over the rainbow

reid had a wonderful little birthday party

over the weekend.

rainbow themed with lots of water play.

since this is the one party we invite friends,

i thought it might be nice to have something for

all the kids to do.

we had little kiddie pools and a slip-n-slide.

it was colorful and loud and

reid was a little overwhelmed,

but all in all, i think it went great.

we let everyone play for awhile while

we all snacked.

then we opened gifts and watched

reid dominate her smash cake.

she was hilarious.

but i made the mistake of doing

the smash cake inside.

i don't know why i didn't think of it,

but hello, ALWAYS do the smash cake outside.

it got a little messy and i had to take reid

upstairs for a quick wash-off.

i think everyone had a good time and

i'm so happy we all got together to celebrate her first birthday
and eden lou's forth birthday.

Happy Birthday, Girls!

and now for a million photos: