Aly’s 3rd Birthday Party
July 7, 2012
Whew, what a day!!! In the words of
Aly “This is the best day Ever!!!” We
had Aly’s 3rd birthday party at the house on Sat. the 7th!!!
It was such a great day. Since we have
done so much work to the back yard we thought Aly’s party would be a good time
to show it off so we decided to have the party at our house this year. We knew
it would be really hot so we set up a small pool and waterslide in the back
yard for the kids and the tent outside for the adults. We didn’t however know
it would be close to 100 degrees, so that put a few kinks in our plan with
everyone wanting to stay inside out of the heat. But it was still a great time.
It was mostly family and a few close friends and there kiddos.
Aly chose
to have a Dora birthday party. This year JV and I decided to get her a swing
set and slide for the back yard. We had some help from John and Alice and from
Dad, John, Jason and Brett putting it together. Dad and JV got started putting
it together about 8:00am and got a good bit done and Brett, Jason, John and
Austin came over about 11:00 to help finish it up. It took a long time to get
it up but they did!!! Aly spent the night at Shannon ’s
house on Friday so we could get everything ready and together without her
seeing it. We wanted the swing set to be a surprise and it was. Everyone gathered outside before she came out
so we could all see her reaction. She was SO excited. She saw it, pointed and
took off running. The slide was hot from
being in the sun so she didn’t want to go down it at first but later on she
did. Her and her friends spent a lot of time in the pools and on the slip n
slide.
We grilled
out hotdogs and had a Dora cake and ice cream. It was an exhausting day but a
ton of fun. Aly got some awesome presents: some games, clothes, lots of bags
and shoes, bath toys and Dora stuff galore!!! I think by Sunday afternoon we
had played with everything for a least a few minutes!!
Ryan,
Erica, Matt and Shannon and there kids stayed later after most everyone had
left and then the kids got back in the pool later on that evening. About 9:30pm
they had had enough and were ready to come in. We put them in our room on the
bed and all 5 of them were watching Dora together. It gave the adults some time
to relax too!!! Aly has said a few times that the swing and the party was “the
best day ever!!” so I think we succeeded in giving her a great birthday and
that makes us all very very Happy!!! Its so much fun to her smiling and happy,
makes it all worth it!!!
We want to
say a big THANK YOU for all the help with everything. To the guys for helping
put the swing set together in the heat, Shannon
for keeping Aly over night and for everyone’s help and presents making Aly’s
birthday so great!!! We are so lucky to have the great family and friends we
do!!!
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