E's birthday Party

Aloha Friends!! Welcome to E's 10th birthday party! My goodness this party was FUN!

Decorations all ready to set the mood!!

The cake the had me in tears. Is it really that bad, absolutely not. It's just not our usual kind of cake, It's much more simplistic and really now looking back, it's beautiful. 

All of the stitch goodies.

 Friends dressed up! Kaydence, Naomi, E, Emma & Lucy. This is the first year that we have only had school friends over and honestly it was such a wonderful change of pace. Small group, the girls were all the same age. We had a great time!

 

 First thing we did was screenprint some tote bags. For some reason in my mind I saw this process going so much faster than it did. I planned a two hour party and we were almost an hour and a half in by the time we finished the totes. note to self.... give yourself more time!

 

Then we ca,e upstairs to make our little scrumps. This was a absolute gong show but it was so so fun!!

It was at this time that we started to loose girls because our time was up. We sent them home with a tote full of activities that we didn't get finished. Oops.  

Drinks while they worked.

Naomi and E

E and Emma

E and her bestie Lucy.

Our finished Scrumps! Holy Moses they are so dang darling!

Now I felt absolutely terrible because we ran out of time for E to have her friends sing Happy birthday and eat her cake. E was so dang sweet and posed for pictures regardless but it broke my Mama heart a bit!

WE made E a Stitch shirt when we made the totes. 

Making her water bottle.

And while the party was fun E got to have a "late over" with her bestie Lucy. They spent the day playing and Lucy came around the corner with a striped tiger. I asked her about it and she said that it's her favorite stuffy. Like Sprout's Elephant. I laughed and told the girls to wait a second while I headed up to the attic. I pulled down my Beanie Baby tote and started sifting through it. I have the exact same tiger. The girls were so stoked to have twinning tigers. Lucy's is named "Fluffy" so they named E's "Scruffy". 

And that's another wrap on a birthday. It's was busy and wonderful and I'm happy it's been checked off the list! Happy birthday E!!! You are so loved!!!

Stitch Birthday Prep

 E's birthday this year was rather last minute. She had wanted to do a Stitch birthday but in the beginning of January all luau decor was out of stock. So we decided to go with a craft themed party. I headed to the dollar store for a few random items and low and behold all of the summer stuff was out!! I grabbed what I could and a stitch party was set in motion.

We made water bottles. The prep for this was simple but time consuming!

I love my Cricut!!

I made a balloon arch and tissue papae flowers to decorate the wall. The nice part was this party was pretty easy to throw together. E loved the final result. 

I love being able to do these things for my babes! 

Aloha friends! It's time to party!

E is 10

+ E is one smart kid. She loves everything about school. She loves to learn and is a little sponge. If she isn't able to go to class because she's sick or of the weather she will cry. Bless her heart.

+E loves to read. not only does she read, she reads massive books. 700+ page books without even batting an eye. She has an amazing memory recalling the smallest details. I will often come upstairs after working out in the evening to find her still awake a book in her lap reading away. 

+E is creative. She is always looking up crafts online and trying to make up new little projects. I love to see the things thats he comes up with. Her art is getting better too!!

+E is one of the most thoughtful people I know. She knows how to read a person, room or situation. She specifiaclly goes out of her way to help people, leave notes, tidy a room, play with a baby, start a meal. She is always the first one to help and the last one to stop working. 

+She is the best mini Mama. She knows how to distract Roo in the most amazing ways. I watch her and think, man, she's better than I am. She just GETS it. If he's crying she pulls out a toy or if he wants something he shouldn't she hands him somethng else so effortlessly. I am just in awe of her. 

+She is a fantastic and at time, complicated blend of both Jakob and I. She has my heart, love of being with people, and energy, combined with Jakob's demeanor for knowledge, calm demenor, and stubbornness and eye for money. Its so strage to see how we have each played a roll in who she is becoming and I love watching her grow up into this incredible person. 

+E loves her friends and is quite social but more often that not will choose to be at home with us if given the choice. Her best friend is Lucy and I love seeing them together. 

+E's love language is words of affirmation and gifts.

+She love to save her money. She's so possessive of it and I love seeing her figure out ways to earn money. I was at the dinner table with her shorty after her birthday and I told her that I only had her for another 8 years and then she would be going off to school. She looked at me straight in the eye and said "Mom, do you have any idea how much rent is? Never mind, food, gas, insurance and a car. There is no way I want to be paying for all of that while I'm in school. No, I think I'll stay home fro awhile." My jaw hit the floor. What 10 year old thinks like that?! We'll see how she feels in a few years but gosh darn it I was proud of her!

+And to to reiterate and becuase I feel like I worded this well on Instagram, here is the caption about E from there: T E N. I have been a pile of emotions all day (but we'll save most of those for mother's day.) This girl. She's my best friend, her Daddy's kiddo, our Mini Mama, our world. She is compassionate, patient, loving, empathetic, strong, confident and unique. She understands things without being told, she is always the first to help without being asked, and tries her hardest to serve everyone. She loves all things Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Stitch. She is creative and loves to make anything she can. She loves to read and will read 3-4 books at the same time. She is funny and I love our conversations that usually end up with us laughing until we cry. She's the best Mini Mama and can take care of the boys better than I can. When I grow up I want to be just like this girl. She is all the good things in this world. Happy Birthday Peanut. You are SO LOVED!

 

Oh and a couple of out takes because it was cold and snowing and I asked her to jump and they make me laugh!!

 

E's Birthday

This year we were trying to think of a theme for E's party and nothing was feeling right. We wanted to to a Stitch party but in February Hawaiian things were difficult to come by. So we opted for a craft party again. I could tell that she was bummed. then one day while at the $ Tree, I found a stash of summer things!! We were both so excited! Last minute change of plans and a Stitch party was in the works.

The day of her birthday was a very relaxed day. She went to school. I picked her up and we got a mint milk shake. 

We had Ramen for dinner and Papa & Gram came along with the Dyches. It was so good to be with people that we love! 

For E's special treat with Daddy, she picked out donuts due to tradition. She's big on things like that. 

I ordered this Stitch MONTHS ago. I knew what it was and so I never opened the box. When I went to wrap her gifts I opened the box and gasped. I thought that this Stitch would have been half the size. He was huge!!!! I mean I'm not mad but he was more than I was expecting for sure. I don't think E minds though. :) Happy Birthday beautiful girl!!! You are so loved!

 

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Nicknames: Peanut, Kiddo (Daddy), Mufficita (Pa).

+ E is the BEST big sister. She is always there ready to help with Roo. She plays, sets up shows, gets him snacks. We call her Little Mini Mama. Roo loves his big sister so it is really nice when she jumps in to help! 

+ She is a really wonderful student. She enjoys school and her favorite subject is art and math. She works hard and is always willing to go the extra step to make her work stand out.

+ E has a great group of friends. She is a light and is really good at navigating drama around friendships. She has some great friends that come over to play and it's so fun to see her in a social setting and see how she thrives. 

+ E is still ALLLLLL about the crafts and making things. She loves to work on projects together and I wish that we had more time to do that. Doesn't matter what we're making, E is all in.

+ E loves to play games and is really quite competitive. She likes to play Catan with Mama, Daddy & Duke and will play Yahtzee with Oma. 

+This girl is a wonderful reader. She has read all of the Percy Jackson books, the first three Harry Potter books and has started the Hero's of Olympus series. I am so dang proud of her and I love that she loves to read!!

+ E is becoming quite the little chef. She is starting to experiment in the kitchen and has learned how to make Mac n Cheese. We'll see how this develops! 

+E is a BIG Harry Potter fan and oh. my. lanata. it is so dang fun to enjoy something together. Her room has turned into a Hufflepuff Dormitory and we have some plans to make it even more exciting. We have been reading the books together and I love getting to spend some time and watching her fall in love with characters.

+ E is the most sincere and genuine person I know. She knows your feeling without having to say anything. She is empathetic, and kind. She is always thinking of others and she thrives on positive reinforcement. She is bold and brave but in the most humble way. She wants everyone to be happy and will often put her happiness on the back burner to serve someone else. She is all the good things in this world. 

+E is starting to find a love for Lego. After the summer spent at Gramma's building all of Daddy's Lego, it sparked a love for building. Her favorite sets are Harry Potter themed. 

Oh sweet girl, you will move mountains as you grow. Please don't ever change. You are so loved!!