A Rockin Party

Hannah's birthday is now official. Happy 4 Years, Hannah! We celebrated after church with lunch and birthday Sundae's at Red Robin.

Build-A-Hello-Kitty

Hannah has been talking about this Hello Kitty for two weeks, when we took Beau to Build-A-Bear to get his dog. She is so happy, she took a nap with her kitty today and is sitting on the couch watching TV with her now.

A Deep-Sea Birthday Party

The Birthday Pirate Princess Mermaid

The Birthday Pirate

Cousin Ana Marie

Cousins Leah, Seth & Kyle

Mermaids Ainsley & Hannah

Micah & Leah

Josh & Beth

Cousin Cole

Mutiny!

Pirate Christina

Ana Marie, Titi Jamie & Beau

Pin the Tail on the Mermaid

Time for cake!

Blow out the candles.

Messy boy

Presents!

Candy in the tee-pee

Shorty

I donated my hair to Locks of Love today. What a great feeling! LOL makes wigs for lower-income children with alopecia or any other medical condition that results in permanent hair loss. Visit their website for more details.

Sleeping Beauty

Beau Gets Older

my birthday breakfast

my new pal, Hanz

Officer Nyc and Hanz

cake is seriuos business

make a wish

C is for... Beau

Beau said his first sentence tonight through screaming tears:

"I want cookie!"

Are you really surprised? It was 5 minutes to bedtime and the kids wanted a snack. So I quickly grabbed an oatmeal cream pie for them to split. Of course, Beau wanted the whole thing and would accept nothing less. I tried to coax him to take his half and then to take a bite or two, to no avail. So I brushed his teeth and put him into bed. He climbed out, crying. Again I tried to get him to take what was offered, but he wouldn't budge. I put him back in his bed and he laid there crying for his cookie. Don't worry, he was asleep within the minute. The moral of the story is: You can't reason with a 1-year-old at bedtime.