Princesses, Pandas & Puppies

A Fancy Nancy Party! Kayleigh turned 4!

So of course we had to do our hair.

(Hadassah)

And Lily's (Viv's is still too short :)

And our nails!

Not all girl all the time...

Here's one of Lily's annual "Baby Dedication Day" Celebration pictures (Age 5)

(she was being silly pretending the tree was a hat)

(Age 3)

(Age 2)

(6 months)

And here is some of her tallent:

(all on her own initiative!)

(Here is also some of Hadassah's tallent)

This one is my favorite =)

"Mom is a Rock Star"

This is Viv's first time sitting up at the end of May. Now she's crawling all over the place and pulling herself up almost to standing.

Taking it easy after all that work

Viv is 7 months!

Pirate Cade

We had a really fun trip to the zoo. The weather was cool and the people were few. The location was awesome and the animals were fun to watch.

Stand up if Goldilocks ate your porridge...

Dass loved watching all the animals

For $3, Cade & Lil both got to hold a baby Lion

Pew, Stinky Feet!

This Panda is here because of the earthquake at his first home

Hungry tigers waiting to be fed

Seems like the kids enjoyed watching the tigers food more... squawking chickens

The Wild Exibit

(Especially the one with the mustache :)

ANOTHER good bye :(! Our friends Laura (3rd) & Matt and their three kids are heading to another city. Erin (4th) and her family will head back to America this weekend. The rest of us remain :).

A Happy Party... Hadassah's Birthday!

Here is Hadassah "reading" her card/ story from Lily: "Hadassah, this is a story about Hadassah. One day Hadassah went to the park. She was lost. She wanted mom and dad. She really wanted Lily and Caedmon. And she found mom and dad. The end."

Opening Presents

Awesome! A Hadassah size kitchen! (And we can pack it all back up into the bucket)...

Caedmon, the party theme is "puppies" not "monkeys"!

There the puppies go!

Off to get their puppy treats.

We bought this little pool from some friends that moved back to the states. Maybe one of the best purchases ever in Hadassah's book.

This didn't turn out quite how I pictured, but do things ever?

Hadassah looks a bit afraid of it in this picture, but she really liked it.

At least the cake tasted good!

This part was so adorable for me as a parent to watch. The moment we sometimes fear... gift opening. In the past, the opener has been a bit overwhelmed and thanksgiving has appeared to flee for the moment. But not with Hadassah. She was relaxed as could be; I couldn't even get a good picture. She just laid there as kids presented their gifts. And then she delighted in each gift the rest of the day...

"woof"