Littlest Pet Shop Party

Littlest Pet Shop stuff was hard to find, so I made my own decor. Each table had a birthday cake centerpiece with LPS images from their website and #4s. There were bowls of gold fish crackers and "bird seed" (sunflower seeds).

We bought our new patio furniture just in time for the party. I found these paper lanterns at the dollar store.

The food was all pet themed: Hot Dogs, "Pup"peroni & "Snausage" Pizza, "Cat Chow" (Cracklin' Oat Bran) served in a pet food bowl, breadsticks knotted like "Rawhides", the "Bunny Buffet" was a veggie tray, Swedish fish in fish bowls, "Fish Food" was gummy worms, "Hamster Chow" was Chex Mix, a bowl of Annie's brand bunny cookies, and of course homemade "Puppy Chow".

Aidan & Tristan our friends and now neighbors. All the kids could stop at the "Puppy & Kitty Transformation Station" for masks, candy collars w/ ID tags, and LPS tatoos.

Aidan was with Tristan and his mom, Emily, before the party. Emily got Aidan ready for the party and made up for having a boy by getting out her curling iron and giving Aidan a head full of curls- it was ADORABLE!!!

One of our games was the "Kitty Litter Scoop". We bought a new litter pan (of course), filled the bottom with candy, then added rice for the litter, and let the kids take turns scooping the litter. For added effect we molded tootsie rolls into faux cat terds.

The kids were a little grossed out, but really intrigued!

Zach and Jenna playing the Bone tossing game.

The beverage table.

Aidan, Tristan and our neighbor/ babysitter Corrin.

All the kids playing chaulk in the driveway.

Mary and Heidi watching the litter scooping game, a little grossed out!

JD took the first scoop and decided to test out a "Kitty Cookie"

Brad trying to make the crown fit. Sorry step sister!

Jonathan already has big, brown, puppy dog eyes, the mask just enhanced them and crossed them a little!

We found this Littlest Pet Shop birthday set and thought it would be perfect as a cake topper.

Aidan loves to go to JD's house to play with his transformers, star wars toys and all the cool toys that she doesn't really know anything about. JD knows she loves Transformers so he picked this one out for her.

"Thanks Tristan!" **Hug** "Your welcome Aidan!" I'm so glad I captured this cute exchange between friends.

All the kids we tired and getting cold while Aidan was opening her gifts V E R R Y S L L L O W W L L Y! JD just couldn't take it, he kept trying to help.

Aidan had an amazing birthday (week)! She got so spoiled and we had fun spoiling her! She's a great kid and she really appreciated all the special things we did. It's a good thing we went through her toy room and got rid of all that "baby stuff" as she put it- she's a big kid now and she doesn't let us forget it! It goes both ways- we like pulling that "you're 4 now, you can____"

Manis & Pedis with Mommy

I decided Aidan was old enough (finally!) to take her for her first mani & pedi. She LOVED IT! She loved it so much that she was trying to convince me that we need to surprise Daddy for his birthday and take him to the nail salon. She is still trying to think of a reason to go do it again. The chair for the kids has a bunny head on top, then the arms have embroidered paws on them. The kid's chair also has a DVD player on it. I am so excited that she enjoyed this special treat!

Monster Surprises!

As soon as we pulled into the mall parking lot Aidan knew we were going to see the Monsters VS Aliens. It was really funny and it had great special effects!
When we got out of the movie she asked if we could turn around to see the new Transformers. She was happy to get her picture taken with her favorite one- Bumblebee.

Surprise! Surprise!

We decided to make the entire day a big surprise for Aidan. We drove out to the new Chuck E Cheese. She had no idea until we pulled into the parking lot where we were going for lunch. When we got there she was screaming "Chuck E Cheeses", then we pulled in next to our friends Nicolle and Addy. Double surprise!!

The girls had a blast playing with the blue screen and watching themselves dancing on the TVs.

There were a few fun little rides.

Of course there was cake!

Aidan was so excited to see the "real" Chuck E Cheese.

Dancing Queens!

Paging Doctor Thompson

(May 6) Aidan woke up to find that Brad and I decorated the dining room with streamers and Littlest Pet Shop birthday signs.

She opened a few gifts before breakfast. Of course there were a few Pet Shops.

She was really excited about the Vet Kit. I can totally see this as a career for her, no pressure...

Let the Birthday Begin!

Wow! Totally spoiled by Auntie Cathy, Uncle Jeff, Cousins Julia & Benjamin. Julia sent Aidan the cutest colored pictures and things she made with her computer art studio. Julia had even thought to ask what Aidan's favorite candy was. So sweet! It is so much more fun for Aidan to open her gifts as they come in the mail so she really gets to enjoys them.

A new Word Girl book... OMG! I think she tinkled a little!!!! Aidan is a HUGE fan of Word Girl, just like Julia.

This is what we do to Villans! There are also some moves she learned from Kung Fu Panda that go wtih this face.

Julia and Aidan also have a love for Hello Kitty... who doesn't she too cute!
What great gifts- Thank you Cathy, Jeff, Julia, & Benji!!!!

Marmot Marchers

Part of the Blooms Day weekend in Spokane is the Marmot March. Its a 1.2 mile "run" around the park for kids 2nd grade and under. Imagine 400 little children, their parents, and all their strollers & wagons trying to walk through the park = fun, RIGHT?! Ugh! Aidan wanted to get out of her stroller at the beginning of the race, then decided right as we started to move that she wanted back in...I was trying to get her to walk for a second until we could have some space to get back in. She threw a tantrum and went limp (which is so not like her) and I ended up getting hit with a hundred strollers from behind as we tried pulling off the course. She was crying, I was PO'd and we lost our friends. Oh fun! So we walked the course alone. Finally we both calmed down, so I stopped about 2/3 through and asked her to get out to walk. She started arguing about it! I had to pull out my Love & Logic and told her that she could ride, but that she would have to tell her friends that she couldn't have lunch with them OR she could walk the rest of the way and we could have lunch with them. She walked about 10 feet to the port a potty, used it, then (as if I wouldn't remember) tried to get back in... Oh no ya' didn't! She pouted for another 10 minutes until one of the race volunteers cheered her on and could see she wasn't happy and gave her a pep talk. It was so sweet! Aidan was all excited then to give the volunteers high fives as she walked along, she even ran for a few feet! At the end she was excited to see all the mascots who came out to cheer the kids on. She was slapping hands and hugging at the end. We ended on a good note and then we had a great rest of the day. She was so proud that she finished and got her ribbon.