A Snow White Party!

Lilli LOVES Snow White.  It was the first princess movie she ever watched (my old VHS - saw it with her PawPaw) and she has been addicted ever since.  She probably watches it 5 times a week, which means I have seen it MANY, many times!  Jason had the idea of a Snow White 3rd birthday party and I knew she would be thrilled!

I am going to post some party details.  It was hard finding inspiration on the internet that wasn't ALL the Disney Princesses - but I found one good blog and got a vision from there.   I loved the idea of doing something NOT Disney related but it proved to be harder than I thought!

The invitation was designed by bnute on Etsy and was my starting point.  Betsy was GREAT to work with and I would use her again in a heartbeat!

I loved the woodland feel and knew I wanted to head that direction.

To start, I took Lilli out in a field and took her picture to have framed at the entrance -

 I bought this birdhouse at Hobby Lobby and thought it would make the perfect cottage - which my Mom painted.

 

We had the party in between lunch and dinner so we just served cupcakes, green "witches brew" punch and finger foods for the kids.  The table had lots of burlap and little animals (bunnies, squirrels, birds.)

 

I made the cupcakes to look like red apples.  Just regular cupcakes with red liners and red icing.  Then some red sanding sugar with chocolate and fruit tootsie rolls for the stem/leaf.  They were yummy, too!

I wanted to have a "Candy Mine" like I saw in the blog.  We had jewel toned ring pops and rock candies, along with gold Reeses cups and silver Hershey kisses.  I needed more crates and a wheelbarrow, but couldn't find any cheap enough!  In the end, the kids seemed to like it and that is what mattered!

For favors, the kids had individual burlap sacks and they were able to grab candy (and jewels) to put inside

We had the party at our church (instead of our house, where we had her other two birthday parties) and that was a great decision.  Lots of room for the kids to sit together and adults to socialize at the big tables in the back.

Each table had a burlap sack with a dwarf diecut from here on Etsy, jewels from Hobby Lobby and a little mirror from Michaels.

 The kids' tables matched the colors of the party - I love when that happens!

We played "pin the nose on Dopey" with a large Dopey poster made by my mom.

 

We sang "Happy Birthday" and ate cupcakes 

and opened presents

Scarlett was partied out!

 Thankfully she woke in time for some family photos!

 My parents and sister (seated because she broke her leg the week before!)

 Mom made Scarlett's outfit - including the ruffle bloomers

Sweet sisters!  (and Lilli with her hilarious fake smile...)

Overall it was a great party.  Lilli is still talking about it, almost 2 months later.  I think that is a sign of a good time! :o)

PC Beach, Part 2

The highlights of the next day were more sand and sun

 going to eat at The Boatyard, where I got a BLT (Bacon, LOBSTER and Tomato!)

and playing Putt Putt!  We weren't sure how Lilli would do, if she would get frustrated (or even try!) or lose interest.  But to our surprise, she loved it and wanted to play all 18 holes!

 Scarlett even got to "play" with Daddy!

 Daddy got a hole in one on the "special" hole - and even though I won the game (with TWO hole in ones!) he got a free game and didn't let me hear the end of it!

We hit up Gulf World  and saw PINK flamingos-

 And little Swiper tried to eat some popcorn (and ice cream) of her sisters...

 I got to see this GIANT sea turtle (and pet a sting ray!)

Not to mention all the dolphin and sea lions we saw.  Lilli enjoyed it but I preferred ZooWorld. :o)  That night we ate at Angelo's for steak.  Yum!

Just like that it was our last day, so we spent it at the beach -

At one point earlier in the week a girl game and took pictures of Lilli (for keychains and such) and Lilli did really well posing for her.  I asked her to pose for me and this is what I got:

It was finally warm enough to hit up the pool, so we did that, too!

We ate at Schooners that night and enjoyed more live music (and crab cakes, yum!)

The girls had one more time to play in the king sized bed -

 Then it was time to make the LONG trip home!

I forgot to add this to the last post but Lilli was given a five dollar bill by my mom to pick something out.  She had a BLAST looking at every toy in the store.  Eventually she picked a dump truck for her sand but first we had to convince her she didn't need a key chain with the name "Veronica" on it or a shot glass with an offensive phrase/plant.  Ahh...Panama!

Scarlett is SEVEN months old!

At seven months, Scarlett:
*weighs 16 lb 5.5 ounces (40-45 %ile)
*is 27 inches long (75 %ile)
*sleep is all over the place again.  Her bedtime is not consistent because we are usually out and about, but if we are home she goes to bed around 7:30.  She has been waking 3-4 times a night.  She did do great on vacation, only waking 2 times and sleeping in her Pack N Play.  But now that we are home she is "off" again.
*naps are good - she takes 2 - one around 10 and another around 2.  The first is 35 minutes long and the second can sometimes be 2 hours.  Not very consistent!
*doesn't take a pacifier or use the soother much this month for sleeping.  She usually just falls asleep on her own, on her side.  Part of the problem is that she will roll to her tummy and get mad because she can't roll back over (even though she can, she won't!) so some of the night wakings are due to this.

*nurses 4-5 times a day.  She is still having issues when I have dairy (I see more night wakings and loose stool)  but I have been able to introduce SOME with no blood in her stool, which is good.
*eats solid food and seems to enjoy it.  LOVES to self feed - puffs or Cheerios are fun but apples slices are her favorite.  She also loves avocados!

 *has TWO bottom teeth!  Her first (the right) came on May 6 and the left came on May 15.  She was fussy for a week before each tooth but then once it broke through she was happy again!
*said her first word - "Dada" on April 24 and "Momma" on May 11.

*eyes are still very blue and hair is coming in more and more.  She still has a "curl-hawk" at the top that we love!

*wears 6-12 month clothes and size 2 diapers.  We double diaper at night, a Pampers 2 with a Luvs 3 over it and that keeps her dry.
*sits up on her own and reaches for toys.

*started clapping a week or so ago, which is adorable
*has started grabbing Lilli's things - which big sis doesn't always appreciate!
*loved the beach and did GREAT in the car.  She cried some but was generally better than we expected!


Scarlett Jean,
We are in denial that we are getting closer to your 1st birthday than your actual BIRTH day.  You are such a happy girl.  You love to have us talk to you and play with you.  You adore your sister and she adores you.  We are starting to see more interaction between the two of you and it warms our hearts.  I can already tell you girls will be close buddies (with some spats here and there!)  We want time to stand still so we can enjoy you being a baby but we also can't wait to see you grow up!  We love you!