All about birthdays - part I

Sadie turned 4 - the clown was a hit...check out Ariel the mermaid he made out of balloons, complete with bikini top!

All about birthdays - part II

Lila turned 5! Complete with jumpy house and make-your-own-kite projects - super creative.

Playing with Greta

Follow the purple blur

And after two hours at this birthday party, the purple blur actually said 'Mommy, I think we should go home and take a rest.' Ha! Of course, later she vehemently denied ever saying such a thing, but that brief glimpse of victory was ever so sweet...

Showing off (Mommy, that is...)

Tubing

Heading up...and down the Alpine Coaster with Grandpa Joe

Supergirl at superpark

PBA, here we come

Eli let loose with the camera!

Haircut

One of the women (Debbie) who works at AKP's school recently got her hair cut...like 12 inches shorter. She now has a cute bob that goes about to her chin. Debbie informs me that when AKP saw her new haircut, she asked "Did you get your haircut to look just like me?"

Alas, we know where the center of the universe is...

PSP - Thank you!

Cars cresting the hill at sunset

Say Cheese!

Ganging up on Uncle Justin

Storytime

I feel like this picture has been published many times before on this very blog, but somehow the kids don't fit as well on our laps  (except, of course, the one that's not in a lap)

Antsy

AKP was using the word jealous to mean 'I'm so excited I can hardly wait'. I explained to her that "antsy" might be a better word. She said she didn't even want to talk about her cousins coming because it made her antsy (excited and impatient, I presume).

The next day she said 'let's talk about what we're going to do with my cousins."

I said "I thought you didn't want to talk about that because it made you antsy."

AKP "No, it's ok. I trapped my antsy in jail."

It's called ballooning, and it's very popular

At the ready

Enjoying the flips (Ute's gymnastics)

Happy Valentine's Day

Little Diggers

Guess who's coming to town? :-)