Brianna’s 4th Birthday Party 9.26.09

 

It is always nice to be able to go up to Brandi’s place and celebrate the girls’ birthdays…This weekend was no different..We arrived a few days early and on the day of Bri’s party, the decorating was going on…The night before the cupcakes were being iced…One of Brandi’s friends’, Kortney, came down the night before and Kortney was helping to ice the cupcakes…The cupcakes were in the form of ice cream cones…

 

  The party started at 2pm and is ending about 4pm…The guests were arriving from nearby Harpers Ferry, VA and further away as Pasadena, MD…To the left is Uncle Josh and Aunt Sandy who came from Maryland…

Now to the right are Bri’s other grandparents, Grams & Poppop who live nearby in Harpers Ferry…

Wrestling on the living room floor are Aunt Sandy’s two children, Mary and Timmy…I think they had a lot of fun just hassling each other…

Great Aunt Cindy and Great Uncle Doug arrived from Baltimore, MD but they came with a bushel full of goodness, live blue crabs…

 Once the live blue crabs are put in to a large steaming pot with vinegar and old bay seasoning, they are left to steam for about 20 minutes or so…Steaming, orange colored, full of seasoning crabs…All you need now is paper on the table, a claw cracker and a knife in case one don’t have a claw  cracker…A fork can be used to help open the legs to get to the meat…But don’t ever eat the lungs or other goop around the lungs…Break the crab in half and start picking out the meat…Oh la la!!!  I sure do miss having crabs..or for that matter, a very good crab cake…

Does this look like a wanted poster or what???  To the left is Gary, a good friend of Kortney…The one who wondering what is in this hamburger…

This is the Birthday Girl, Brianna…Isn’t she adorable??  She dressed up as Princess Aurora who is one of her favorite princess’s…The other favorite princess is Jasmine…Four candles were in her cupcake and we were all singing Happy Birthday to the birthday princess…Happy 4th Birthday!!

After blowing out the candles, and having the ice cream cone cupcakes and ice cream, it was time to have the little princess open her presents…Brianna got crafts, clothes, and toys… Oh my, what is in this little box, a cute pair of earrings that Aunt Cindy and Uncle Doug gave me…"Aunt” Kortney took me to the mall up in PA. when I was there a whole week and for my birthday I got my ears pierced…Now I have another pair of good earrings…Look what else she got…Her Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora) gown…She was so excited…As you can see, it didn’t take long for her to put on her new gown…

Brianna received lots of cool gifts…There were even some play dolls/characters from Disney…Belle and Jasmine…

The time had come for the kids to go down in to the garage for some Pinata hitting, if they could…Gary bought this cute Dora pinata and filled it with candy…The kids had a blast with it…Eventually the string to the pinata had to be pulled to let out the candy…All the kids were scrambling to get every last bit of candy that they could…The Birthday Princess went first, of course..

One by one, whacking at the pinata…It just wouldn’t open up…Once the pinata was hit open, it was a free for all…

The day had ended with the kids having fun…The adults watching the kids have fun…Taking lots of great photos…and the ending of eating steamed blue crabs…It was a great day!

One crazy family here…Uncle Josh, in green tee; Aunt Sandy, holding down Uncle Josh; Me (Mommom), in purple tee; Poppy, in purple tee standing behind couch; Mary & Timmy…This was one of those crazy poses…It turned out cool…