We kicked Katie's "Actual Birthday" day celebration off with a trip to Ooba Tooba's for some yummy Mexican food.
She decided on ice cream sundaes for her special treat.
Then, it was time for some present opening!!!!
"TOOTHLESS!!!!"
Katie shared the excitement with Mikey.
Here they are examining a Lego Movie set.
(Please disregard the xmas wrapping paper. It was all I had!)
We also purchased a Harry Potter movie box set and let the kids watch the first one.
They stayed up pretty late.
The next day was Katie's birthday party.
We had it at a local toy store that offered a Harry Potter themed craft party.
First the kids were sorted into their Hogwarts Houses.
It was very interesting that our family were all sorted into Gryffindor.
I thought for sure Katie and I would be Hufflepuff.
The kids got to work on their wands and their golden Snitches.
After all the craftiness was done, it was time for treats!
"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!"
Cupcakes and Butterbeer were enjoyed by all.
Katie came up with two treat options.
Golden Snitch cupcakes.
It was sad. The gold paint made the frosting melt off the cupcakes.
They still tasted good though.
The kids didn't care what they looked like.
Just me.
The other option were Owl cupcakes.
More presents!
It was a really fun party. The kids, and especially Katie, had a great time.
When we got home, Katie sat right down and started playing with all her birthday presents.
Here are both "Happy Birthday" songs that we sang to Katie......
The next day we had to say goodbye to Granma and Granpa.
They had to begin their journey back across the country.
We hope they had a good time and appreciated the help they gave us while they were here.
Next time they visit, we'll have a nice new cooshy carpet downstairs and hopefully a dog that doesn't wake at 5:30am EVERY DAY.
And this, below, is the aftermath of a blocked off living room, two birthdays, two kids and a puppy that needs constant supervision.
No time to clean.
Sigh.
