eva celebrates with yellow and butterflies

For her birthday shindig Eva wanted butterflies and the color yellow.

I wanted to make some tissue pom poms but she noticed that they looked like butterflies during the process so that is what she made.  

We also make some origami butterflies and hung then from the light fixture.

For the food, Eva wanted pizza, lemonade, and watermelon.  Dear Papa Murphy helped us out with the pizza.  I made the citrus punch that always seems to be a hit.  But Eva wanted something more along the lines of Country Time.  Whoops.  We bought a watermelon but since it is not even close to being in season, it was gross.  So I got a bunch of watermelon candy.

It was Superbowl Sunday so I made sure to put out tons of snacks.  

My mom made the yellow butterfly cookies and Karl's mom made the chocolate chip cookies.  Eva wrapped the utensils.  It is very very Eva to do something like that.  I made little bouquets of flower and butterfly suckers for party favors.  And then I forgot to hand them out.  They are still sitting on my counter.  

I made a couple of salads, seven layer dip, artichoke dip, bean salsa, and my sister-in-law made dill dip (and was so nice to send it down even though her family couldn't come because they were all sick).

Boy.  We love food.

The boys watching the game.  Samuel the blurr.

Samuel loaded his plate up with chips and declared, "I like crunchy things."  

Notice the plates.  I found these plates with the cup holder.  They cracked me up so I got them.    They seemed very Superbowl-esque.  

Karl's mom made yet another amazing cake.  

And even more than we love food and a good party, we love Eva.

and these are a few of Eva's loves in her seventh year:

beautiful things

making beautiful things

reading

writing notes

watching shows

folding things

playing with her brother

sour cream

and if you are wondering... it is a month later and much to the dismay of my much taller husband, those butterflies are still hanging.