Happy Huladays!

The girls have been begging for it to be Christmas time recently (I think they want the gifts:)). We had been talking about having a party for the girls to have their friends over to play, so we came up with a summer version of Christmas. BTW- did you know we're over half way to Christmas? Anyway, we had a party for the girls' friends with the theme of HAPPY HULADAYS...it's Christmas in June! All of our Christmas decorations are packed away in the back of a storage unit, so the girls were more than happy to create all of their own decorations.

Unfortunately only ONE of their friends was in town last Saturday night, the night of the party...bummer. The girls were okay with it though because they still got to have their party and play with their friend.

We had a kiddie pool and a slip-n-slide set up in the front yard. They had a blast playing in it and trying to figure out how to slide down the slide before giving up and just hanging out in the puddle at the end.

After a yummy dinner of pizza the girls went on a scavenger hunt my incredibly awesome husband put together for them:
Clue: We all love Christmas, but it's so far away- Go to the place it takes shovels to play

the sandbox

Clue: Birds fly south when the winter is here- go to the place where they eat when they're here

the birdfeeder

Clue: A place to go back and forth that's where the next clue will be- find the place to play a silly game with three

the swingset

Clue: His hand waves every time it gets sunny- find our little friend that Daddy thinks is so funny

The garden gnome

Clue: This can be so much fun, it's like falling off a log. Go find the place where you might cook a dog.

The BBQ grill (not the chiminea like Addison thought)

Clue: You have done well so far, but there are still more clues. Go back to the place where we take off our shoes.

The backdoor

Clue: I can see now you won't be easy to fool, find the place where you sit on a stool

Timeout stool

Clue: You're all so close to your freezing reward, I hope Mrs. Hinckley has games so you won't be too bored. A yummy frozen treat will be eaten by all if you can tell me a treat that comes in tasty snow balls.

SNO-CONES!!!!!

The girls devoured their Wedding Cake flavored sno-cones before enjoying some arts and crafts and playing in Trinity and Emory's room for a little while. Before we knew it the party was over and it was time for our one, really sweet guest to head home.

Thanks for the good times!

Entertainment for the other two

I had to keep Emory and Addison entertained while Trinity was attending Cheer Camp because it completely threw off our schedule. Luckily one of Trinity's friends who was also in cheer camp and lives really close has a little sister who is one of Emory's friends. They just had a baby brother a couple of weeks ago, so we gladly had Emory's friend over to play a couple of times and that helped pass the time for us and hopefully gave their Mommy a little down time. On Thursday I took the girls to the mall to get their energy out and have some YUMMY chick-fil-a for lunch. They have a great time together! We are so lucky to have this family as our friends and we will so miss them when we move! Anyway, I got a few cute pictures of the girls playing at the mall.

Emory and Madi posing for the picture

Addison was so proud of herself for climbing up on the orange without any help!

By the end of the week I was calling each of the girls by the wrong names. We have Trinity, Emory and Addison and their friends names are Emma and Madison...seriously a total tongue twister when I would try to say any of their names!

Go Team!

Last week Trinity attended a YMCA Cheer Camp, along with two of her friends from school. They had a great time and really learned a lot. There was a football camp going on at the same time so on Friday the Cheerleaders cheered and performed at the boy's football game. Trinity did an awesome job! She was one of the few with the entire cheer and dance memorized. I got a few pictures and a video, but please pardon the quality of it all. I was trying to watch the girls, keep the camera on Trinity and keep an eye on my other two at the same time.

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All of the participants received certificates for completing the camp:

Gret job Princess! We are so proud of you! Your hard work was obvious in your performance!