The Woodshed

We decided last minute to take Claire out on her real birthday, the 24th. It was such a beautiful day that we wanted to go to the Woodshed restaurant because it has a great outside eating area with a bean bag toss, lots of dogs, live music, and access to the river front. The girls loved it especially eating the chocolate marshmallow dessert.

Petting one of the many dogs

Claire is a big animal lover

She wanted her Papi to hold her 

Daddy and Hannie

Marshmallow dessert

Gracie was a big fan

Claire loves lemons

Claire is 3!!!

We celebrated Claire's birthday this past weekend and decided to give her the birthday party of her choice, which was of course a ballerina party. So I went to work decorating in pink and planning a party of tutus and frills. With the help of my parents, husband, my Aunt Ysa and Uncle Victor, and my friends Isabel and Mary Jeanne the party was a success. All the wonderful decorations I borrowed from Mary Jeanne and my Aunt Ysa made the birthday cake and all the ballet slipper and tutu cookies. On the agenda for this party we had an actual ballerina come and give the girls a mini lesson, this ended up being a huge hit! Then my dad drew a cute little ballerina for the girls to play, pin the tutu on the ballerina. For the menu I did mini fruit parfaits, heart shaped ham and cheese sandwiches, strawberry and vanilla wafers, and raspberry lemonade. The adult table had fruit, trail mix with pink m-n-ms, and sandwiches. We all had a great time and I still can't believe my baby is 3 years old :) Here are some pictures of the party.

Ballerinas: Grace, Annie, and Claire

I found this idea on pinterest, paper ballerinas

this is the girls table

Claire blowing out her candles

Vanilla wafers with some frosting

Jason and the youngest ballerina

Mommy and the birthday girl

Pin the tutu on the ballerina

Ballerina birthday girl

Thanks again to my Aunt Ysa for the amazing cake and cookies!!

Hannah the baby ballerina

Stretching

Claire with her new ballet shoes

Younger sister Gracie enjoying the food

more stretching

The girls were adorable doing their ballet stretches

Aunt Ysa and Hannie

Claire hugging Hannah the ballerina

Watching Hannah the ballerina

Uncle Victor and Grandma Zepeda

Valentine's Day

The girls had a great Valentine's day filled with lots of candy and treats. They went to their first Valentine party and Claire loved looking through all her Valentines. My parents got the girls these huge mini mouse cards and they were a big hit with the girls. It was a fun day of sugar and sweetness, and yes we were all in pink :)

Praying and dress-up

The girls praying together

Gracie was very serious about her prayer

dressing up 

Gracie wearing Claire's heels

Tinkerbelle