Third Time's the Charm!

Virginia celebrated her third birthday with friends on April 14 - a few days after her actual birthday.  We figured this is is the last year that we can influence her choice of theme, so we went with one of our favorites - luau!  Mimi sent her a tropical dress, and we loaded up on the wacky tiki decorations to transform our house into the Hawaiian islands.

The party was a big success.  About a dozen of Virginia's buddies, their parents, and a few close family friends came to our house to enjoy a bouncy house, gourmet Domino's pizza, and a classy Safeway cake (Virginia insisted on a Safeway cake covered with lots of icing flowers, after many months of viewing them in the bakery display).  PopPop fired up the blender to make a few mai tais for the grown ups, which were a big hit.

I guess it is official... little V is now a big girl!

Hawaiian bouncy house:

 Buddy Bella (these two are HILARIOUS together):

Kids take over the front room:

The pizza is almost as tall as Virginia:

Virginia, Kylie, and Isabel chow down:

The Safeway cake, covered in icing flowers!:

Kylie, Mom & Virginia:

Marcia (the other birthday girl), Martha, Ellie & GayGay

Leslie and Dore:

Kids enjoy cake outside:

Bouncy house madness (with James, Griffin, Bella, Violet, Tasha & Dekker):

Virginia and Tasha enjoy the bouncy house "afterparty:"