Believe it or not, Dale turned five years old last month. What a big kid! Dale is wonderfully creative, and because art is one of his passions right now, Wendy put on an art party for his birthday.
The girls helped me wrap Dale's present a few days before the party, and they each made him a card. Emily had just begun saying "I love you" at the beginning of November, and she wrote quite a love note to Dale on his birthday card.
The outside of Addie's card:
The outside of Emily's card:
We knew there would be painting at the party, so the girls wore their paint shirts. So excited!
Dale's creativity has definitely been inspired by a creative mama. Wendy set up an art show featuring Dale's artwork for all to admire. For a more detailed look at the pieces that were hung, click
here.
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| Birthday Boy! |
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| We love Aunt Wendy! |
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| Rose was looking quite stunning for the party |
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| Dale wanted to show me how he could carry his chairs around |
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| Thanks for feeding me lunch and cleaning me up, Dad! |
After eating lunch and playing a bit, it was time for painting!
After artwork, the balloons started coming down from the ceiling. Endless balloons. Small person heaven.
Rose tries out Dale's new parachute guy.
Wendy's mom, AKA Monga, adopted Elizabeth for the day. Elizabeth had a great time being held, talked to, and showered with attention.
How do you do birthday cake at an art party? You decorate your own cupcake, of course! Genius!
After cupcakes, the party went outside for more balloon fun!
This just cracked me up. All the guys lined up at the fence, drooling over the construction site. I overheard things like, "wouldn't it be amazing to have a nail gun."
The artists with their masterpieces....
We hadn't had enough fun when nap time came around, so Elizabeth crashed on Aunt Wendy and Uncle Mark's bed.
We got to bring a couple of balloons home, and the next day the girls encouraged Elizabeth to scoot after their balloons...
And our masterpieces now hang upstairs by the girls' bedrooms.
