birthday party saturday

saturday was another busy day for us-my girls had a soccer game at 9, we had haley's birthday at 10, and sydni's (one of the girls on my team) birthday party at noon on the other side of the island at the beach!






i dropped off the cakes and cupcakes at ann's house at 8, made it to the fields at about 8:20, the girls won and we all attributed that to the red velvet cupcakes they had at practice on thursday :), and then i headed back to ann's for haley's birthday party! i was about 45 minutes late, but the kids were having a blast playing in the pool in the yard. we had some lunch and then it was time for the cake and presents. watching haley tear into the cake was the best part! it took her a minute to get started, but man once she did......it was great. she was covered in so much icing that ann took her out to the pool to clean her off, it went a whole lot faster than trying to use baby wipes :) and haley being such the sweet girl reached for me when ann got her out of the pool and she gave me the biggest hug, unprompted :) and then it was present time! its always funny to watch the little ones playing with the wrapping. it was a very fun party and we all had a blast! 1st birthday haley!




then next up was sydni's party (shes the one i made the soccer ball cake for the week before). since the soccer game of her actual b-day weekend was late in the afternoon she had her party a week later....at the beach! it turned out to be a much needed beautiful afternoon and a lot of fun. sara loves the girls on my team and they are all always so nice to her, so she loved getting to hang out with them. and i have to add that i am very proud be able to say i am one of sydni's coaches. not only does she give everything she can out on the field, she doesnt complain too much even though she might have to play goal and is just over all a great kid. and then add to the fact that for her 14th birthday instead of gifts for herself she asked for everyone to bring a new stuffed animal to be donated to a local hospital for kids to have when they come to the emergency room, yep-an overall good kid. the girls ganged up on me as i was laying on the beach with sara, they grabbed my legs and my arms and drug me into the water, which by the way was freezing!, i was almost able to get away, but they got me in just as a wave was crashing so i got dunked. once i was in, it was fine, but that first initial wave was cold. sara even finally got in with me and played around with the girls. we had more cake and sara got lots of candy from the pinata and some soccer ball tattoos. by the time we left at about 4:30 sara and i were both worn out, but what a great day with friends.