Isabella's 7th birthday

We arrived in Indiana (from North Carolina) the day before Isabella's birthday. She was given the opportunity to pick what she wanted for her birthday. My mother-in-law very graciously took care of all of the plans!! Isabella chose to swim in my in-laws' pond with her cousins and have a family birthday dinner. It was really fun! She had a great time!

My Birthday!

I'm not much for big parties with lots of people, so for my birthday the six of us went out to dinner with my cousin, his wife and their toddler. (We were sharing a house together.) Orion and Brett shared the king crab legs and the fisherman's sampler platter. The waiter was surprised at the amount of food they ordered, and equally surprised when they ate it all.

Isabella's Birthday at Chuck E Cheese

The Birthday Girl!!

Miss Becky crocheted Isabella a pair of Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. Isabella is sleeping with them.
Isabella with two of her friends and Hunter dancing at Chuck E Cheese. We have told the kids they can each have ONE birthday at Chuck E Cheese. I'm not sure Brett and I can handle any more than that. The place is crazy, but it is kind of nice to only have to show up - no planning, no cake making, no decorating, etc. Chuck E Cheese does it all for us.

Sabrina was quite facisnated by the lights at Chuck E Cheese.
What a gang of kids, pizza, cake and of course TOKENS!
Orion and Hunter watching the show by Chuck E Cheese
Isabella got a little shy when Chuck E sang Happy Birthday to her.
I had to blow out the candles on her cake. Isabella hasn't blown out the candles at any of her birthdays yet. She gets incredibly shy or kind of scared of the candles.
Isabella is finishing off her birthday celebration with some cotton candy!

Hunter is Terrible Two!

HUNTER'S 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY

We invited a few family friends for dinner and cake to celebrate Hunter's birthday. Brett and I made Turkey Kabobs with peanut sauce (Yummy!). It was a VERY hot evening, so the ice cream cake was a perfect choice. Hunter blew out his candles all on his own.
Orion shows Hunter how to lick the icing off of the candles.
Miss Becky (the kids' daycare provider) encouraged Hunter to pick up his piece of ice cream cake and get his WHOLE face in it.
Orion enjoyed the blue icing as well.

Hunter LOVES to jump, so we got him a mini-jumper. The kids have enjoyed the jumper in the backyard and in the TV room - especially jumping off the couch onto it.
Orion, Isabella and Christopher run through the sprinkler toy.

The kids had a great time after ice cream cake running around the backyard through the sprinkler and on the jumping toy.