Happy Birthday, Eve!

Eve has been talking about her birthday since April...by the time October rolled around, there was no way we could make it a surprise. She counted down the days until the 10th, giving us frequent reminders, just in case we may forget!
We invited 7 of her friends and cousins to celebrate the event and we're so happy they came! The fun thing is that her birthday conveniently fell on a Saturday, so we did not have to duplicate the celebration...Here are a few pictures of that MAGICAL day:

The night before, Levi and I decorated the kitchen and turned it into the Hundred Acre Woods (Guessed the theme yet?), so when Eve woke up she was enraptured by the transformation. We had crepes for a "formal" breakfast...

Afterwards, she played with Sophie and all the balloons while we were making the preparations for the guests:

The party started with a painting activity and puzzle making of Winnie the Pooh characters...

followed by the beating of a pinata (when our batteries unfortunately ran out)

We then had cake (made and decorated by the Macey's bakery) and ice-cream...

and then the "kids" raced their bike/trike or played soccer in the backyard


For the grand finale, we released about 50 balloons that they happily popped in less than 5 min.

More to come on "Mommy's thoughts".