Tulsa Weekend Recap!

Little Parker Elizabeth will turn 3 tomorrow, so we celebrated that this weekend!  Since Sarah was running late, I ran by their house Saturday night to drop off some cookies, and a very friendly Parker greeted me at the door, walking me through the house and saying, "This is my house... and this is my seaweed (party decor by Karli), and these are my chocolate muffins (the cupcakes that were cooling before being iced), and this is Tater (her brother, who I've known since he was born)." lolol
Gah, so much cuteness - I so enjoy her!!

Delicious Cookie Mama cookies for Karli, Tate, and Parker (Chet and I are off sweets bc we thought it was a great way to really make time slow down. lol)

A precious bday card Tate made for me (in February, and they found it recently). ❤

Parker and Katherine Claire being cute friends during our long wait at The Brook!

Group pic after dinner. ❤❤

Other weekend activities included helping Mom decorate Kyndal's bathroom in the Parrish's upstairs loft room... really cute, and the room is coming right along!  

The Tulsa trip included a Wildflower Blu hair appointment and good talk with Janelle, buying my spoon rest & overpaying for this colorful necklace and earrings at Amber Marie, engagement #4 news, Sunday morning donuts with the Wilson/Weatherford crew, and laughing at Rachael's annoyance while watching Kyndal's club team in their 4th Tulsa tournament at the Titan Sports Complex.  Mom and I stayed at the Candlewood Suites (nice) right by my old house, so I drove by 522 to see how it was doing. =)

And that brings us to Parker's actual party, which was Sunday afternoon!  Karli (with assistance from Chet, I'm sure) did an exceptional job on the party decor - an "Under the Sea" theme with a bit of Rapunzel thrown in!!

Their amazing entryway... photos by Chet!

Me, Sarah, and Chet in that entryway. #Tulsabesties

In an unexpected turn of events, after being excited about her party for months, Parker was not at all thrilled to have to stop playing to come eat cake... and her expressive little face made no effort to hide that. lol

(Very reminiscent of last year's present-opening meltdown... happy family, sad Parker. lol)

She did enjoy blowing out her candles, though! =)

Amazing Rapunzel cupcake tower... and mermaid multicolor icing and Cricut cake toppers and pink tinsel and seaweed streamers and party banner!

Her apparent anger and distrust toward this amazing cake by Karli just brings me lots of joy! lol

Things got happier again with Chet's "special surprise" of a freeze-dance party for the kids outside!!

It was a great turnout with lots of fun friends and their kids for the party, and the princess-themed birthday gifts seemed to go over well!

So cute!!

A slideshow with all my party pics!

Yolanda:  "So is Parker more like Karli or more like Chet!?"

Cody:  "Oh, she's definitely like Chet -- she's very dramatic, and she talks about her birthday months ahead of time!!" LOL

.....He's not wrong, but look how endearing. =)

Happy Monday, gang, and Happy Earth Day (yay for a lovely outdoor walk today).  And most importantly, Happy Birthday-Eve to Parker Elizabeth!!

❤