Avery's Mermaid party

Well it is that time of year again for birthdays. I am so thankful that Emma decided to be a spring baby instead of a summer baby like her older siblings. Having Hunter and Avery's birthdays within a week of each other is sometimes really busy. Avery decided that she wanted to have a Mermaid party since Ariel is her favorite of the Disney princesses. We had the party over at Deke's parents house since we have no grass in our backyard and invite her cousins Brecken and Madison over for some fun. Avery of course had to wear her Little Mermaid dress up outfit to the party and every Ariel doll in the house had to come and attend the party as well. We started out by having the girls make gummy sea animal shishkabobs. We gathered an assorment including gummy fish, sharks, turtles etc. etc. and let them put them on sticks and then eat them. They had such a blast and it was interesting to see how they made their selections of which gummies to use and their placement on the stick. Then they headed outside to dive like Mermaids and find seashells which they loved.They spent a long time finding and gathering different shells for themselves and then tossing them back in and finding different ones. I made them these fun little goodie bags filled with some fun mermaid goodies. Avery insisted that I make one for Emma. Even after I explained to her that Miss E wouldn't be able to use it she still insisted that her sister be included in the fun which to me was so endearing. What a good big sister. I can't believe how fast Ave is growing she is such a busy little happy ball of energy in our home. After that we brought out the slip and slide and all the cousins joined in. Then we had a little BBQ along with a very homemade mermaid cake (baking and cooking not exactly my creative forte.) Scrapbooking, quilting more up my alley :) Even though Deke and I made her cake that morning at the kitchen table it is was very rough around the edges she giggled in excitement and I realized it didn't matter to her what it looked like just that it was a mermaid and mom and dad had made it for her. After presents we decided to head home. We had not even left the driveway as our little mermaid crashed out sound asleep content from her day of aquatic birthday fun. Here is some things we love about our Ave:

* Avery is extremely independent and very ambitious

* Once she knows what she wants she is a go getter and goes after it

* She is our households only "morning person" loving to be up around 6am

* She starts off every morning singing around the house as soon as she wakes up

* She can fall asleep anywhere, anytime within a minute

* She can wrestle and rough and tough yet has to bring her purse everywhere with her

* She has an extreme shoe fettish that is only getting worse :)

* She is silly and sweet and a burst of energy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ave we love you so much!!!!!