Holy cow, I can't believe Leo and I have a 5 year old! Well, every year I want to have a birthday party for the kids and Leo wants to do something chill, but this year I won, ha! Marissa had a luau themed party which I tried to plan weeks in advance to leave as little as possible to the last minute, given having a 3 month old and 2 year old. I think we did pretty well. Now I just need to figure out what to do with all of these leftover luau decorations, Daddy is taking care of the leftover Mai Tais;)
As for our big girl, she is really, really growing up. Her expressions, mannerisms, the tones she uses, just everything screams I am a big kid now! It is nice, she is so much more independent then ever before and she started kindergarten just this last week a few short days after her birthday! Quite a week! A birthday with a party on the 19th, our 6th wedding anniversary on the 20th (our baby girl was so close to being born on our anniversary!) and then 4 days later she started kindergarten! Phew, I am exhausted. Note to self for next year when I want to have another big party, I felt totally hungover Monday after the party even though I only had
one sip of Mai Tai from sheer birthday party throwing exhaustion! Somebody please remind me next year that I should go with Leo's attitude of doing something very small.
Here are some photos from her big day!!!!!!
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| bounce house fun! |
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| Devin & Teddy with Nai Nai |
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| This boy LOVES his baby brother! |
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| Ahahaha, I love Teddy's tough guy look here! |
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| Teddy and yea yea |
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Marissa's Amazing cake, made by a friend of ours, let me know if you are
need a baker to make an amazing cake for your party! |
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Enjoying a hibiscus flower!
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Minor meltdown @ cake time resulting in this,
everything was fine in the end though. |
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Aunt Vicky aka Aunt Kiki. I have a feeling Marissa may listen to
her more then anyone else in the world! |
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| Typical Oliver |
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| Luau Girls! |
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This picture reminds me to tell you to ask Daddy about
the "helium shortage" story when you get older. |
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| Mai Tai Master |
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Congratulations, mama! I can't believe how fast the time went. Your top photo of the three kids is adorable. I want to catch up and meet Teddy & hear about kindergarten!!
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