Let's Get the Party Started

This year Rich & Ava's birthday was on a Tuesday.  It was a long, fun-filled day.  Unfortunately, Rich still had to work, so he missed some of the fun.  Ava went to preschool wearing her crown and bringing cupcakes to share.  When I picked her up from preschool I surprised her with Papa & Nonna Kurz.  We took her to Round Table for lunch and Baskin Robbins for a little treat.

While Ava was at school I prepared another surprise for her.  I blew up a whole bunch of balloons.  I planned on having them fall on her when she came home and opened the door.  I was disappointed when I realized the door opened the wrong way.  I thought my surprise had been ruined, but I was wrong.  Ava was super excited just to have balloons all over the family room.  She ran around for about 10 minutes saying, "Balloons, balloons everywhere."  She threw them, kicked them, and rolled around in them.  Ava loved her balloons and we ended up keeping them around for a few days.

After all the fun afternoon surprises we decided to rest and prepare to party (some more) when daddy got home.  Ava sat with Papa & Nonna and watched her new favorite "Twinker" Bell movie (AKA- Tinker Bell).  I spent most of that time stacking and frosting the cake.

The lady at Round Table was very kind to give Ava free Parmesan Twists for her birthday.  These are Ava's favorite "pizza".

Ava with Papa & Nonna Kurz.  In front of her is a bowl of "crunchies" (croutons) from the salad bar.  These are also one of Ava's favorites.  She always steals them off of our salads.

Ava got a scoop of Chocolate Fudge ice cream.

She LOVES chocolate!

Rich and Ava discovered if they rub the balloons on their heads or Luca to create enough static electricity the balloons would stick to the ceiling.  Ava thought it was pretty cool.