What a busy few days it has been for the Prentice family! All related to Meredith's birthday, of course! We had a day full of fun activities on her actual birthday, then we had an official birthday party for her yesterday. This blog is full of pictures, which usually can tell the story better than I can with my words.
The weather for her birthday was absolutely perfect. It had been in the 50's earlier in the week and had even rained the day before. But, her birthday was sunny and in the 80's. Chad took off work for her birthday, so we could go help her celebrate by doing her favorite things:
- We went to Rosati's for lunch, which was a favorite hangout for Meredith, me, and some of my co-workers throughout her first year (no pictures, though).
- We also went to the playroom in the children's wing of our local library. Imagine this: no other kids, a huge playroom all to ourselves with every toy at Meredith's disposal, and a kid full of energy...yeah, it was pretty awesome (I forgot my camera, so no pictures again).
- Next, she opened our gifts. I got her a bubble machine (she loves the bubbles they have at the library activity center, so I got her the same model) and Chad got her a guitar:
- Then, we headed to a local park:
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| She LOVES the swing! |
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| Maybe I should consider getting a swing for our backyard? |
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| Oh, she is so grownup. |
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| Not sure what this thing was, but she enjoyed it. |
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This picture is just funny...she picked the grass and now looks disgusted.
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| She loved the Bubble machine, but it was almost too windy to use it. |
Well, our weekend ended with a big birthday party for Meredith, with 27 of her closest friends and adults :) It seems like there was a baby boom this time last year, so it was nice to see so many of our friends' children right around her age. Once again, it turned out to be a gorgeous day. A bit humid (it was over 90 degrees), but we were so thankful there was no rain since it was an outdoor party. Here are a ton of pictures to mark this occasion:
- Some of the decorations for her butterfly-themed party:
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| Meredith's "smash cake". |
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| One of Chad's co-workers made her cake...can you believe a computer programmer has this talent? |
- The smashing of the cake:
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| Why again is this a "ritual"? What a mess! |
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| Can you tell she liked the gift? |
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| My New Wheels! |
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| This is one of my favorite pictures. She loves her bubbles! |
- Playing at home with my new tutu (from Miss Theresa) and tricycle:
- And, of course, our worn out Birthday girl:
