D-D Party!

On May 17th, we had the first of 2 parties for Miss. Jolee. We had a Dora party or D-D party as she would say. We had this one at our house, and all her friends from church came over , we had a house full and loved it!! We grilled hotdogs, had chips and dip, ice-cream and a Dora cake!

Our house was decked out with D-D decorations that Jolee helped pick out. She and I went to the party store and she helped pick out the decorations. Then I let her pick out what color plates and cups she wanted. She picked out purple cups and pink plates, she did a good job, it matched all the D-D stuff perfectly! She was so, so excited!!

I know you all read Amber's blog, and so since we hardly ever see her in a picture, since she is always the one taking them, I thought this one of her Nathan was so cute and had to share it!

Some of the girlies eating lunch...Kyrie, Abby, Carrigan, and Jolee!

Then we have on the other side of the table eating lunch...John or (Boo) as Jolee calls him, Emma, and Timothy!

I guess the other kiddos were outside playing!

Remember the swingset we got her for her birthday -a huge hit- I don't know what we would have done if we had'nt had it. The kids played and played on it!

We had a D-D pinata and that was alot of fun. Silas did'nt like the idea that we pulled the strings for the candy to fall out, he kept saying ...I can't believe we are not using a bat! Let me explain the reason why though. The week of her party, when we got the D-D pinata, she took her everywhere, all over the house, she talked to her, sat by her, and there was no way after watching her with D-D all week, that I could allow everone to beat her with a bat until candy fell out of her. Jolee would have freaked out and would still be having nightmares about it. Plus dude that thing cost $20.00 and now she is in the playroom on a shelf being used as a decoration!!

I told Silas for his birthday I would get him a pinata that he could hit with a bat!

Daddy sportin his D-D birthday hat and looking oh so excited about it! Check out that smile!

Jolee had such a great time playing and opening presents. She was exhausted by the end of the day and after her party she took a long nap, actually we all 3 did! In the above picture she was opening a present from her beloved Abby and Mema and Nate. It's a cool magnetic Nena the ballerina doll that you can dress up, she plays with her all the time!

Wandy had a very good idea for present time... The child that the gift was from brought it up and handed it to Jolee so she would know who gave it to her. It worked, she can still tell you who gave her what. I look very excited about this present for Carrigan, it's all D-D art stuff, she LOVES it!

Jolee and Daddy playing that night with her puppies that Bro. David, Sis. Sherri, and Boo gave her. She loves it and loves puppies. Every Sunday at church during handshake she tells Bro. David about her puppies!

We had a wonderful time and a great party. It really meant alot to us that everyone came, we feel really blessed to have these families in our life!