This year for the first time, I combined the girls' birthday parties. Normally, I really don't like doing this, as I want the girls to have their own birthday celebration. Well, this year, Mama just really needed a break.
I had promised them a pool party for their birthday (the place we were
supposed to live in Spain had a pool), which goes to show you my #1 parenting rule still makes sense.
Never ever promise what you aren't 100% sure you can deliver. Uggghh. Luckily, someone told me about this great "splashpad" in Alexandria, and we could hold a birthday party there inexpensively. SOLD.
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| Birthday Girl #1 |
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| Birthday Girl #2. She was much too busy collecting rocks to pose for a picture. |
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| Our setup: Drinks, food, and balloons. Instant party. |
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| Singing Happy Birthday |
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| And the birthday cake. Thank you, Costco! |
Fun on the Splashpad!
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| That's Lily in the yellow shirt. |
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| You can barely see her, but Abby is in the rainbow shirt, just left of center. |
Afterwards, we came back home, napped and opened presents. Much much thanks to all who spoiled our girls for us!
Oh, and here is a picture of the famous Barbie dollhouse! (I found this on an amazing Black Friday deal last Christmas season. But then I realized it would probably get destroyed in our move, so we kept it saved for their birthdays instead.) It literally is almost as tall as I am. The girls should get several, several, years of play out of it!
On their actual birthday, we let the girls pick out what we would have for dinner that day. Abby chose pizza and cupcakes. Lily chose McD's. They thought that was the COOLEST thing ever, hahaha. Takes so little to make a kid happy.
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