happy birthday kaely!!

kaely turned 9 today :)
we went to cici's pizza for dinner.



and then we opened presents.

and finally cake! woot!

i was called a pagan

my rock collection has grown. for a while i was lining them up, then i started grouping them. the other day, i decided to put them in a circle. i was called a pagan. heh...

i'm sad, though, because today they are gone. my boss said that she overheard conversations today about how awful it was having a stone circle there on the first day of spring.

sigh

heh

oh my

it's 4:44

the party has begun and there are many giggles...

what was i thinking?

6:56

they have been playing and watching tv. only one friend was able to come, but kaely does not seem too upset by that.

we made pizza.

laugh all you like at the cake...my decorator tips didn't fit the frosting tube :( but kaely is pleased...

getting ready for an indoor egg hunt...

8:19

so the eggs have all been hunted. i had the girls put one hand behind their back...to make it slightly more challenging.

then we had a "worst singing ever" contest while we sang happy birthday to kaely. i think i won that :)

8:36

unscheduled pillow fight

oh man

7:45 AM
woohoo! everyone was asleep before midnight :) now they are waking up slowly. breakfast hasn't even been mentioned...

Today, with great excitement, Lillian handed me a small collection of rocks. She said, "Now you have a rock collection, Mommy!" And how could I not display my new collection? So there it is...on my desk :)

thank you kaely

moonar eclipse

kaely knows that it is called a lunar eclipse, but i think in her excitement to show it to me on wednesday night, she called it a "moonar" eclipse. i can't wait to tell her friends that story when she is in high school. :) lillian wanted nothing to do with it once she heard that the moon was going to be blood red... poor little girl :)

it certainly is not the best picture ever...but there is something rather neato about it, i think.

Lakeshore is too fun!

After our visit to the library, we went to the Lakeshore Learning store to some arts and craps. This week, the girls made special boxes for the Tooth Fairy. Elise was especially excited, as she just lost her first tooth. She said "Ooooh! I'm gonna put eyes on my treasure box so I can see what the Tooth Fairy looks like!"

They have so much fun! They can use as much of whatever is out on the table and they can be as creative as they like (there is no "staying in the lines" sort of rule). And it's stress free for me because I don't have to worry about the mess :)

First weekend of March is a big Dr. Seuss party. Woot! We are quite excited about that :)