Princess Party

Since we usually do a 4th of July celebration for Audrey's party, we decided to have a little Princess Tea Party with a few of her best girlfriends (with Elliott too, of course).  We had the party on July 5th.  Thanks Rahime (my sister) for helping make it happen! Oh, and this was obviously before E Ry's haircut,  guess I am out of order.

Here are the girls from left to right:

Zadie (Ballernia Princess), Audrey (Snow White), 

Amelia (Ariel with legs), Harper (Fairy Princess), and Sofia (Tinkerbell)

We read "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and acted out the story.  Elliott was obviously
 Prince Charming.

Princess coloring time

Tea time with sandwiches, fruit, and cookies

 Everyone enjoyed some Red Velvet cupcakes 

Elliott's Haircut

Elliott's hair is really thick and grows really fast.  He has been miserable with it, especially during the heat wave and power outage.  He would pull at his sweaty hair and when we asked him if he wanted a haircut, he would say, "haircut, daddy's haircut" which in Elliott language means that he wanted a haircut like daddy's.   

 So, we did it... buzzed it... 

And he loves it!

Audrey's Birthday Party

After the Tree Show and rest time, we got ready for Audrey's 5th Birthday Party- which turned into a family dinner.  Eric was a little worried that she would be disappointed, but I reminded him the Audrey doesn't need a big party- she is the party!

Here are our pre-party pictures:

My sweet five year old

My sweet niece, Eleanor

Gogo loving her grandkids

Party time

Elliott singing "God Bless America" his favorite song

Red Velvet

Tree Show

The 4th of July is Audrey's Birthday.  In light of the storm, we had canceled the big BBQ party the previous morning since we didn't know if we would have power and probably couldn't pull if off even if we got it back.

We started the day with breakfast in bed for Audrey.  

We took walk to check out the tree removal at the neighbor's house down the street.  We knew Elliott would love it with all the huge vehicles, but it ended up being very entertaining for all of us and we stayed for an hour and a half.  It was a "pull up a lawn chair and grab a cup of coffee" kind of event.  Audrey later called it a "Tree Show". I guess it was!