Aftyn's Day of Fun

Aftyn had such a fun day, as you can tell!
Everything was so exciting to her and she reminded us at least 10 times yesterday that "today is my birfday!". :)
Thanks to our friends Mike, Madelyn and Marina for being our family at our family party.
They are awesome and even braved mosquitoes and thundershowers to help make Aftyn's night fun.
She felt thoroughly spoiled with her new toys, new dress, new jammies and even new panties!

(Every girl needs new birthday panties.)

I love how in every picture that is associated with any part of a traditional birthday, she has the MOST excited expression on her face that I have ever seen. She was genuinely THAT excited.  (She was also excited about her tinkerbell jammies, I just think she was starting to get tired. Finally.)
(Reed and I can't believe that by her next birthday, he will be graduating! Woohoo!!)

Funny Aftyn quote from Today

Alysa to Aftyn "Are you supposed to be in bed sleeping? Yes or no?"

Aftyn " No" some hesitation "yes"

What a smart kid she's turning into! It was hard not to laugh while putting her back in bed.


**Other exciting news! Aftyn has finally started singing/humming songs!! It all started because we were looking at her Sleeping Beauty book we got from some good friends with AWESOME pictures - I started singing the song Aurora sings when she's in the wooded glen by herself
"I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream". (I was mildly obsessed with this movie as a young girl, as you might be able to tell. )

Anywhoo, Aftyn and I danced while I sang her the song, which she loved, and then when I put her back down she started humming, mind you not the exact tune I had been singing, but you could tell she was trying to recreate the dancing/singing we had just done. **

When Aftyn began teething at around 7 months, I started to look for creative/fun ways to help her deal with the pain of teething. Luckily I had some otter pops from last summer still in the freezer. So with a little help from me, Aftyn began to enjoy a slight reprieve from teething because of numbed gums. And I began to find out how much I really enoy those things!

Except for 2 flavors. Blue and pink.

Yuck.

I don't much care for them.

Not sure why.

Give me red, purple, orange and green any day!

Because of this realization and not wanting to waste, I now have quite a collection of blue and pink otter pops, with no one waiting to eat them. Perhaps you would like them? Otherwise, I may have to start pawning them off on my scouts come warmer weather. :)

What normal, everyday things do you not like?