Nelson Family Blog: Emma's Frozen Birthday Party

Monday, June 29, 2015

Emma's Frozen Birthday Party

Well, Emma had a third birthday party this weekend. Only fitting to have three parties when you turned 3 years old, right? I know, it's a little bit of over-kill. It just kinda worked out that way this year. Last weekend we were with my side of the family, so we had a birthday party with them, and now we had to celebrate with John's side of the family.

It ended up being a gorgeous day. It was sunny, in the eighties, and not much of a breeze. I bought Emma an inflatable swimming pool for her and her friends to play with, and it was a pretty big hit. Emma, Anna, and Abby played together in the pool for quite some time.

We had a pretty good showing of guests as well. They included: Great-Grandma Nelson, Judie Nelson, Dick and Dorayne Phillips, Jeff, Steve and Melanie Person, Bryant and Abby Polzin, Kristina and Johnny Gonzalez, Marie and Todd Remmers, and of course quite a few toddlers and infants. It was a fun party. The kids all played together well, the adults got to visit and enjoy the weather.

Emma loved the entire day. We had a "Frozen" themed party, and she just ate it up. She loved all the attention. She was beaming from ear to ear when we sang Happy Birthday and clapped when she blew out her candles. She also loved her Frozen cake.

She had a blast opening her presents, and she got some pretty cool gifts. It was so fun to watch Emma having so much fun with the other kids, and just having her own special day. I loved it.

We grilled brats, burgers, and hotdogs for supper and then served cake and ice cream for dessert. It was a fun little summer gathering, and it was nice to see everyone and catch up.

As fun as it was, I am very thankful to be done with birthday parties for a while. I still can't believe I have a three year old, now if she would only learn to stop wetting her pants here and there, we would really be in business. But, I will leave with some adorable birthday party pictures :)

P.S. Elliott quietly turned 7 months old a few days ago. Not too much new with him. He has been sleeping like a champ from 7:30pm to 6:00 am, so we are loving that. He continues to sit very well, can roll both ways, and is still unimpressed with solids. He will eat baby food, but doesn't especially love it. Maybe he will go straight to real food someday? Who knows. He continues to gain weight and grow, so I'm not too worried. He continues to be a pretty happy baby, smiling and laughing most of the time. He rides in the car like a champ, and is teething and drooling all over the place. Such a fun little guy :)