So--this last week the twins turned 5, all 3 kids did VBS, Brian took a course for a few days, we had some friends come visit and threw a party. I'm sure I'm forgetting 5 things. Woo-hoo! Here's proof. . .
Katy with her new Cinderella doll-I think this is "princess face".
Emily and Belle. This was their first wave of gift opening for their birthday. It was an all-day-long extravaganza. They are blessed! I totally treated it like Christmas and started the whole thing off in pj's. . .
Ali got in on the present action, too--are Grandma and Grandpa the best, or what?
Ali's clothes on=phase 2 of present mania, bags of adorable outfits!
I think the quote here is: "Oh my gosh, are you kidding me out of my mind?"
Brian and I enjoyed joking about the popularity of reading material as a gift. The girls have taken off with their reading lately--to the tune of ignoring presents while reading the cards. 
Party girls/bubble warrior princesses?
Get 'em doing something messy right away. . .
More boys than have ever been seen at our house, all at once. Showing off favors that Grandma Karen made. . .
Katy wanted chocolate cake, Emily coconut. It was a little windy, so they pretended to blow out the candles. Well, Emily did. You should have seen Katy's face when I suggested that.
Aren't they cute?
Enough to prompt a spontaneous hug from an onlooker? Classic body language here. . .
Did I mention reading? And being able to ignore all other activity going on around them?
Some things I learned: Don't send the kids through the food line first if you want any left over for the adults. Or if you do, make your friend Laurie stand there to protect the roast beef.
This is my good friend Tori's daughter, Sofia, with our girlies. They really played well together that morning(their family rolled in the night before, stayed with us, and made all of the food--uh, I mean, enjoyed our hospitality).
Brian, activities director.
The kids were supposed to freeze with their "scariest face" on. I opted for just getting down to the Squirrel Nut Zippers.
It was a good time. . .
and Milt helped it end with a bang by locking the keys in the car. Yes, that is the Fire Dept. How many firemen does it take. . .
I think the least stressful moment for him was when they had gotten the door open, starting the alarm, and he got to scramble around looking for the keys in his backpack. The kids were psyched, though!!
My friend, Tori, and I, do well picking up where we left off, and it was fun to see how her kids, Evan and Sofia, have grown. What a neat family.
Thanks to all of our sponsors! :) They had a great birthday!
3 comments:
OMG! What fun! I can't believe how old the girls have gotten - it seems like it wasn't too long ago that I was storing up canned goods to cook at your house when I was on break from class and the twins were TINY!
Thanks for posting all the fun pictures! It looks like such a fun party. Love those sweet girls!!
Holy small-world-after-all, Batman. It's Laurie Jayne. I have now blog-stalked you. That is all.
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