Saturday, January 5, 2013

Mia's Rainbow Art Party

Mia's 3rd Birthday party was a Rainbow/Art theme.  It was one that both she and I (and Luke also, to be honest) were very excited about.  So much fun to plan because the options are endless.
 

The front doorway
 
 
When guests arrived, they chose their monogrammed apron

 
Outside there were several art projects set up for the kids to do (and I'm pretty sure several adults painted canvases also ... otherwise, we have some serious 3 year old Picassos)





 
 

Blossom, the Rainbow Fairy from Happily Ever Laughter (highly recommended!) set up inside to entertain the kids with a magic show, balloon twisting, and face painting.  Mia absolutely LOVED her and the show.





 
Sandwiches with rainbow colored fixing were served, as well as a few other rainbow-themed foods




The kids' table

 

The adults' table
 
The sweet table
**Lots of pictures of this as I was attempting to capture the colors as best I could without my good camera, which conveniently died just before the party started ... so you'll notice that we have very few pictures of good quality of the next several months :(




 
Birthday Cake Time
If the cake looks like it's leaning ... well it is!  Apparently 6 layers is more difficult than it looks.  Lesson learned.


With Day and Paw (and the only photo I have of the multi-colored layer cake)

Party favors


Happy Birthday to our sweet 3 year old, who colors our world everyday.  We love you so, Mia!

Monday, December 31, 2012

Goodbye to 2012 in Tahoe

Our time in Tahoe was also filled with lots of snow play and relaxing. 
 


 The sled runners
 

 
Hot Chocolate
 
Happy 2013!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Little Skiers

We spent the week between Christmas and New Years in Tahoe.  As usual, Luke was anxious to get up on the mountain (and enjoys the treats up there as well).



The skiing highlight this week was Mia's first ski lesson!  She was excited to get out there and try it out.  So, our little lady suited up...


 
 
...and headed up the mountain.


Coach Jay was out working with Luke, so Mia's ski instructor was Coach Marty.  He was amazing and PERFECT for Mia's first experience.  She had a great time and even made it up the magic carpet and back down a couple of times.  By the end of the lesson, she said that she loved skiing, but wanted the boots off (who can blame her?). 






We were so pleased with her first lesson and so proud of how she got out there.  So, where did we head next?  For a hot chocolate and a cookie, of course!

Tired skiers heading home