Pink and Chocolate Party

Party Prep

We go all out with decorations so just wanted to share a few of those. Of course colors are pink and chocolate. :) Then I also painted Lorelei's toe nails for the first time ever! Figured a special occasion was a good reason to give it a shot. She sat very well for it and loves looking at her toes. "Pretty" is her reaction each time she notices them. As we were preparing all the goodies for the party Lorelei took advantage and snuck some early morning cookies, pretzels...you name it. I was in the kitchen doing something only to come out and find she had taken a bite out of several cookies and then put them back on the tray! She was very much enjoying the freedom to eat everything while we were distracted. :) Then of course we were running late and eventually ended up even having to do her hair during the party! So much for being prepared. :)

Party Fun

I had planned a few activities for the kids to do during the party. The first being decorating their own party hats. This is because pretty much every time Lorelei puts on a hat she says "party" so we just had to make sure she had a hat for her official party. Her friends did a great job decorating their own hats with stickers, but Lorelei really could have cared less! She preferred playing with "Mi" aka Mike, Lily's dad. :) Whatever makes the birthday girl happy! Then pudding painting was the main event. All three girls joined in on the painting. Lorelei did way more eating of the pudding than she did painting. :)

Party Song

Here is the part where I blame my pregnancy when I tell you that I did not think to charge the camera before the party...SO the best part of the song was cut off! The battery died just as the song ended and Lorelei perfectly blew out the candles! She really was trying to blow them out through most of the song, but then managed to get them blown out just at the right time...if only we had the evidence to prove it. :( We then re-lit the candles to try and catch it on film only to have her get one blown out and then try and touch the other one. Thankfully no burns to show for it, although a big scary for her. She got distracted by bribing with getting to eat her cupcake. :)

Party Yum

Since chocolate was part of the theme I wanted to make sure and have plenty of it. To add to the chocolate cupcakes we had more sprinkles, chocolate or strawberry ice cream, Coco Puffs, and chocolate syrup. Brad even added some of the fondue chocolate to Lorelei's bowl. Amazingly enough she DID take a nap that day. :) I was glad that the grown ups were able to relax and enjoy some fondue. Its a good thing I didn't sit down near it until the end of the party because the chocolate with strawberries was pretty yummy! We did also have a few healthy things and some lunch...but really just ate the chocolate. :)

Party Bummer

No pictures to go with this one, but the party ended with a big bummer! Poor Lily fell and hit her lip on a plastic chair, busting it open and had to get two stitches! Thankfully she seems to be doing much better after a few days but we are so sad that she had to leave the party. This also means we didn't get a group picture...maybe someday we will learn to take the picture first thing so that the kids are not tired and ready for naps...or on their way to the ER!

We also made an attempt to get a family picture. Couldn't get Lorelei looking at the camera...but again, do this before they are ready for naps! Thought it was still cute anyway.

We were so thankful that we had our good friends to spend Lorelei's 2nd birthday with. Thanks for celebrating with us!