Birthday party take two...

The Minnesota Bums got to take a trip back to Colorado in October so that Melissa could attend a pharmacy conference. While we were there, we had another birthday party for Sheinah with the Colorado Bums and Vigils. We started the party at the park by David and Shannon's house but got rained out. Aunt Virginia was kind enough to open her home...not only for the party, but also for us to stay there for a few days.

Uncle David made Sheinah a really cool horse cake. Sheinah really liked eating the carrot. While we were at the park, Naomi took charge of playing with Sheinah. They had lots of fun playing on the slide.

Sheinah Turns 2

Sheinah turned two on October 3rd. We celebrated her birthday with her friends from daycare by having a party at the Children's Museum of Duluth. It was really nice for many reasons (1) No clean up (2) No clean up (3) No clean up...it think you get the idea! The kids really had a good time interacting with all the different exhibits. The highlight of the party was definitely the face-painting...although Gabe might disagree with that statement :) Check out a few highlights from the pictures below:

Gabe enjoyed the campsite exhibit Sheinah, Gabrielle, and Gabe held hands on the way back to the party room.

Sheinah really enjoyed the face painting. She chose a butterfly from the picture of options and picked the colors herself. She sat very still while the painting was happening and did a really good job of not touching her face the whole afternoon.

This is our favorite picture of Gabrielle (on the right). It really shows her curious spirit. She is Sheinah's best buddy from daycare. The two girls are two months apart (Sheinah is the older one) and they are like two peas in a pod. They even look a little bit alike! Melissa made homemade cupcakes for Sheinah's birthday (in an effort to control the sugar intake). We had juice boxes, raisins, pretzels, and cheddar bunnies for a snack. Sheinah got to sit in the special birthday chair.

Check out this video of Sheinah blowing out the candle. You gotta love the shock on Melissa's face (she didn't realize that Hannah had taught Sheinah how to blow out the candle). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5592916894609818557&hl=en