Saturday, July 11, 2009

Cupcake 1st Birthday Party...

We had a quaint birthday party for Rowan today. Well, as quaint and it can be with having large families. We invited Rowan's immediate family, and a few close friends. As much as we would have loved to invite all family and friends, it just isn't financially feasible, as well as space friendly.

But her short little party was quite a fun one. It flew by. 2 hours is a short time to cram in eating, presents, cupcakes, and playtime. But we did it. It was perfect, she napped until about 1030am, party started at 11am, and she was down for another nap by 2pm! And she was very well behaved the entire time. Of course she lost interest in the gifts about half way through, but when a girl is as spoiled as she, there are a lot of gifts to open!

Here is Rowan in her three outfits of the day. The plan was the tutu with the cupcake shirt, pricely little shirt, but adorable. But the tutu was irritating her (it is a little big for her still), so we changed into a different pink skirt. Then we couldn't wait to play in the pool and watertable, so we ditched the suiting shirt and skirt for a swimsuit! I am sure you are all surprised to not see a bow on her head, but they don't last long anymore. We tried the birthday princess crown, and that didn't last long either.
Here is Rowan and her 3 boyfriends playing very well together! The boys in attendance were: Maison (neighbor boyfriend, will be 2 in September), Cousin Kieran (will be 2 on the 27th), and Breyson (2nd cousin once removed or something like that, he was 1 in May)
Rowan had a blast going down the slide into the pool, Grandpa Bill and Uncle Blayne both helped her slide down several times!
The cupcake eating!
And last but not least, presents! Lots of presents. Now I need to pack away some old ones to make room for the new ones!
Hope you all don't mind the new collage look, it is way easier than uploading tons of photos! Thanks again Molly!