Molly's Scooby Doo Birthday Party

With two kids around the house this year I was just about set to order a pre-made cake for Molly's party but recently when we were looking at pictures from her 3rd birthday party Molly looked at her cake (a castle cake for the princess party) and said, "I loved my cake you made me so much Mama."  Then she gave me a big hug!  That was it - I knew I had to make my own!

Here are a few pictures from Molly's Birthday Party that we had on Saturday at her preschool, Happyland.  Earlier this year when we attended the Happyland Auction we bid on the Have Your Birthday Party at Happyland and we won (or as Eric puts it - we offered the highest bid)!  Molly loves Happyland and was so excited when we told her that is where her party would be.  I should have know better but one of the reasons Molly loves Happyland so much is the teachers and the first thing she said when she got there was "where are all my teachers?"  Next year we'll know better and invite all the teachers we just wanted them to enjoy their weekend and not feel obligated to a party on their time off.  The only down side to having our party at the school was that we had to keep the guest list short as there was a limit to how many kids could be invited so the school stayed in tact.  It was hard to keep the list short and there where many of you that were missed on this special day and we hope you understand.

So here is a slide show from the party and a video of everyone singing Happy Birthday.  More Birthday posts after her birthday on the 15th when we go to Disneyland!

Our little ladybug

Molly had this costume on about 5 minutes before this photo was taken of Gracie.  Gracie wants to do EVERYTHING Molly does.  So glad Molly is well behaved and very good (most times) about sharing with her little sister.  

Molly's Second Annual Dance Recital

Molly is still enjoying taking dance class and she recently had her second recital.  I was a little worried that she was going to experience some stage fright this year but she was so excited when we arrived at the auditorium and couldn't wait to get on stage.  She loves teacher Taylor and just like last year didn't take her eyes off her during the performance and did her best to keep up.  We were so proud of our girl!

Gracie loves dancing too and will be starting dance class in the fall.  During one of Molly's rehearsals Gracie ran up to join the girls in line and followed them with a perfect arabesque of her own and Molly was so proud of her.

Here is the video from the recital

Strawberry Festival

So last year we took Molly to the Strawberry Festival and she loved it!  We took the train, stayed at a beach front hotel and went to the festival and ate lots of things strawberry.  The whole time we were there Molly talked about how next year we would bring Gracie.  So here they are enjoying the kiddie rides together, Molly loves having Gracie to share all the fun with her.  Eric and I decided the best part of the trip is the beach front hotel and unfortunately we didn't get to do that this year.