Happy 2nd Birthday Samantha!

We went to the Garden State Discovery Museum to celebrate Samantha's 2nd birthday. All of the kids had a great time! Sandy and I took Katie and Juli there before and I guess they were just too young at the time because this time, Katie had a blast!

Waiting for Jenine, Kelly, and Liam

I don't understand what all this fuss is about. Can't I just go play???

Gianna, Katie, and Samantha

Katie playing in the treehouse

The biggest Lite Brite I've ever seen!
(Check out the cool ladybug tattoo she got there!)

She shoots...She scores!

Katie said "Look Mom, I got a job!"

Putting on a show! She was singing and dancing up there.
(What's up with the guy on the right with the glasses picking his nose? EWW!)

Trying to wrap themselves in a big bubble

Elizabeth got it!
(Anyone know how to rotate a video?)

Happy 1st Birthday, Livi!

Today is Livi's 1st birthday so we went over to have dinner together and sing Happy Birthday to her since her big party won't be until May because Juli will be getting her tonsils out next time Uncle James is home. So we had a mini-party tonight...

Make a wish!

Let me just take a lil' taste...
Cake is goooooood!
Katie and Juli agree
SCREAMING Happy Birthday to Livi!
(and possibly the last picture of Juli's tonsils, LOL)

Follow me to the presents!

What's in there?

It's a bubble mower!!!

Livi and her present from us

Livi trying out her new mower

But it wasn't long before Thing 1 and Thing 2 claimed it as theirs!
(Look at poor Livi's face, she's like "What the heck just happened???")

She did get it back but the girls didn't give it up easily!

Jared's 5th Birthday

Tonight we went to Chick-Fil-A for Jared's 5th birthday party. Katie had a great time playing with Jared, Angie, their cousins Logan, Isabelle and Elliot, and the other kids. She barely came out of the playland the whole time we were there - just to refuel with chicken nuggets and cake!

Ready to party

Chick-Fil-A... Yummy!

Katie and AngieThe Birthday Cake

Light 'Em Up...

... and blow 'em out!

Eating cake is SERIOUS business!

Back away Logan, she's mine!

Coming down the slide two at a time
(at one point there was a 6 or 7 kid pile up in there!)

Hey where'd Jared go?

Don't worry Katie, I've got your back!

Celebrating Rudy's 50th!

On Friday night, my Dad, Amy, and Robert (Rudy's kids) threw a 50th birthday party for Rudy. Maddie and Katie went for a little while and then Chrissy and John took them back to Mom-Mom's house to relax while we kept on partying.

Katie got tired of waiting for Rudy to get there so she decided to rest on the floor

Finally Here!

Rudy and Katie

Rudy and her Mom

The Gang's All Here
Chrissy, Chris, Karen, Mike, Jen and Steve

Now Kate, always remember to reapply throughout the night to look fresh!

Maddie and Katie dancing to Hannah Montana

Kisses from Poppy

Rudy's really thinking about that wish...

Dad, Amy, Rudy, Robert, and Rudy's Mom

Rudy's Number is 50

On the way to Poppy and Rudy's house on Thursday night to celebrate Rudy's 50th birthday, Katie wanted to know what Rudy's number is. That's how she asks how old you are - What's your number? It's so cute the way kids express the things they want to say! :-)

Singing Happy Birthday to Rudy!

Rudy cuts the cake, Rudy cuts the cake, Hi-ho-the-dairy-o, Rudy cuts the cake!

Yummy Cake!

Holy Orange Teeth!
(That cake frosting really dyes your mouth!)

Better Late Than Never, Right?

I bought a gingerbread house kit to make for Christmas but the holidays came and went and no gingerbread house! It was sitting in the corner of our dining room and tonight Katie kept asking me if we could put it together so I figured it was about time!

Well, so far the walls are still standing...

Making it pretty

Posing with our masterpiece

The Finished Product
We were going to do Katie's name but couldn't fit it, so we had to just go with initials.

C'mon in... :-)