Birthday Bear is 8

This kid turned 8 a couple months ago.  I can hardly believe it.

In honor of the birthday girl, we celebrated with some pizza and games on her big day and then spent some time with family and a few friends over the weekend.

 Just Dance!!

Make a wish

After everyone headed home, the rain began to pour from the sky making a few little girls very wet and very happy!

What a great end to a great day for a great kid!

6 Years Ago Today...

Six years ago today, my babies looked like this...

A year later, they looked like this...

And a year after that...

And a year later...

And the year after that...

And one year later...

Happy Birthday my sweet, silly, special girls.  Stay tuned for this year's birthday picture.

Bithday Celebration - Disney Style

To counteract the effects of aging this year, my sister and I decided to celebrate our birthday at Disneyland like a couple of overgrown kids.  It wa a great day.

 

Here are the birthday girls in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle (or is it Cinderella's...whatever).  Disneyland is free on your birthday in 2009...perfect when you share a birthday with your sister.  Like the lady at the ticket counter pointed out...one's just a little taller and as my sister was kind enough to point out, a little older too.

I must be getting old because this year I got my first "you look pretty good for your age" card and a birthday gift wrapped in the obituaries from a couple of friends (well, former friends...hahaha).  Thanks for reminding me ladies!

Happy Birthday Our Not-So-Little Girls!

Ever since they were...well...little, we have been calling Grace and Sarah the "little girls".  They're growing up fast.  In fact, they just turned 5.  But since I am still my parent's little girl, I am not too worried that they will outgrow the title anytime soon.  No matter how big they get, they will in fact always be our "little girls".

We celebrated their 5th Birthday all day last Saturday as grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles and cousins came to share in their excitement.  We ate hot dogs, hamburgers and cupcakes and cooled off in the pool next door.  I think they had a great day.  Here area  few pictures.

Hannah made them special Birthday Girl shirts.  She wrapped them up and snuck them in to the girl's clothes organizer for Friday.  The girls knew they would have a surprise in their organizer and that when they got to "Friday", it would be their birthday.  Whenever someone asked them when their birthday was, they would say, "at the bottom of our oganizer".  They loved their custom birthday shirts.

Gifts!!

Sarah's bending Pizza Papa's ear.  She's probably asking for money for her new wallet.  I swear I didn't teach her that.

Cameron wondering what's with all this girl stuff?

Preparation for the Big 5!

Grace and Sarah are turning 5 tomorrow and we have been busy this morning making all the necessary preparations. First we baked "G" and "S" cookies for them to share with their buddies at pre-school.

Then we baked brownies to take to a friend's house tomorrow night...and while they were baking, we pushed the dining room table and chairs aside, cranked the music up and had a wild dance party!

Look out "So You Think You Can Dance".  You aint seen nothin' yet.  More to come after we celebrate their big day.