Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Reese's Birthday Party

We celebrated Reese's birthday tonight with Val, Jen and all the cousins.  Reese had a great time.  Here are some highlights.
Pre-party it was tough keeping her away from the pile of presents
 Asher showing off his new finger puppet from Nana
 Reese and Asher playing finger puppets (until Reese took both and ran off with them seconds later...)
 The awesome Elmo cake made by a friend of ours
 The crew enjoying tacos
 Asher and the remains of his tacos
 Reese calling Grandma to tell her to come over
 Enjoying having everybody sing Happy Birthday to me
 Blowing out the candles...she knew exactly what to do and blew out all 3 on the first try
 Opening the princess card from Jeff and Michelle
 The present opening paused for about 10 minutes while Reese put each of her new stickers on her new book
 Opening gifts with gusto
 Reese enjoying her new easel
 When it was time to go potty, she just pulled the easel over for easy access (note the back of the portable potty sticking out the back)...some day she will probably kill me for this picture
 Asher cuddling with a tired Daddy
 Reese protecting her chalk from the cousins
 Asher found some unique ways to play with the easel himself, mostly pushing it around while Reese was drawing to make it a moving target
 It didn't take long for Daddy to start using the new toy...I'm sure it won't be the last time :)