Birthday Party Weekend Fun!

Marci had her first birthday party over this past weekend, though I thought is was most fitting for this post to go up today, on her official birthday! We were glad get to see their new house (Uncle Tom, Aunt Maria, Osten and Marci) and to be there to help her celebrate. While Marci wasn't too crazy about her crown hat, she thoroughly enjoyed playing with her cake.




In true kid fashion, Marci's favorite part of opening her presents were all the pretty bows on the gifts.

Piper, Osten and the rest of the kiddies at the party had a great time playing outside with the balls and trampoline.
Piper's dress was impeding her ability to play at the level which she wanted to, so Grammi tucked her dress into her bloomers and she was back in the game again!

Piper and Osten also took on a little mischief of their own. Piper was in charge of unloading all the adult beverages out of the ice tub, and then she and Osten had the best time playing in the freezing cold water. Their little toes and hands were a nice shade of pink by the time they grew tired of their water antics!

We inadvertantly left Piper's kiddie song CDs at home, so on the drive home Sunday she was reminding us that we did not, in fact, have it with us and was putting in all her requests for what she wanted to hear. The top choices were:

The Wheels on the Bus, "Bus"

Old McDonald, "O Donald"

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, "No More Mon-Hee Jump on Bed!"

So Ger and I took turns belting out her favorite songs for a good part of the drive.

And when she grew tired of that and starting requesting that we read books, which we went through what was in the car and she was hungry for more. So we had to resort to reading the directions to Aunt Maria and Uncle Tom's new house to her, which shockingly she enjoyed more than the books, go figure? I must have read them three times and she just listened intently as if she was reading her favorite book and would try to repeat the street names as I read them.