Raining with Cats and Dogs: February 2017

Hailey is THREE!

On December 12th, our middle child Hailey turned 3! This kid sure keeps us laughing most times (the other would be banging our heads against the wall from her not wanting to listen). She has such a unique personality, has her own sense of style (one that I usually don't agree with, but go with to make less drama), is a bit quirky, a whole lot of silly, gives the best hugs, has the greatest laugh, is pretty fearless, one of the pickiest kids, but the best big little sister anyone could ask for! And she's growing up way too fast!!!

To celebrate Hailey's 3rd birthday we started it off with opening a present so Cammy and Jason could feel like a part of her birthday. Then we sadly had to drop Cammy off at school before heading over to Elevated Sportz where Hailey was finally old enough to jump on the trampolines!!!!

So excited for her Elsa castle doll house!

Trampoline fun at Elevated Sportz

Little climber trying to keep up

Foam pit!

Rocking horses

Silly times with mommy

Taking a break from climbing around

After a morning of fun we then celebrated later that day with dinner out at Hailey's restaurant choice...La Palmera! It was a nice change of pace to not be headed to Red Robin like we traditionally do for each of the kids' birthdays.

Getting sung to at dinner

Special Mexican birthday dessert

All in all it was a fun way to celebrate the big THREE! Here's to another year of growth, learning and fun!

Hailey's Frozen 3rd Birthday Party

For anyone that knows Hailey knows that she obsessed with the movie Frozen. We have it on repeat in our car and the second we drop Cammy off at school she asks for me to turn it on (she knows Cammy is sick of that movie so she isn't allowed to watch it until Cammy is gone). She knows all of the songs and typically will request that we sing one of them when putting her to sleep. She owns like 3 Elsa Barbie dolls, 2 Anna Barbie dolls, and then Elsa and Anna in every other form they make them in. And for Christmas she asked Santa for a Kristoff. This kid is OBSESSED! So it wasn't hard when planning a party for her to decide on a theme...Frozen it was!!!

Since hosting a birthday party in the winter is really hard we decided to rent a space at Bee Bops and Lollipops in downtown Snohomish. They do all the decorating for your specific theme and run the party. All I have to do is bring in the food. So nice!

We had a small little party with Hailey's closest friends on Dec. 11th (a day before her actual birthday). She picked who she wanted there with little help from me. The kids had a Frozen story read aloud, decorated picture frames, took pictures, ate yummy food, played "Pin the Crown on Elsa" and then Hailey got to open presents. It's all a Frozen loving 3 year old could ever want, with maybe the exception of an appearance by Elsa and Anna.

Frozen trivia time!

Picture frame decorating

The kids all hard at work

The food table

Hans and Anna Sandwiches, Olaf Arms and Noses, Kristoff's Ice

Sven Snacks, Marshmallow's Snowballs, Elsa's Ice Crystals

The party table

Most of the party crew

(the boys wanted nothing to do with pictures)

The birthday girl

Food time!

"Pin the Crown on Elsa"

Singing "Happy Birthday"

We have a 3 year old!!!

Photo opt time!

The Great Tree Hunt

This was our first year cutting down a Christmas tree this late. We went out on Dec. 10th, when usually we cut it down right after Thanksgiving. I guess most of the reasoning behind the early tree cutting is usually because I am super pregnant and never sure if baby will be early or not...ha! But with our Disneyland trip and birthday celebrations, it kind of pushed back getting a tree. And then it turned into "now or never."

So the weekend we decided to go the forecast showed rain...of course, just our luck. We tried to time it before the rain came, but as soon as we got to the tree farm it started to rain. Not exactly the conditions I like to hunt for a tree in, but we did our best with what we were given and found our tree in the end (or maybe it was more like we settled because everyone was over the rain at that point).