Kate's Birthday Pics

You're dying to see more photos of the girls, aren't you?! Sure. More pictures?!?! Yeah! OK.

A GIANT 5 BALLOON!!!!

Sunday night we had Gram & Grandpa and the neighbors over for pizza and cupcakes.

My Little Pony Everything!

She was super cheesy when we were singing Happy Birthday to her.

She loves the attention.

Presents!

Rock Star Stage - it plays music and has a light show. Cool.

On Monday, we had her favorite dinner, spaghetti and meatballs, and opened the rest of her presents.

Maggie decided it was almost as good to have a sister with a birthday as your own birthday because you get to share her toys and eat her cupcakes. That Margaret, always looking for an angle.

More stuffed cats! No such thing as too many stuffed cats.

My Little Pony Everything!!!

Hooray!

Afterwards there were many phone calls and My Little Ponies and Legos.

Today, we took more cupcakes to school to share with Kate's class (there's a little boy who's birthday is the day before Kate's and Friday was a snow day), so this should wrap up Kate's Birthdaypalooza. She's a bit sad that the whole thing is over, but she's already counting down the days until NEXT YEAR! 363 DAYS TO GO! WOO HOO!!

20 Questions with Kate, age 5

1. What is your favorite color? red
2. What is your favorite toy? Marie-Grace American Girl doll
3. What is your favorite fruit? apples
4. What is your favorite TV show? My Little Pony
5. What is your favorite outfit? pink and purple striped dress with boots
6. What is your favorite game? Minecraft
7. What is your favorite snack? apples
8. What is your favorite animal? Bearby
9. What is your favorite song? the ABC's
10. What is your favorite book? Fairy books (Rainbow Magic Fairies series)
11. Who is your best friend? Viola
12. What is your favorite thing to do outside? play in the snow
13. What is your favorite meal? spaghetti and meatballs
14. What is your favorite drink? milk
15. What is your favorite holiday? every day
16. What do you want to be when you grow up? a vet
17. Where is your favorite place to go? the zoo
18. What is the best thing about school? because my friends are there
19. If you could do anything you wanted, what would you do? eat cupcakes
20. If you could have anything you wanted, what would it be? Minecraft Legos 

Kate is Five Years Old!

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Fifth Birthday Party!

Christmas Photos... Finally!

Here they are! Here they are! I'm determined to get these up BEFORE I put up posts about Kate's birthday, which is TODAY. Ack.

We opened some of our presents at home before we left for NH.

Marie-Grace: Kate's #1 Christmas Wish, which she was SURE Nana was going to get for her. Not Santa, Nana. Not Mom & Dad, Nana. Not Papa, Nana. Thanks Nana!! You really saved the day!

Hello Kitty Dream Lite, another must have.

So much fun stuff!
Maggie was much less specific about her Christmas list; reminded me so much of myself and my cousin Amy at this age!

Don't you love Kate's outfit?! She put it together herself, of course. Polka dots on top and bottom, AND argyle tights. Sweet.

So Maggie. You gotta open the rest of your gifts, Dude.

Marie-Grace, meet Molly. Molly, Marie-Grace. BFFs!

Sweet

Salty
This is her face on Christmas Eve when she opened her one present and it was pajamas. Maggie was like, "Duh. It's always PJs, man."

So Kate insisted on wearing the nightgown Cousin Amy sent just to spite me.

Christmas morning.
Maggie is ever so politely wearing the Christmas pjs we gave her, even though Kate said hers made her look like a clown.

Elizabeth
Poor little E broke her wrist on Christmas Eve and had to go to the emergency room and get a cast! Seems like someone has to go to the ER every Christmas!

Sweet Caroline loves her Auntie Amanda!

The situation was really looking up for Kate right about now.

Package delivery

Is that all for you?!

Finally some toys!

A couple of beautiful boxes full of doll clothes from Gram & Grandpa.

They are some very fortunate girls who got a lot of wonderful gifts.

Easy Bake Oven! The last on Kate's list of things she HAD to have.

Plus, tons of cousin fun! (Warning: Contains Clown Pajamas!!!)

The Aftermath

My favorite part of Christmas, the quiet evening after all the hoopla dies down. New book? Check. Coffee? Check. Kids with new toys ignoring me? Check.

Sleeping baby? Check.

Maggie was in her element, too. That's my girl!

Plus we had some beautiful snow.

Perfect White Christmas

We have a ton of snow and sledding pics, but that will have to be another post.

Happy New Year, 2014!

This is an old post from 2012, but it's one of my favorites.

Unresolved - Why I don't make New Year's resolutions.

Here's to a content 2014 full of realistic expectations! May you always have just enough of everything you need.

More Thanksgiving Photos

My aunt Ann sent some more photos of our trip to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving. I'm so glad because we didn't get a single photo of sweet little baby Eli!

And here are a few more pics of the girls having a blast with Uncle Karl. I'm afraid they might turn out to be country girls after all despite my best efforts!

I'm working on my Christmas photos and reorganizing the entire house, so hang in there with me. I'll get there eventually!