1st Birthday Balloon Party

 

 I just hosted my very first birthday party!!! I mean, really, no help from my Mom, no input from my Mom, no help from my husband. It was all me! And it came together perfectly! *Pat Pat Pat* I am so proud of me! 

My son Daniel (Danny) just turned a year old! WOW! Time really does fly! He is a blessing. We started with chatter and then moved onto cake. He liked the frosting-mushing. He really didn't eat the cake. But he enjoyed the mess anyway. He received some wonderful presents, toys and clothes alike. It was a good time of friends and family.

 

Received a Wisconsin Badger hat from MumMum & Papa

Pair of sun glasses to match the hat

Daddy enjoying Danny

the decorations

wondering what was going on

yawning...after his nap

playing with a huge balloon

playing with friends

playing with sister

"Nah that balloon is gonna miss me"

 We all enjoyed playing with the balloons. The wonder in his face as they floated and fell was priceless.

 I put the plate in front of him on his tray...and he looked at the cake like "what is that?" It was very funny.

I mush this Momma...I mush it really good...

      Penelope enjoying her cupcake and ice cream. She did a good job through the whole party. She knew it was Danny's special day. She truly is becoming a good 'big sister'.

                               Our friend, Abigail enjoyed her cupcake, ice cream, and snacks.

 Our friend Lilly, enjoyed the noise, balloons, and different toys.

 Douglas enjoyed Dennis. He just grin and chuckled the whole time was visiting.

 Just a little chocolate Mom...you know how to get chocolate out of fabrics right?

 Penelope and Grammy

Our new doll from The Mollie Shop (http://themollieshop.com/). Mollie Dollies are wonderful doll of high quality. This one was custom made form my son.

It was a wonderful party, wonderful time!

A motorcycle Dream

Okay, I know I already shared a story featuring my daughter. I do have a son. The newest news for him is, he is climbing the stairs and teething. Not much but I am sure in the future I will share a story with him as the main character.

Now on to what happened this afternoon. We were on our way home from Sunday evening church and we had a 'pack' of motorcycles whiz passed. I pointed them out to Penny in the back seat. And here is how the reaction went.

"yay!" exclaims Penny. They whiz by...then no more...."more, Momma more"

"There are no more Baby," I tell her. She folds her little hands "Pwweeeeaaassse" she begs. "Sorry sweetie, maybe you can ask Daddy to show you some pictures of motorcycles on the computer when we get home."

"I will" she huffed "Daddy show me." And she promptly crossed her arms. So we finish our drive home. I take her out of the car and she heads up the stairs and Daddy opened the door for her.
The moment she is inside she asked "bicyles puter Daddy pease?"

 He looks to me for translation. "She wants to see pictures of motorcycles on the computer."

He looks down at penny and explains to her he has to go to the store and to pick up super. "Right after I return from getting super we'll look at motorcycles," Daddy replies. Daddy left. I distract Penny with the thoughts of a Veggie Tale movie. I hear a motorcycle outside. Our neighbor's brother comes rolling up and parks. I lift Penny up so she can see the bike. 

"Pease Momma I see it?" she folded her hands "pweeaasse" she begged. So I took her to the stairs and warned Ms. Hellen she was coming down. Scooped up Danny and out we went. Rodger carried Penny over and sat her down on the motorcycle. The grin Penny had was priceless. She clapped her hands and cheered. So I caught a few pictures of Penny on a motorcycle. It was a moment in time that was priceless and will always be remembered. 

Do you think we may have a biker in the future?? (If Daddy will permit it)

Little helper

I would like to share the joy that is my daughter. She is 2 1/2 and ready to take on the world. Penelope is very 'ahead' of the game in many areas. She is our little over achiever. Penny is at times too smart for her own good. Yes, that means she keeps Momma and Daddy on our toes!

We have been working with the alphabet and sitting to learn for school. To her it is a fun game. Which, I’m very happy about. It means when school really does begin, she will think it fun to go.  As learning as progressed, we add in 'NEW' learn tools. Scissors are the latest tool, along with a pencil. Penny does really well with writing with the pencil. We are just starting to follow dotted lines of the letter shapes. The scissors are chopping up every piece of paper I give her, including a few I didn't. Each time she uses them, she gets better with them. 

Friday was a 'work' day, as most days are and she wanted to help me 'work'. She is hard working. ☺ Together we came up with a plan. I cut up the sock left overs into the stuffing that is used for the sock animals. Well, we tested her little safety scissors. And surprisingly they CUT sock fabric!! So I put her to 'work'. The seriousness that manifested in my daughter was amazing. She turned super focused and cut, cut, and cut, till the sock remnants were in the bag. I was amazed at how fast she completed the task. A few hours, as she did get distracted by her brother, me, and the TV show Sesame Street. I only took one photo but it is one I will always treasure.

I am so thankful I have a daughter who will to help Momma out. ☺ She is a treasure. Now if we can get her to start helping pick up the toys every night...we'd be golden. ☺