Pretty girl in her party dress

We went to a fantastic kids birthday party and barbecue on Sunday with our playgroup buddies. David, Miss Leyba and I had such fun being social with our friends.

We took many (mostly blurry) photos and movies, but these few are my favorite.

First, check out this sad face:

Miss Leyba collided with her friend Aimee, who immediately burst out in tears, while Miss Leyba put on a brave face. She very rarely cries in public (especially in front of her friends!). Instead she makes this face and looks to David or I for a comforting hug while she tries not to cry.

This is the first time I’ve gotten a picture of this facial expression. I was in the middle of snapping photos and David was there to comfort her, so instead of having to rush in and give her support, I got to take this photo. Of course, I couldn’t resist posting it. So darn cute, my stoic daughter.

Soon thereafter she was back to her normal cheerful self:

It took about two hours for her to finally get up the nerve to leave Dad’s side to play in the jumpy room (with him nearby, of course!) and go down this awesome slide:

Video: Party fun from Carrie on Vimeo.

She did this over and over again. Over and over. David is such a trooper. I so had the easy job, cheering her on and helping her climb off the slide at the bottom.

By the way, I have no idea what she’s shouting at the end of the video, despite normally understanding almost everything she says nowadays. All I can say is “that is one excited girl!”