Memorial Day Weekend!

Alright, so I'm finally getting caught up!! Summer is here and we've been busy...EVERY day!

We had an absolutely wonderful Memorial Day weekend. The pool on our street opened up and of course the girls and I needed to hit up the baby pool on opening day. The girls had an absolute blast and it was actually relaxing for Mommy this year! The girls are so independent in the water now, that I was actually able to sit down in a lounge chair and just watch them play...WONDERFUL!

To finish up our long weekend, we headed out into the country to visit some of our best friends, Travis and Sarah's new house. It was quite the drive our there, but we were greeted by a gorgeous day and some beautiful countryside. The girls had so much fun running around in the lawn and especially playing on the old swing set that was on the property. Unfortunately, Brian's allergies got the best of him, so we had to cut our visit short. But we really look forward to some fabulous summer days out there in the future!






Travis and Sarah's kids, Wesley and Eleanor


Memorial Day weekend marks the start of one of our favorite weeks here in Dublin, The Memorial Tournament. Thousands of people and hundreds of pro-golfers flock to Muirfield for our annual PGA tournament. I was able to bring the girls on Wednesday again this year and they really enjoyed actually watching some golf this year. Since daddy golfs so much, the girls love to talk about golfers, golf balls, and golf clubs and were very excited to see all of these things! Unfortunately, I forgot to snap any pictures on the only day of the tournament that cameras are allowed!!

Brian completed his scoring duties on Thursday and Saturday this year, which despite the ridiculous heat (he has to dress in long pants, long-sleeved shirt and tie! I don't know how he survived?!?), he really enjoys. One of the golfers in his Thursday group finished in the top 3 again this year, so perhaps he's a lucky scorer! On Saturday, I took 3 of my good friends (from my twin's playgroup) out to the tournament and we had a fabulous time eating lunch, watching some golf and relaxing without kids! As usual, tournament week was an absolute blast, but also exhausting, so we are all still recovering!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!!

We woke the girls up this morning by singing "Happy Birthday" and they were thrilled! These silly girls must think it's their birthday every day, since they heard it at their party on Sunday and we've been singing the song almost every day since!

But, here they are, my 2 YEAR OLDS! Wow!


Dressed in their birthday outfits and ready for morning playgroup!
These next few pictures were taken with my phone, so I apologize that the quality isn't terrific. Last year we started an annual birthday tradition of taking the girls to Muirfield Village for their birthday lunch. It's such a great time to be up at the club because everything is bustling and busy with the tournament being just weeks away. The course is in perfect condition and there are lots of golfers to watch and the girls love it! Hopefully we can do this every year for their birthday! Brian and I were even talking about how we'd one day probably be throwing a 16th or 18th birthday party at the club...now that is scary!!
One of the most special parts of their birthday lunch was their cake surprise. The club has a fabulous pastry chef, Meaghan, who has made many a cake for our events. Both last year and this year, when she heard that the girls were there for lunch, she managed to whip up the most special birthday treats! This year it was a jar full of cake balls on a stick! They looked awesome and tasted even better!!! What a special thing for our girls!So, that is our birthday day so far. I'll have more to post later!

Ladybug Birthday Party!

Okay, so this is going to be picture overload, but I worked so hard on this party (and all of my helpers too!) and I loved how it turned out, so now is my chance to show it off!! The girls are absolutely in love with "bee-bugs" (ladybugs) and I just love planning and creating parties (I'm not sure everyone involved loves me planning!) so thus an awesome "bee-bug" party was born!

We had 50 of our closest friends and family to a "play cafe" here in town for the girls' Ladybug themed 2nd Birthday party! The party was a brunch, complete with 10 different homemade quiches (thanks to Grammy), bagels, fruit salad, pastries, tea sized PB&J for the kids and much more! The adults had mimosas and bloody marys, while the kids enjoyed milk or apple juice in the ladybug sippy cups that I made with every child's name. We had a dessert table complete with a 2 tiered ladybug cake, individual bug cakes for the girls', cupcakes, chocolate covered rice crispy treats, chocolate covered oreos on a stick, and frosted sugar cookies! Yummy!!

The kids, adults and especially the birthday girls had an absolute blast! Not unlike a wedding that you've planned for for years, the party flew by in what seemed like a minute and then all of the hard work and planning was over! But, at least I have the fabulous pictures and memories and hopefully some day the girls will appreciate looking back at them!

Ladybug flower centerpieces
Frosted sugar cookies with ladybugs! (notice the felt ladybug in the background!)
Chocolate covered oreos on a stick!
Cupcakes with ladybugs or cupcake flags!

I loved the cakes!
Favor treats buckets with ladybug accessories!
Sadie and a "bee-bug"
Grammy and her girls
Macy, Grammy and a "bee-bug"
Macy
Sadie
Macy playing with the cars!
Daddy and his Sadie-girl
Sweet Sadie!
She loves her milk (see her ladybug sippy!)
My girlies on the seesaw!
Sadie and her beloved milk again!
Sadie feeds Grammy
Macy saying, "Is anyone looking?"
Mommy and Macy working so hard to blow out her candles!
Sadie and her cake!
My sweet girls!
Macy!
Sadie and Grammy
And last, but certainly not least, Macy and her cake! She attacked this cake and ate almost the whole thing! It was hilarious!
I hope that you enjoyed these pictures as much as I do! I cannot believe that tomorrow morning, my babies will be 2 years old. They look so grown up in these pictures and really are turning into little girls! What an amazing 2 years!