Sunday, July 15, 2012

Bryn's First Birthday, aka the Day Uncle Wally created a Homemade Slip n' Slide


On Saturday we traveled up to Pennsylvania to celebrate Bryn's first birthday at the McDonald's ice cream parlor.It was a perfect day for ice cream sundaes and sprinklers.  


Evie and Ellie dig into some delicious lemonade and Bryn and Molly's toys.  

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It was fun to watch Bryn and Ellie interacting for a bit.  


Ellie got to wear this lovely headdress from Molly's dress-up clothes. 

Speaking of dressing up, Molly dons her ballerina outfit and does a couple of twirls.  


 Evie digs into some delicious cupcakes that were baked on ice cream cake cones and topped with delicious frosting and sprinkles.  Did I mention they were delicious?


Bryn spends some quality time with Bebe on the porch before cake time. 

Ellie and Julianna played with the race cars. 

Time to blow out the candle (with the help of Mom and Dad)!  

JJ and Evie wait patiently for their turn to help blow out the candles on the cake...


...while big sister Molly takes a quick taste of Bryn's cake! 

"Who wants some ice cream sundaes?" asks Bebe, "Raise your hands!"  Some enthusiastic hands are raised! 
 

Aunty Karen shares a laugh with Bryn as she digs into her pink frosting. 

Four Grandmas--Aunt Dellie, Ba, Bebe, and Bonnie (Karen's mom)--pause to celebrate their many princesses.  
 

Then it was time for some fun in the sprinklers!  Molly and JJ look like twins here! 

Evie loved going down the small slide in the pool and landing with a big splash.  Wait till she sees the surprise Uncle Wally cooked up! 

Evie and Molly are having a blast running through the yard! 

Before Ellie got in her swim suit, she had a blast playing in the sand with Aunt Dellie. Maybe too MUCH fun, as she seemed to like to dump the sand on her head. 


When someone mentioned a slip n' slide, Uncle Wally decided to improvise.  After all, all you need is a big tarp, some stakes, a sprinkler... then maybe add a dish of bubble/dishwashing liquid to make it extra slippery, and you've got the recipe for heaven for seven very happy kids. Evie liked going down on her bum, as you can see from the video below. Meanwhile, Ellie could not get enough out of the little slide in the little pool. She went down at least 30 times. What a fun day!



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