Monday, December 26, 2011

Happy Festivus...for the rest of us!!

Holiday Break finally arrived and Grandma Ding finally felt well enough to come visit. Yay! We have been staying busy by hittin the parks and bounce houses. Grandma Ding also watched Nate so Aaron and I could take Neve to the movies to see, "The Muppets". I loved that show as a kid.

We also went out to look at Christmas Lights. We went to the Mormon temple this year to walk around and look at their lights. Aaron and I make guesses on where they actually house the spaceship. hahahah..pretty lights though so we will overlook the insanity, just this once.
I was clearly annoying Nate. Sorry Buddy!




Then we carried out some Hanukkah and Christmas traditions.





Ready for Christmas morning!

Neve sang this for us before bedtime on Christmas Eve. I like her, "Yippee!". HA!

Then here are the kids coming down in the morning. It's super short as Mom Elf forgot to prep her camera and the memory card was full. OOPS! Oh well....


Nate's new bike.


Nate and Neve's new globe.



Nate's new Wii drawing game.

Princesses!



...and of course Nate's letter to Santa asked for "a snack", so he got it. :)


Glenn the cat, high as a kite off of catnip toys.



Neve trying out her new PINK scooter.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!! Thank you to all our family and friends! Dreading the next week without school, but we will make it somehow...right?!?





Saturday, December 17, 2011

MOM: "Neve-what kind of party do you want for your birthday?" NEVE: "Pink! Pink! PInk!'

...and so it was.

Neve would not stop asking for a "PINK!" party for her 4th birthday...so we pinkified the place and went to town.
THE PINKALICIOUS PARTY
If you've never read Pinkalicious, it's basically about a little (bratty) girl that doesn't listen to her parents. She eats too many pink cupcakes and actually turns pink. Neve thinks the book is hilarious. It's a big hit in the preschool demographic. :)




Our balloon/face painting lady came again this year and Neve loved getting a cupcake for her cheek.


Neve's little friends were excited to get their faces painted too.
Neve's wonderful friends, Morgan, Addison, and Lindy getting their faces and hands painted.

Aaron is also the most awesome dad in the world...he took one for the Pinkalicious team. (...and he even had to go pick up pizza with his face like that-HA!!!)


Neve and her adorable friend, Addison. I love that these girls are such great friends.

There was a play castle they could color with markers and play inside of.



..and  they ran around the yard and on he (too small) playset. Neve said she was the Captain and these were her "Mateys". hahah. Where does she come up with this stuff??!




...and don't forget balloon flowers and unicorns!


Then it was lunch time!


Neve and her darling friend, Anna, playing unicorns. :)


Followed by cupcake time!


Make a wish!


Happy Birthday to YOU sweet Neve!



The girls then got to decorate their own cupcakes! One for themselves, and one for Mom.


Neve and her buddies, Madisyn, Shelby,and Morgan, making some awesome cupcake creations!


Neve's special buddy, Lindy. I just love this girl.

Next was story time!


The blanket was a big pile of PINK!


PRESENT TIME!



Neve thanking her sweet and thoughtful friends.




I loved her party..and I am so thankful for each and every one of her special little friends. I love watching their friendships grow and I am so lucky to call their moms MY friends too.

A big THANK YOU to Neve's Granny E and Grandma Ding for helping so much with the party and with Nateman. My mom (Grandma Ding) always stands behind me and helps me spoil the hell out of my one and only daughter. We are just so proud that she is ours. I couldn't ask for a smarter, funnier, kid.


Neve and Grandma Ding.


Neve with Granny E.


Granny E with Pink Nate. Nate LOVED the fruit skewers at the party- they had strawberries, grapes,and pink marshmallows. It was his first time ever having marshmallows!

Neve with Mom.


Neve with Dad.


Neve with Glenn the Cat.

Thank you so much to everyone else that sent such nice cards and thoughtful birthday gifts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRAZY PANTS PORTNOY!
Can't wait for the next one! Better start planning now.....

-I loaded all the party pics to our family Shutterfly site as well.