Taylor's Elmo Party!

Today we celebrated a certain cute little boy turning 2 tomorrow!  Yep Taylor had a big birthday party and of course it had to be based off of one of his favorite things, Elmo!  Thanks to Pintrest I was able to find a lot of great ideas I could DIY and after a few late nights it all came together.  Here is the decorations

 Elmo Loves his Goldfish, His crayons too!

 Picture timeline from Taylor's last year, and this party is brought to you by the Letter T and the Number 2!

 Mantle with more photos of Taylor

 A few visitors from the Street!

 Footprints leading to the door and the lamppost I drew on the door that said Taylor's World

 Crayon Wreath

 The food

 Cookie Monster Toss and the Oscar the Grouch Trash Toss

Pin the Nose on Elmo

 

We just had family and a few friends we invited.  (sadly a few friends could not attend)  We wanted to keep it small, because Taylor does not like a lot of noise and craziness.  We had it Sunday after naptime and happily the weather decided to be great and the kiddos got to run around and play outside in the sun despite the wind!  Taylor loved all the Elmo stuff around and really loved his new shirt made by a sweet friend.  Here are a few photos of the birthday fun!

 Sissy and Taylor

 Mommy made me sit down

 Here is the ball

 Were my cousins go?

 Bubbles with daddy

 present time

 When Taylor decided to eat a cookie and watch sissy open some presents.

 Daddy please open my new Calliou toy right now!

 Time to blow out the candles

 Teaching her cousin how to play the game

 love these lips

 Bubble fun with Uncle and Cuz

GRRRRRR!  reading his dino books

 

As you can see, it was a great day full of the Red Monster and lots of laughter and smiles.  I am feeling blessed and tired.  Looking forward to some time with the birthday boy tomorrow as he is no longer my sweet little one year old and is truly a two year old toddler.  Praying the terrible twos do not start anytime soon!



Thankful Thursday

Life has been crazy busy lately with lots of drama added to the mix!  However, despite it all I am thankful for the wonderful life I lead!  I am a mom to two great growing kiddos, I have a wonderful husband, and a supportive family to boot!

I mean come on how could you not be thankful for those cute faces!  Thankful to being a mom tonight!

Snow Days

Where we live, we do not get a lot of snow.  Last year we got only a few flurries and that was it.  Emma loves, loves snow, and we have been praying to have at least one snow day this year.  We got our wish, we had snow two days in a row.  But let me say that when we say "we got snow" that means we got barely enough to run a sled down our backyard hill and make a snow angel sort-of.  We had about a half an inch but it was a good snow and we got almost an hour a day of play before it melted away with the sun.

So, Friday when she had no school, Daniel stayed home to help me bundle up the kiddos (it was like 20 degrees outside) and have some fun in the snow.  Taylor has never seen snow and this was the first time Emma was walking in the snow!  It was a fun fun time!  Taylor loved the snow and went down the hill many times in our little sled! Emma squealed and made snowballs to throw at daddy ha ha! 

Saturday we joined a few friends at the local park by our house and watched them sled down a bigger hill.  Emma was not so happy about how step it was but she went down twice.  Taylor loved it and loved watching the older kiddos playing too.  Lots of fun and giggles around! 

Both snow plays were so much fun for all of us.  Watching the kids play and explore was the highlight of my year so far.  Family time like this is rare and so amazing!  Thank you God for allowing me to see the fun and beauty in these Wide Awake moments!! 

Here are a few pics of our snow fun!