Wednesday, September 5, 2012

A Berry Fun Birthday Party

We had Lynnsie's 3rd birthday party two weekends ago and I still can't believe
we celebrated her THIRD birthday!!  She wanted Strawberry Shortcake...be still my heart, Strawberry was my absolute, total favorite when I was Lynnsie's age.  I had the bedspread, sheets, curtains...even a giant strawberry for a toy box.  So as I strolled her up and down the party aisle at Wal-Mart to pick out a theme, I promise you tears filled my eyes when she pointed and said, 
"Strawberry Shortcake!! I want Strawberry Shortcake!!!"
"Me, too!!", I thought :)

Lynns helped make her strawberry cupcakes

The centerpiece...a brand new baby picture and one
from our family photo session earlier this year.

The Strawberry Shortcake table...strawberry ice cream cups went on the
two empty green plates

Strawberry cupcakes topped with vanilla icing and fresh strawberries.

Chocolate dip and powdered sugar for strawberry dipping

The birthday girl did not enjoy being the center of attention while
everyone sang Happy Birthday to her :)

Her friends eating cupcakes and ice cream

It doesn't matter whose party or where it is...Lynns is the last one
to finish eating because she is not gonna waste a single cupcake crumb
or drop of ice cream...this sweet girl has a very sweet tooth :)

The goodies from her friends and family!!

We got her a scooter (Sorry it's so blurry!)

She got a new suitcase you can ride on :)

I made some pink and green paper bunting
 (although it doesn't look too green in the pic
because of the flash) to hang behind the presents.

Strawberry Twizzlers for favors for our friends and family
who came to celebrate sweet Lynnsie's birthday!
We had a Berry good time!!


Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Summer 2012 Recap

Wow...I did not realize how busy we'd been this summer until I scrolled back 
through my camera a few days ago.  Here's a massive photo dump little photo recap...




We had picnics :)

We learned to crawl...

...and swim!!

We looked super cute while we watched out sisters learn to swim :)
We went to the softball field to watch Jacob play.


We loved each other

We became super heroes at the Savannah Smiles Spelling Bee

Mawmaw and Pawpaw came for a visit

We stayed caught up with current events.
We said "Bye for now" to best friends...
...and sent them to the mission field in Colombia with lots of love.





We made a rock garden.

We got sillier and sillier.

We got into stuff and my phone became a new favorite toy.

We got cuter and messier at the dinner table.





Celebrated the 4th of July and it completely wore us out!!
(Sorry, can't rotate the pics!!)

We started playing dress-up

We acted silly with each other



We found a new splash pad that we love!!

We went to TN and visited Gram and Papa





We started soccer!!



We got lots of kisses


We evacuated from a hurricane....

We snuggled a lot, too :)

And yesterday, our summer ended as we got our new backpacks
and lunchboxes ready for pre-K and Mother's Day Out