AR's Cinderella Party

PART 2:  Cinderella arrives!

From the minute Cinderella arrived until she left, Anna Riley didn't leave her side.  She was in complete awe!  Cinderella did made wands and crowns with the girls. She brought the Fairy Godmother with her and she painted faces while the others did the craft. When everyone had their face painted, Cinderella sang to them and told them her story.  

The Fairy Godmother was very talented in her face painting abilities!  She painted around 12 or 13 girls faces in the hour and everyone looked so different.  Cinderella could also sing really well. 

At one point, I went over and ask Anna Riley if she wanted me to help her with her craft and she said "No Mommy, Cinderella is helping me!" haha!  When I took her to potty, she told me that she was having SO much fun!  It makes it all worth it to see the excitement on her face! 

The girls wanted to see her shoes! :)

AK even loved Cinderella!

Hear ye, Hear ye...Princess Anna Riley is turning 3

PART 1: Decorations

Anna Riley's birthday is February 4th, but we had her birthday party on Saturday.  After changing our minds a couple of times, she decided she wanted a Cinderella birthday party and what better year to do it since Cinderella just came back out of the vault! I knew I didn't want to do the character theme so we just did blue, white and silver with a little pink.  

The tables were set up for them to have a "royal meal" which consists of chicken nuggets, fruit and cheese and crackers and then cake, doughnut holes and candy for dessert.   Each girl had a place card and a glass slipper filled with candy at their seat.  

I got the plates and silverware at the Dollar Tree.  

The invitations were done by Peyton at Do It Cute.  

I threw together a quick wreath for the door.  It wasn't the best
but I didn't have anything else and it took less than 10 minutes!

I hung plastic tablecloths from the dollar tree on the ceiling.  I hung lanterns and tissue balls also.  

Bret Summerlin made the cake and did a wonderful job!!

The clock on the entry table 

                                                  

In the playroom, I had a bed canopy hanging from the ceiling with lanterns and tissue balls hanging in the middle.  This is where Cinderella and all the little princesses spent the first hour of the party.

Sunday in Berry

Last Sunday, we went to Berry after church.  The girls and I stayed the night and Riley went on back that afternoon.  I love spending time in Berry, especially when we aren't rushed!  We had a wonderful lunch as always.  My cousin's little girl came out to play with AR and they played all afternoon. We got to visit with my grandmother and Aunt. Riley and I finally got to practice shooting our new guns. My brother came out that evening and spent some time with us.  It was such a great afternoon spent with family!

Snow day

We finally got to play in a little snow!  Anna Riley loved it.  She just wanted to eat it really.  Ava Kate wasn't feeling great so she only went out for a short time when Daddy was home for lunch.  

Rainy Weekend Recap

Boy am I ever ready for some sunshine!! This week has proved that I could not live in a place where it rains the majority of the time...depressing!  

We picked up pizza on Friday and stayed around the house.  Sometimes those are definitely the best nights!  Riley has been working on most Saturday mornings since they have a big project going on right now so he has to get in bed fairly early on Fridays also.  

Saturday morning, the girls and I played out all morning.  I just love having two girls and all the dress up and princess fun!  Ava Kate is jumping in on all the quite a bit earlier than Anna Riley did, she doesn't want to be left out!  Anna Riley had put a crown on my head (because everyone has to dress up!)  and AK quickly took it off and put it on her head and wore it around the house for about an hour! 

It was funny because after about 10 minutes, Anna Riley had already taken her dress off and put her "dajamas" on and Ava Kate was just getting started accessorizing with all the bracelets.

 Saturday afternoon, when the girls got up from their naps, we headed to the Tidmore's Farm in Northside to cook out.  It was actually NOT raining at the time so the kids got to ride the golfcart before it got dark.  Cameron grilled some deer tenderloin that was SO good!   We made Smores for dessert! ;)

She got a little impatient and didn't want on the fire!

Love my chocolate loving girl!

These two were very impatient!

Haha!!! Oh Talon!

Sunday afternoon we headed to the Barnyard for Talons birthday party.  It had not rained most of the day so we knew it was coming.  It would pour down and then stop and start again so we were still able to feed the animals and ride the horse but it was just a little messy.  At least it was warm rain!  When it was time to leave, it came a down pour so we got soaked!!!