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| New friend Olivia C. |
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| Nina's favorite present |
A month later, Nina gets her party.
The kids know that they didn't get a party last year because Meecie was dying. So this year we splurged a bit. For Kai, we took 10 newly-second-grade boys to Planes, followed by freeze dance, water balloons, pizza, cake, and chaos at our house.
For Nina, we had a random assortment of old and new friends and their siblings over for an art party. We made bead necklaces, arranged flowers and decorated the vases, and painted on little canvases outside. Ate rainbow fruit kebobs, veggies and hummus, mini sandwiches, and the most awesome rainbow cake ever. The kids ran through the house and yard and back again between projects. Tibo was the first one to show up with a beautiful rose bouquet. (Tibo could have been the only one here and Nina would have still been happy.) Then precious Ari and her little adorable sister Tea showed up with the biggest smiles on their faces. Ari took Nina's hand and just started running. The day after the party, as Nina and I were debriefing, Nina said, "Ari made be not be shy with anyone!"
Here are some pictures, thanks to Sara. Nate was too busy chasing Julian to take pictures. (We lost Julian at one point. Terrifying. He was on the top of the tree house.)
We don't have a picture of Matthew, who is probably Nina's favorite new friend. He's the little brother of Kai's twin friends Hunter and Britcher and he is a hoot. Nina said about him, "Tibo will be so surprised that Matthew likes pink AND princesses!"
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| Nina and Savannah |
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| Kaelyn, Kaiah, new friend Olivia painting |
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| My martha stewart cake |
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| Kaelyn and her flower arrangement |
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| Big sister Gracie |
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| Old Montessori friends Ari and Kayley |
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| Tibo, proud Nina, Kayley and big sister Kaiah |
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| Nina and Montessori friend Kaelyn |
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| Nina with Montessori friend Belle and big sister Gracie |
