Frozen Celebration

well as every parent knows of little girls right now, Frozen is all the rage and our girls are no different than all the rest. wren turned four today and willow turned two on saturday, so we had their parties together over the weekend. with of course - a Frozen theme. i absolutely love a good party, especially if it is one for our kids and one that i get to host. i also really enjoy cake decorating, so birthdays are especially fun for me. 

elsa crowns and sven antlers to decorate

anna and elsa even made it all the way from Arendale!

i think everyone had a blast - especially the birthday girls!

just for fun....

willow on the left, two years old                                       wren on the right, two years old

dora fiesta party

wren's second birthday is rapidly approaching!  she turns 2 the day before my due date, oye!  due to her birthday falling so close to my due date and my husband and i's extremely large families, we have decided to keep things super small this year and we are having the party at our house.  we are also having it early so i hopefully do not have to worry about going into labor during the party and do not have to worry about planning and setting up of a birthday party with a toddler and newborn.  

wren of course, has requested a dora party.  

i have been pinning away, and this is the inspiration behind the dora fiesta garden party:)

 mustaches

 garden flowers

 of course food, YUM

 cake

oh boy, so exciting!

family.

well we are gearing up for the holidays and it has been one busy weekend after the other for us.  i am so stoked that our only plan this weekend is a birthday party sunday afternoon.  i am very excited for the party though, wren typically loves children's parties, and she is particularly fond of this child. 

things are changing a lot around our house, particularly with wren.  it is stunning how much she has changed/grown up in the last couple months.  you never know what to expect with her.  sometimes when you tell her no she is fine and moves on, other times she breaks down crying.  i assume this is the onset of what they refer to as "the terrible twos".  she is also starting to respond to bribery and i am leading the way thinking of new bribes daily!  she is definitely at a miss independent stage so the bribery works in my favor.  i have had to change the night time and nap routine due to her growing older, needing less sleep, less attention, etc. and it is working beautifully (hopefully that continues on through and after the two year molars).  she constantly wants to help, exclaiming "help momma mommy".  just over the past couple weeks we have graduated to mommy and daddy.  she says it super cute but i also kinda miss momma :(

she is expressing a lot of interest in potty training.  yesterday she was crazy good at it.  

well 2012 has brought many changes and i am sure 2013 will do the same, especially with the new baby coming!

CHEERS