Carter's Hungry Caterpillar Party!

We were so excited to celebrate our little man's 2nd birthday this weekend!

1-2 went by way too fast. :(

He was so excited and totally got it this year!  He woke up ready to party!  It was the sweetest thing!

So the theme was the Hungry Caterpillar book by: Eric Carle

I saw this theme while I was pregnant with him and kept it in the back of my mind.  He is a book-a-holic so he really understood that he was having a caterpillar party!  

Here is a little photo tour:

I made play doh for their party bags.

The favors:  play doh tools, bath crayons, play doh and mustache stickers (Carter HAD to have them at the Dollar Store...so okay, we go them.)

Food!

Made some little party circles with my handy-dandy computer.

The Hungry Caterpillar for everyone to sign.

Dada!

Mama!

Happy Birthday Carter!

King Carter.

Presents!

Invites.

I also made water bottle labels!

AND had a little craft station...which was used by the only girl.  Ha ha.

Such a fun theme to do!  There are so many ideas online too!  I pinterested quite a bit for it!  There was even a blogger whom shared her food labels!  Don't you love all the sharing that goes on the internet these days!!!

P.S. there were other children!  Ha ha.  But I didn't ask their parents if I could add them to my blog...so I didn't.

Vent

I just need to vent...

Carter has done amazing on Potty Training!  Success.  No accidents since the first two days.  Now he has a stomach bug.  Guess who is currently VERY involved in his mess?  Me.  It's constant.

This is preventing much sleep.  For either of us.  I mostly feel sorry for him though.

Next, I had emergency dental surgery yesterday.  I haven't eaten in two days, am exhausted and in pain.

Finally, our house is disgusting.

But just taking the 1 minute to vent to anyone makes me feel better.

Aaaand back upstairs...probably for another mess to scrub away.

McCoy Christmas-Skiing

One of the days in Banff we got to brush up on our skiing ability.

Carter stayed behind to swim with Nana and Ba while the kiddos of all ages hit the slopes.

Everyone dressed...

smiles on....

excited...

and ready to ski!

Mind you it had been about 8 years since I had done this previously.  So that actually left me as the most refreshed skier.

Was I awesome?

In many ways, yes.

Skiing?

No.

John was REALLY good.

And our marriage almost failed us as he took me down a Double Black....for the second time.

He was warned after the first time.

But somehow there we were on the same slope again. 

It was so steep I couldn't even turn.  I skied/slid down the entire mountain on one leg.

I was sore the next day.

I should have stuck with Shae!

We had a blast together!  

She and (her) John were much smarter and found a way off the Black on the FIRST run!!

Me and (my) John?  We somehow managed to complete it twice.

Mind you there were about one hundred 7 Year Olds skiing so fast, with their poles held out horizontally in front of their bodies, whizzing next to us/me.

Again, I was cursing under my breath and sliding down on one side.

Aww, but when you are here...it's fun no matter what!

Really, it was a blast, once I realized I was going to live through skiing with my husband!!

What an awesome day!!!

McCoy Christmas-Banff

One of the greatest things about living in Calgary (although there are many, we are so lucky) is Banff!

Have you heard of it?

If not, google it now.

It's beautiful and an hour away!

Road Trip!!

Sleeping in the car is not allowed in our family...but exceptions are made.

So sweet!  Sleepy face!!

I kind of wanted to climb back there and smooch him.  But that might have killed the moment.

Banff TIME!

Segovia's in the mountains!  Seriously, isn't this beautiful??

McCoy's!  

Look at my husband, what is wrong with this picture??

I'll tell you.

He's crazy and tries to NOT wear his winter coat as often as possible.

I have to remind him, we're Texan.  If Canadians are wearing them, it should be a no brainer.

We took a gondola to the top for some snowy views!

Houston is Calgary's US sister city!  So close, yet so far away!

Shae shae with her crazy brother!

I'm pretty sure he was frozen at this point.

The girls gearing up for ice skating!!

Helmets on!!

Baba and Nana ready for Sleigh Rides!

It got even colder as the sun went down....around 4:00pm.

Okay, this picture is just amazing.  

A. Uncle John's wooly beard is probably the coolest thing to come from ETSY.

B. How cute is Ella in her cat hat?

McCoy Christmas-Segovia's Arrive!

The Segovia's, (John's sister), Aunt Shae, Uncle John, Alexa and Ella arrived from Texas!

This was such an awesome time together!  Carter still talks about them every.single.day!

We took a walk to the Bow River...about a block from our house!

The girls!

Aunt Shae, Alexa, me, Ella...and Lucy!

So sweet!

Alexa, Ella and Uncle John walked down to the frozen river to skip rocks/throw them on ice.

Daddy's girls!

I love this picture with the city in the background!

Nothing like a little snowball fight!!!

Pizza Bob's for dinner!

Not the fanciest place, but they have great pizza!!

Hello!!

Shae and Nana!

Cousins and Aunties!

Onry boy!!!  Seriously, look at that face.  Honestly, he was trying to bite (lovingly, of course) Nana's nose.  This was quite the game.

Tomorrow Banff!!!  I can't wait!!!