Sunday, February 27, 2011

Hello & Happy Birthday Kitty

Happy Birthday Hailey!!

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Today we celebrated Hailey’s 2nd birthday a little early.  She has her big family birthday party coming up but we did something small since my mom is in town. 

We had decided on a Hello Kitty theme.  Each niece came dressed in their own Hello Kitty tee and had a HK goody bag waiting for them. 

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While we waited for the rest of the party to arrive (the cousins) Hailey and Noelle entertained themselves.  There were cookies eaten and toys played with. 

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Once the cousins arrived, we sat down to eat and the girls dug into their goody bags.  They each had a HK towel, notepad & pen, bracelets and wallet. 

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Whenever we have all 4 nieces together, we try to do a group shot.  Sometimes it works…sometimes it doesn’t.  Especially when a certain middle niece shoots daggers at you with her eyes.

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We tried to get Chloe involved in the festivities but she did not enjoy wearing a party hat. 

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She preferred to chew it and show it who was boss. 

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By now the girls were needing to burn some energy.  They went outside to blow some bubbles.  Jeff had “magic bubbles” that the box declared were catchable. 

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They were pretty cool, until I realized they leave a residue after popping.  It dissolves pretty quickly but still, this bubble party needed to be moved to the park.  We didn’t stay too long and decided to head back in to eat some birthday cake.  You can see bits of white in our hair from the bubbles. 

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We had to wipe everyone down before letting them in. 

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We sang to the birthday girl and then let the girls eat their cupcakes. 

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Thanks to Crystal for making her yummy Carbonara.  It was delicious and definitely needs to be a repeat recipe.