Happy (early) Birthday, Marie!

Because Marie's brother or sister is arriving rather close to her birthday, we decided to have her birthday party a tad early.  Much to our dismay, plans were changed last minute (we rented a pavilion at Marie's favorite park for a picnic, but moved the shindig to our house due to the completely inaccurate forecast from certain weather people -- I'm looking at you Cindy Preszler!), but fun was still had by all.  Can't believe our Little Lady is (almost) 2 yrs old!!

Opening presents...

...and more presents...

....and more!

The crowd anxiously awaiting the "Happy Birthday" song...

What do you give the birthday girl who hates cake?  Hostess chocolate donuts - her favorite!

The kid crew!

The four of us!

That Nanny sure is a lot of fun!

Chalk drawing with the ever-so-creative Madelyn.

Big-wheelin' with Luke!

And when meltdowns started, the party was over...poor Adam...