Baby Showers and Pool Time

Last weekend we had a baby shower for lovely friend Aimee and her beautiful little girl Hayley. We had so much fun planning it and making delicious shower type food. The weather was gorgeous so we were able to spend lots of time outside, which was very much welcomed. Here are some pictures from the day.

The Cake

The Favors:

Every baby shower needs games. Kristy came up with some goodies. The first game, we all got ice cubes with a plastic baby frozen in the middle and we had to use whatever method we wanted to get the baby out either by sucking on the ice or by holding it in our hands. When we got our baby out, we had to yell "My Water Broke".

The second game was to see how well we could multi-task. Kristy strung a clothesline up in the backyard, had a pile of baby clothes that needed to be hung up, all while talking on the phone and holding a baby. Some people were better at it than others. Apparently I am not a great mulit-tasker. Aimee and Kristen had awesome times, but in the end it was Kristen who won.

When the formal part of the shower was over, we decided we needed to jump in the pool. Hot, sunny weather finally graced Winnipeg with its presence, so we thought we should take advantage of the situation. Not everyone had thought to bring bathing suits (I guess it's not something that you typically would think to bring to a baby shower), so Kristen scrounged up whatever she could around the house and found something for everyone who wanted.

Of course, every pool time needs competitions of some sort. The competition part of the afternoon consisted of everything from diving to canon balls to obstacles such as jumping on a floaty mat and then diving through a hoop. Kristen, your skills with diving through hoops was extremely impressive. I have a new respect for you :)

If you notice, our friend Laura is 9 months pregnant. Her due date was actually the following day. Perhaps in hopes of getting labour going, she joined in almost every water competition, of course winning the canon ball one for the biggest splash hands down. Nice work Laura.

It was a perfect day for a baby shower. For good food. For good conversation and for excellent pool time.