My Little Tinker"belle" turns 3

On Friday, August 12, Bella turned 3.  I can't believe my baby is 3 already.  Where does the time go??  Well she decided she wanted to celebrate with a Tinkerbell party.  I told myself I was going to do simple, but then my Martha self gets in the way and I go overboard.  I made Bella a dress to wear for the party (got the idea from Lil Pink Pocket, her blog button is on the left), made all the girls that were coming to the party fairy halos, got them all fairy wings, and we even had them make fairy houses.  To top this off, I made all the cupcakes and Bella her own special cake too.  I'm crazy!!  The party though, was so much fun!!  It was so great to see family and Bella's little friend Olivia even came too.  As the years go on, I know I will have to scale down the parties.  I just can't help myself though!!  Here are some pics from the fun:

Thank you to everyone that came and helped Bella celebrate her special day!!  The weather was perfect and we had lots of fun!!

Little Beach Beauties

On Monday, John and Rachel decided to make a trip up to Central Beach at the dunes.  Since we had so much fun there a couple weeks ago, we decided to meet them over there again.  I think the girls are going to be beach bums!!  They went non-stop from about 11:30am until almost 6pm.  They had fun climbing the hill, splashing in the water, and playing in the sand.  I think they had the most fun chasing the seagulls, which was hillarous to watch. 

Bella and Ann were "swimming"

My little fish

Playing in the water and the sand

I couldn't believe that Bella was loving being in the water, sticking her face in and everything.  It's amazing what a difference a year, let alone a few weeks, makes!!  Can't wait to make another trip to the beach!