Scavenger Hunt & Birthday Rukkus!

Getting some BIG hugs from Big Brother Kael.

We celebrated Naveah's Birthday as a family little early. Evan wasn't going to be in town on her actual birthday. While searching around online to figure out a fun but cheap activity I came across a Scavenger Hunt list on a Bragg Creek website. What a great idea!!! So in the morning we printed off a couple copies, dug out a couple buckets for them to bring and made a quick picnic lunch. But before we left we gave Naveah one of her birthday presents. She sat on the bottom of the stairs and eagerly waited for Daddy to bring it down to her. She was SO excited to see her new baby! She demanded that it come out of the box immediately. I couldnt do it fast enough. But finally baby was out and Naveah insisted baby come with us. (baby wont be a boy or girl until Jevne 3 is born)

Waiting for Daddy to come downstairs.

You cant tell, but Naveah was actually quite noisy

about the Baby being stuck in the box.Mommy rescuing Baby from the box.
Happy Girl!!!

We went first to Elbow Falls. We were originally going to do the scavenger hunt there but the sun hid behind the clouds as soon as we got there. It was cold, windy and BUSY! I couldnt believe how many people were there having BBQ's and just hanging out. But I guess thats kinda what we were there for right? We walked down to the river, had some lunch and then made a quick walk up to the falls before deciding to have the treasure hunt somewhere a little less--well "fall-ish". With it being so busy and very rocky and cliffy, we thought it best NOT to have a scavenger hunt with them running lose. So we headed to Allen Bill Pond. Of course the moment we got back in the truck the sun came shining through only to have it go back behind the clouds upon arrival of the pond. This day was turning out to be quite a chilly one! So we got started right away hoping the kids would stay warm running around hunting for whatever. They were really excited at first. They got to look for wild flowers, smooth rocks, berries, pine cones, clovers, rotten wood, moss, ants and "Y" shaped sticks. It was cute to see them trying so hard to look for an object. It was hard to keep Naveah looking for other objects other than flowers. I would tell her that she could pick only one, then id turn around and see her in a pile of dandilions quickly picking them and hiding them in her bucket. If it wasnt flowers it was rocks. I looked over at her at one point to see Evan snapping pictures of her trying to shove a rock the same size of her bucket IN the bucket. When we ran out of things they could easily pick up and put in their buckets we moved onto bigger things like finding a dead tree, or garbage on the ground that shouldnt be there, and the river. Poor Naveah would get so excited when she would find something and as she'd race towards it she would lose everything in her bucket so she would constantly have to stop and put everything back in. I was surprised at how well she new the items she had. Even the rocks that would fall out amoungst other rocks, she was still able to find those certain ones and return them back as well as the tiny clover and blade of grass! Kids are amazing.

Happy when she found a blade of grass!
Trying to stash a rock to big for the bucket!
Chasing after birds

We walked all the way around the pond. How much fun it was. The excitement over finding things you'd never think to look twice at. I loved hearing Naveah randomly starting singing "Happy Birthday to YooOOOu" while trotting along the path swinging her bucket.

We decided to call it a success and headed back into Bragg Creek for some late lunch and store browsing then it was time to head home. Not too long later we headed off to DQ for birthday cake and presents with some of the family. Thanx everyone for coming!!! Naveah loves her gifts.

Blowing out her Candle.

Chowing down on her Bday cake. She ended up giving up with her fork and going in full force with her little hands. Her clothes stayed surprisingly clean!
an unexpected surprise! We ran into good friends while at Dairy Queen. This is Corbin. It was cute to hear Kael and Naveah call out Corbin's name and his little head would pop over the bench.
Naveah has a thing for books. Whenever she opened a present with one in it she would just plop down on the spot and start reading. Not caring that she still has lots more to open! haha.
She was thrilled to get a phone! Now she can call Astro Boy all she wants!
Kael ended the party with his Break Dancing skills.

I threw Naveah a pot luck birthday party for her and some of her little friends the day after her birthday. Because of the TERRIBLE weather this year we were forced to stay in the house. That was hard but the kids still managed to have a lot of fun in between the fighting, melt downs and temper tantrums. Naveah got lots of fun gifts and so far has had lots of fun playing with her new stroller and reading her books. Thanx again to everyone who came!

The Ladybug Cupcakes I made for her party.
REALLY excited to get her cupcake.
all lit up and ready to sing.
"happy birthday to you!"
trying to blow out her candles
standing on her tippy toes trying to see inside the bag!
maybe you'll find what you are looking for better this way...
ended the day off with movie and popcorn!

Happy Birthday my Baby Girl! We love you!