Getting Ready for the Elmo/Cookie Monster Party:
Guests Begin to Arrive: 
And then on to the outdoor activities:
Avery and Sean hit the pool immediately:
And later Sam and Eli joined the water fun:
The trampoline did its fair share of entertaining as well:
We couldn't get Avery out of the pool long enough to sing Happy Birthday before cutting the cake for the other patiently waiting kids, but she finally came out long enough for a few bites:
And then it was right back to the pool before she even got the last bite into her mouth:
Avery makes it clear when she's ready for the party to come to an end by sprawling out on the floor of her playroom muttering repeatedly, "I sleepy":
Guests Begin to Arrive: First Keith's high school crew- Brett, Lynn, The Stevensons, The Blairs, Doug, Jeff, and Alex
And then my crew- Keith and Natalie, John, Sam, and Beth and Mark
And then on to the outdoor activities: Avery and Sean hit the pool immediately:
And later Sam and Eli joined the water fun:
The trampoline did its fair share of entertaining as well:
We couldn't get Avery out of the pool long enough to sing Happy Birthday before cutting the cake for the other patiently waiting kids, but she finally came out long enough for a few bites:
And then it was right back to the pool before she even got the last bite into her mouth:
Enticing her with presents ended up being the only way to get her to agree to leaving the pool for good:
Sean helped the easily distracted Avery speed up the process:
Beth had the right idea getting Avery a doll to help her practice being the big sister. Unfortunately, the first thing she did was use her as a weapon for attacking the cats:
There appears to be hope for Avery as a sister yet; she did know to feed this baby doll her bottle:
And Avery's favorite gift of all turned out to be the sunglasses that poor Isabel left behind:
Avery joins in on the adult chit chat:
And Avery makes a new best friend out of Natalie:
Sean helped the easily distracted Avery speed up the process:
Beth had the right idea getting Avery a doll to help her practice being the big sister. Unfortunately, the first thing she did was use her as a weapon for attacking the cats: There appears to be hope for Avery as a sister yet; she did know to feed this baby doll her bottle: And Avery's favorite gift of all turned out to be the sunglasses that poor Isabel left behind:Avery joins in on the adult chit chat:
And Avery makes a new best friend out of Natalie:
Avery makes it clear when she's ready for the party to come to an end by sprawling out on the floor of her playroom muttering repeatedly, "I sleepy":
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