I'm Baaaaaack!

Well, it wasn't necessarily intentional but I took about a month off from blogging. I usually blog before bed at night but lately I have been too pooped to do it! From May to July my little family has Mother's Day, my mom's bday, my bday, Father's Day, my husband's bday, our anniversary, Fourth of July and Hayden's birthday. Whew! Needless to say I've been busy. Even without all the celebrations and cake making we have been busy with school, gymnastics, planning for swim lessons that start next week, etc. I really don't know how those of you with more than one kid do it!

I'm going to show you pictures from Hayden's birthday party in a sec but first I want to show you pictures of her getting a "big girl haircut". Her hair is so wonky that I was straightening it everyday only to have it get stringy and gross looking within the hour. Sure I could pull it up but the second she sat in her car seat the back was messed up and my OCD just couldn't handle it anymore! I thought about getting her an angled bob cut a while back because it fits her personality to have a sassy 'do but I just couldn't do it. Well....we did it and it looks adorable! Here's the before:

And here's the after:

She loves it, if you can't tell from her facial expression. Now on to the party...

Her actual birthday isn't until this Sunday but since Saturday is July 4th I decided to have it the weekend before. It was a pony party! Our friends have miniature horses on their land and were sweet enough to offer to have Hayden's party at their house. It was very fun. The kids got to go in a pet, brush and feed the horses. We then had races with the stick ponies I had made as party favors. I will never do this again! Turns out it takes FOR-EV-ER to make 17 stick ponies. Oh well, they looked cute. After cupcakes and presents we ended with a horse pinata. Here are some pics...Hayden sat here to open her presents. Yes, I took the OCD to the next level and made her an outfit to match the party theme. I might have even cover a headband in bandana the night before for me to wear with my cowboy boots. It's an illness. It really is.

Each kid got a sherrif's badge after they raced. Everyone is a winner, of course, at a three-year-old's party.

Well, that's it for now. I probably won't get back to posting every day while summer's still going strong but I will definitely do my best to post as often as I can. Until next time...