get some pajamas. Thirty seconds later I returned to this...

I guess she was tired. 

It was a great day celebrating our little 3 year old with some great friends. Love you Miss Bailey. 

Princess Nap

It is tiring work being a Princess...

but someone has to do it.

Walkers

I feel like Sam should get some kind of award for snapping a picture with all 5 little kids looking...

and in other news, after asking for months for hair cut, Bails finally got one. It was just barely a trim, but she sat there happily with a smile until the blow dryer came out. Now her tale has switched from asking to get one to now telling everyone she got one.

Princess Bailey

I am pretty sure we could get rid of all of her clothes because we spend about 90% of the time in Princess dresses these days...

 and in case you were wondering, if you ask her to smile this is the face she will give you...

My lovely little Snow White.

Reading in Bed...

 Well, if they choose to pull out almost every single book from the bookcase and dump it on the bed 

the least they could do is lay there and read each and every one of them.

All About Bailey

Height: 36.38 inches - 24%

Weight: 30 lbs 13.8 oz - 45%

Bailey has turned into a little goof ball that loves to laugh, and make us laugh everyday. She is constantly singing songs to herself while she plays, dancing to music, playing make believe with any little toy she finds around the house, and "helping" me with anything she possibly can.

She is the big protector of Hazel these days. Whenever I attempt to put Hazel down for a nap I have to fight off two little girls to do it. Hazel tries to escape so she can keep playing and Bails attacks me, telling me to leave her sister alone because she doesn't want to take a nap, she wants to stay awake and play (because they are best friends). I win about 95% of the time, but not without putting up a big fight against the little duo.

Her favorite songs these days are: 'Follow the Prophet,' 'I am a Child of God,' anything Disney Princess, almost every primary song she hears, and Pink's Try. She will break out into song at all times of the day and just sing at the top of her lungs; she could be in bed trying to fall asleep, playing with her toys, taking care of business in the bathroom, or riding her buzz car around the backyard. 

She loves her Dad so much. She is constantly telling me that she is a doctor too and needs to go to school with Daddy. She cries every morning when she sees that he is gone and asks me a million times a day if he is home yet. 

Birthday Interview:

1. Who is your favorite person in the whole world? Papa

2. What is your favorite color? Pink

3. What's your favorite television show? Mulan

4. What's your favorite outfit? Pretty Dress

5. What sport do you like best? Volleyball 

6. What song do you love? Head Shoulders Knees & Toes (probably the only answer to these questions that wouldn't be different if you asked her any other time)

7. What's your favorite cereal? I asked this a million times and she never answered me. Most likely because she loves any cereal she eats, sugar or non-sugar. 

8. Who is your best friend? Jane

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? bigger

10. What is your favorite book? Doctor Critter

11. What are you really good at? Singing and Dancing

12. Where do you wish you could go on vacation? To see Honey, Papa, Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy

13. What is your best memory? Singing Head Shoulders Knees & Toes

14. What would you buy if you had a lot of money? A Present - A Toy - A Ponytail (I have no idea?)

15. What vegetable do you love the most? Broccoli

16. If you could have a wish, what would it be? To see Papa

17. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Chocolate (she answered this one so fast and ironically I don't think she has ever had chocolate ice cream)

18. Who is your biggest hero? hmmmm......Daddy

19. What do you like to do best with your friends? Donald Duck and Mickey

20. What do you want to do before your next birthday? Go on a great adventure

It seriously took over a week for me to get her to answer all of these questions with the least amount of coaching as possible. We basically asked one or two at a time until we eventually had them all filled out. She is still the queen of ignoring you when she doesn't want to answer your question. Sam just laughs when I get frustrated because apparently I do the same exact thing.

She loves to pose for the camera and get her picture taken. She also thinks it is hilarious to make weird faces and then claims that is what Robby taught her how to do.

Whatever floats your boat little Bailey Boopers. There is never a dull moment when you are around.

We love you so much.

Three Year Old

My big girl turned 3 today and boy was she excited. We forced Daddy away from his boards studies for an hour and made him join us for the traditional McDonald's happy meal lunch. This time we ventured into the joint because this place just opened with a brand new play place. Like usual, my girls were most excited about the special orange drink in their cups than anything else.

 Hazel did manage to eat her entire hamburger, almost all of her french fries, and the majority of her apples. She may not look like it, but the little girl can eat.

After lunch all us girls took naps while Sam hit the books again. After a few hours we reunited and headed to Chuck e Cheese. Bails took a second to eat some pizza, but mostly she just wanted to run around and play all the games.

 I think this one was her favorite by far. Mostly because she could actually do it all by herself and the end result was usually more than a ticket or two. 

Hazel was happy to just climb up onto anything she could...

 

and help with the ticket return. Interesting fact about Sam? When we got married I was going through one of his boxes of "junk" and found like a million tickets (both actual tickets and the paper slips) to chuck e cheese. I made fun of him a little bit for holding onto them for so long (some of them were from 1997), but when it came time to redeem all of our tickets the girls both made off like bandits because of his hoarding behavior.

and even if they hadn't, redeeming them was all the fun they needed. 

 We forced them to take a picture in front of the chuck e cheese band even though both girls were absolutely terrified of it and they were clinging to us for dear life.

 On our way out the door Bails definitely mooched off of these kids horse ride. I guess we can just call it their birthday present to her.

 Then we returned home for presents. We got Dana, David, Honey and Papa on facetime and they watched her open her most favorite present of the day/year!

 Hazel was more than happy to jump in on the action.

 It didn't take her long to realize that she was already in love with her present.

 Her beloved suit case from the Disney store that she begged for every time we went in

 and three beautiful princess dresses. Thank you so much Aunt Pat and Uncle Jim. We can not thank you enough. She was beyond excited. She let out the biggest gasp and squealed with delight the rest of the day/week.

 A few accessories to add to the collection...shoes and a crown. What more could a Princess want?

 She immediately stripped down and threw on Sleeping Beauties dress. It did take a little bit of convincing, but she finally agreed that her little mini-me Hazel could wear her Ariel dress as well.

 Does this face basically sum up her day? And she hadn't even had her cake yet, which was usually her go to answer when you asked her what she wanted for her birthday!

 After the princess excitement we all headed over to the table for the mini cake collection.

 Mean Uncle Robby sneaked one of his trick candles onto the cake and Bails couldn't blow it out. Then the thing started to spark and she took off running and plugged her ears and left Robby to deal with the mess. It took a little bit, but he finally managed to get the dang thing out.

 It scared her, but not enough to keep her away from her birthday cake and glass of milk.

 Trying to steal a little of her sister's milk.

 Hazel was a fan too. I believe she finished off her cake and then roamed around with her fork trying to eat off of everyone else's plates too.

 I think it is safe to say that the little Princess had a wonderful third birthday.

We love you more than words can say Bailey Boopers. Happy Birthday!