Adalin's 7th Birthday

Adam says we "over-do" birthdays.  I kinda have to agree.  Especially when the birthday is on a weeknight.  See, you can't not do anything on the kid's actual birthday.  So I made Adalin's choice of spaghetti for dinner and we sang to her.  Then, we have family nearby, so we do a birthday dinner and cake/ice cream/gift opening thing with my parents and siblings.  And, the kids have friends too.  What about them?  So, we typically also allow them to have a birthday party with their friends.  Is that such a bad thing?  3 birthday celebrations for one kid in one year?  Hmm.  I know, it's a dilemma.  

Here's the terribly, ridiculously spoiled 7 year-old on... uh, sorry, trying to remember which of the 167 birthday parties it was... oh, yea, the friend-one, where 8 little girls partied and spent the night together.

She chose a Wizard of Oz theme, which was fun.  I made the cake (it was my first and somewhat successful attempt at fondant.)  The girls watched the movie after they made up all their beds on the floor of our (newly finished and carpeted!!) basement.  

At 7 years old, Adalin:

is doing very well at school and is in the top tier for spelling, reading and math

loves to read and do crafty things

loves to shop for clothes and shoes

is very close with her sisters and loves to play with them

has many good friends at both school and church

is going to need some major orthodontic work

like mom, loves buffalo chicken dip and guacamole

like dad, hates seafood and ranch

is excelling wonderfully at piano and loves to play

Flav's 2nd Birthday

Our baby is 2!

Currently she:
-sleeps with a baby doll and her turtle pillow pet and inside her new sleeping bag
-loves to drink milk
-favorite foods are: all fruits, carrots, cold cereal, fruit snacks, pizza, chicken, soups
-runs, jumps and climbs on everything
-copies everything she sees adults do, almost exactly
-knows quite a few words, but is a bit behind where her sisters were in the vocabulary and speech dept.
-is somewhat OCD, everything must be placed, done and prepared the correct way, if its not, she will fix it herself!
-scrunches her face for the camera (see below)
-is 15th percentile for height, 40th for weight, her head is in the 90th!
-lets the dogs in and out the back door (this is her little chore)
-loves to sit on the potty and try to go, and has had success a handful of times

Happy birthday sweet girl!  We love you!

Adam is old

Just kidding.  30 isn't old.  I gave him some grief for turning 30 (I mean, why wouldn't I?), and so did some of his friends... (see below)

Kira's 4th birthday party

I'm writing this on 2.22.12 from Kira's birthday last year on 3.28... But, better late than never!  I'm almost caught up!

I can't believe that she was 3-turning-4 only a year ago.  She is now 4, almost 5 and has grown up so much in the past year.

I think that she was a little embarrassed in this picture that we were all gathered around her about to sing, hence the head in the hands.  She wanted a princess party, with a barbie cake.  I remember I didn't wait long enough for the cake to cool, so the frosting was melting and oozing down the cake.  It was kinda funny.  Still tasted good.  :)