We had quite the weeklong celebration for Norah's birthday this year. It was a whirlwind, and I think we're all still recovering! We went on vacation with Tim's family for a few days Sunday through Thursday and came home in time for Tim and Norah to catch the last two days of VBS Thursday and Friday. My parents and sister arrived Friday evening (that's a party in itself!). Saturday we had some friends over for a great party, and Grammy and Papa were able to spend half the day here on their way home from vacation. Sunday was our church's Mission Festival at the campgrounds nearby and we made a trip to Sioux City for Chuck E. Cheese and delicious frozen yogurt at Peachwave (Daddy had to leave early to conduct a funeral prayer service). Monday was a little more low-key for her actual birthday day. We fired up her new waffle maker from Grammy and Papa for breakfast. It makes them heart shaped! Grandma, Grandpa, and Jessi left and friends arrived to spend part of the day. We played Memory and Life, watched some Olympics, and opened up Norah's new Bakin' Treats Pla-Doh set... among all the other running around those kids did. Dad was gone most of the day for the funeral. Norah picked her lunch of SHAPED mac 'n cheese (usually we're too cheap for that!) and hot dogs, and we ate supper in the living room while watching Norah's new Dora DVD she got from Maggie and Aaron.
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| Norah had a lot of help opening her gifts. She got some great ones! |
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| This is the cute little birthday outfit I made for Norah. She's really into skirts right now, and I thought this was SO cute. It also ended up going really well with the Candyland theme we chose after I bought the fabric. |
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| Look at all that sugar on top of sugar on that cake! |
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| We went to Chuck E. Cheese Sunday evening with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Jessi. |
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| The girls enjoyed lots of fun and games, and Auntie Jessi and I enjoyed using up a lot of their tokens! |
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| Monday was Norah's actual birthday. Tim had a funeral, and we had friends over. Their parents were both helping out too. Norah's other friend (the boys' sister) joined us after lunch. |
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| Giant Candyland board! |
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| And "Pin the Cherry on the Sundae" were our activities during her party. Here are all the party-goers together. In case you're wondering... NO, I didn't get a better picture! |
