Celebrations

Carly has had four straight days of celebrations. While they haven't all been for her, she has been partying right through them all.

On Friday we celebrated Carly's birthday with her friends. We invited a few friends over for cupcakes and playtime. While the kids ranged from 4 years old to 7 weeks old, they all seemed to have an enjoyable time.

Cupcakes


Carly's First Bite


She ate it all!

After the celebration and a nap the party continued with a pizza dinner out at Brooklyn South and home for Carly to open a few gifts.

Shortly after opening these gifts Carly crashed hard for the night. This put Julia, David, and I to work. David got to work putting together Carly's new wagon, while Julia and I got to work decorating Carly's birthday cake and cupcakes for Saturday's celebration.

On Saturday Carly celebrated her birthday again. This time it was with her grandparents and "adult" friends.

"Smash" Cake made by her Grandpa.

Sarah thought the cake was yummy too!


Playing (Carly needed an outfit change after feeding herself cake.)


Going for a ride in the new wagon!

Saturday's festivities were followed up with another party on Sunday. This one was not for Carly, but rather her BFF who is only 5 days younger. The girls had a wonderful playdate and were able to enjoy even more cake!


Our celebrations didn't end on Sunday. Monday we attended Carly first Halloween Party!! She had a blast. She made a ghost, played with toys and other children, and tried fried Cheerios and Jell-O for the first time. She did try to weasel her way into getting more cake (four days in a row wasn't happening under my watch). She very nicely walked up to another mom who was enjoying a cupcake and raised her arms up. (Very much like Oliver in Oliver Twist... "Please sir, may I have some more?") The mom politely told Carly she didn't think I wanted her to have any cake at the moment, so Carly sat down and tried her request again. When this didn't bring about the outcome Carly was hoping for she really turned up the cute factor. She stood up, gave the mom a great big hug on her leg, then sat down and repeated the begging position. Thankfully this series of events did not end with Carly getting cake or with a tantrum!

I think all of this celebrating has finally caught up with Carly. Yesterday she was not interested in napping, I'm sure she thought she would miss another party or opportunity for cake. Today she has SLEPT! She didn't wake up until 10:15 this morning and went back down for a nap around 12:30. Life will be low key for the remainder of the week, so hopefully we can get back on schedule. But I'm sure as soon as we do, this weekend's Halloween festivities will start up and mess it all up again.