Birthday Party Extravaganza

My nieghbor Emily should make money event-planning.

Her little boy, Henry just turned 3 and we were invited to the birthday party & egg hunt at their house.

It was basically a small carnival.

It was so fun to watch Libby have such a good time.

I broke the cardinal rule of "never wake a sleeping baby" - but I was scared Libby would sleep through the party and miss it all. Once she saw all of the action across the street she perked up a lot.

Until, she noticed someone was occupying their red swing that hangs from the tree. Then she went on strike and proceeded to squat - to let us know she was not going to walk another step.

This is Jeremy trying to coax her out of her strike and foul mood.

The Easter bunny was there - handing out bunny ears. Libby hated him, but took the ears.

She wasn't happy until she was able to use the swing herself.

They had an egg hunt, but Libby didn't quite grasp the concept.

She did take a liking the the large yellow "ball".

Baby chicks in all colors...

And a little "vintage" carnival ride - Libby loved this too.

After the party we went home to play outside -

Pushing Byler in the swing.

Libby and Runyan cruising....we had a little incident earlier in the week - Libby fell out of the gator. It was not fun, but we just got a few tears and some scratches...

Runyan insisted we use a seatbelt this time and we came home injury free.

Took a trip on an airplane.

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind...We went on a trip to Columbus, Ohio.
Mimi, Libby and I flew up for a long weekend to spend some quality time with the Morris girls.
We had such a great time together and had alot of fun watching the girls "interact" (or better yet watch Julia be ever mindful of everyone's actions, Maggie attempt to take Libby out, and Libby antagonize Julia and Maggie because its just so much fun)

It was great to have un-interrupted time together because it is just so rare.
Libby had alot of firsts that weekend. She got to go to Mother's Day Out with Maggie Moo Moo. I think she was upset at first, but seemed to do okay for the most part. She did some amazing artwork that I am sure the teachers had no part in at all.

She also had her first baby-sitter (meaning only family and close friends have watched her).
Miss Allie seemed to handle all three girls pretty well and Libby did just fine.

Mom, Jane and I enjoyed a little free time and also spiffed up the Morris home while we were there.
What is it about organinzing someone else's stuff? It's just better than diong your own house....

When we got home it didn't take long to start missing them. After a day or two cooking breakfast in chaos becomes kind of fun...it was quiet at our house and somehow Hagan was not as entertaining after spending time with Mimi, Julia, Maggie and Aunt Janie.

This picture pretty much sums up much of what we were dealing with - we are not used to sharing at our house.

Julia and Mimi practicing her letters...not sure if she has told you but Mimi majored in Child development and reminds us of that often.

Libby stealing grapes, taking a bite and putting them back in the bowl.

Ready for the big day at MDO - I never realized how much they favored each other.

Good Morning Moo Moo!

Julia showing Libby how all the toys work - such a good helper

Look at this face, the stride, determination...if this doesn't warn me for the terrible two's I don't know what does...she was on a mission for dips (chips) - at 9:00 in the morning...I pray alot during the day.

Libby always gets compliments on two things - her hair and her belly.

Hair: she has alot of it, especially for her age - and let me do this to it today.

Belly: it's round and cute, what's not to love?

And she's a bookworm...

My two favorite 5 year olds!

We can't believe that our niece and nephew both turned 5 this week! Nathan was born on March 6th, 2005 and just 3 days later, on March 9th Julia was born. At the time they were the closest thing to actual children of our own and we loved "practicing" our future parenting skills.

It is crazy to think that they will be starting Kindergarten in the fall...where did 5 years go?

We love them both so much and wished they lived closer so we could make even more memories together!

Happy Birthday to my favorite 5 year-olds! We love ya'll!

Happy Friday!

If you know Hagan & Libby, you know that snapping this photo was nothing short of a miracle.

My new favorite picture.

Have a great weekend!