Happy Birthday Harper!

Harper turned 3 on Friday and celebrated with a Princess bounce house party on Saturday. It was a rainy afternoon, but luckily the rain let up long enough for the kids to get to bounce for a little while. Griffin was ready to jump right in, but Harper wanted me to get in and hold her. (Since I was in the bounce house jumping, too, I didn't get any pics of the birthday girl jumping.)
For her princess party, I thought Harper needed a special princess cake so I made her this castle cake. Aunt Heidi sent Harper a big present from Los Angeles. It was a very neat princess castle, and even the boys were quite interested in it! We stuck around a little while after the other guests had left because Griffin wanted to play with Harper and her new toys, specifically the castle and the "blue princess" (he doesn't know any of their names, but he had no qualms about playing with a princess as long as she was wearing blue). Here's a rare photo of Griffin and Harper with Mimi and Papaw Al. It's not a perfect picture, but it's quite a feat to get two toddlers to sit still long enough to even get a picture!

Happy Easter!

This Easter was so much fun! On Saturday afternoon, Griffin and I dyed Easter eggs together. He got so excited every time we pulled an egg out of the cup and it had changed colors. We had to make a lot of blue eggs since that's his favorite color! The Easter Bunny brought Griffin a couple of new race cars, some new, bigger Lightning McQueen underwear (since he's now officially potty trained!), a Thomas bathtub toy, a Dora book, and some other little treats. Griffin really enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs this year. And since he knows all about candy now, he was also excited to see what kind of treats were hiding inside each of the eggs he found. Griffin and Harper were excited to see their special Easter treats from Mimi and Papaw Al. Finally! A little boy can get comfy (i.e. "barefoot") and blow some bubbles!