Orange County Wedding

One of Daddy's cousins got married and I was asked to be a flower girl. I don't think we had even ever met the couple but it sounded like a fun gig so I accepted. Before we knew it I was sent a dress, shoes, and an invitation in the mail. All we had to do was show up!

The wedding was at Los Coyotes Country Club in Buena Park. Since we are rarely dressed up, Mommy made sure to take plenty of pictures. Luckily we got some of the pro photos too (you can totally tell which ones those are).

Colin cleans up pretty nicely! He also kept looking at me and saying "I like your dress, Kaitlyn." :)

Ready to perform my duty!

My job was easy and fun. This was my third time as a flower girl so I've had a lot of experience! In the video you can hear Colin saying hi to me as I walk by.

We had drank Shirley Temples for the first time!

During the reception Colin had the most fun at the photo booth. He kept insisting on going back and trying on all the different masks.

He also enjoyed dancing with the other flower girl. I joined him reluctantly. It had been a long day so we had one quick dance before we called it a night.

The Tans' Spring Visit

Alex and Kieran were on Spring Break so the Tans came to visit us for the week. Even though I had school, it was nice to have a house full of people to come home to. On the first day, Mommy dropped me off at school and a half hour later, got a call from the office that I wasn't feeling well and to pick me up. Uhhhh-huh. I spent the rest of my "sick day" playing with Alex and Kieran and going out to lunch. Best sick day ever!

I also enjoyed extra snuggles with super-soft Chewie.

Even better was having someone to snuggle in bed with all night (since Mommy and Daddy always want to sleep in their own bed).

It was a fun week with lots of good eats. And of course, topped off with homemade pizookie! 

My 3rd Birthday Party

I had my third birthday party at Junior Gym in San Mateo. I had been to several parties here before and always loved it, especially the zip line. Almost all my friends in my preschool class came to celebrate with me. Mommy liked that it was well organized, easy to set up, and all we had to do was bring food and show up (although the party planner in Mommy always makes things more difficult than they should be). 

I've been really into dinosaurs lately, so we had dinosaur-themed favors, some decorations, and a cake with little dinosaurs all over it. After all that work, Mommy totally forgot to take pictures though, oh well!

 

Most of the party was spent running around so fast that Mommy just got a bunch of blurry photos.  

Here I am, at my own party, still doing the zipline even after the group activity started.

Totally blurry photo but the parachute was my favorite!

 

They sang Happy Birthday to me under the parachute and I just sat there frozen

The best photo that Mommy had of the cake! She originally planned to do a dinosaur-shaped pull-apart cupcake cake, but ended up with a baking disaster. So the day of the party, she ended up serving boxed cake mix cupcakes for the kids, then got a ready-made cake from Safeway and decorated with dinosaur figurines. It actually turned out pretty cute! The dinosaurs surrounded a cupcake (volcano?) which I ate. I loved it!

We ended the day opening presents at home. It was a great way to cap off my week-long birthday celebration!

SoCal New Year

Here are some other photos from our New Year's trip down to SoCal. We brought Brady along too and he probably had as much fun as we did with the Tans. Where else can he get constant attention, multiple walks a day, and super-fluffy Chewie as a companion?

On New Years Day we went to Huntington Dog Beach and Brady and Chewie had a blast running off leash and socializing with the other dogs there. We're just glad he didn't run away. It was also awesome that we could go to the beach in January!

We visited the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana. With three floors there was so much for kids to do, we barely got through all of the exhibits. Some of the more fun things was an interactive hockey exhibit and an outdoor dinosaur scavenger hunt.

Every time we go to Orange County we end up at Irvine Spectrum. We went on all the same attractions as usual. There was also a Hello Kitty food truck with a ridiculously long line. We didn't eat there, but the food looked really cute.

Of course there was lots of quality cousin time! 

Super-soft Chewie vs. Super-smooth Brady:

I had a lot of fun helping Alex make her movie trailers. Here's one of my favorites!