For Makayla's fourth birthday we decided to bring her party up to northern California where all of her cousins are and some dear friends....Makayla loved that she got to pick her own teacup and saucer, gloves, and a pink boa. She had SO much fun with her cousins and friends and must have told me at least 5 times "this is my BEST birthday ever!"
A small intimate gathering with some of our friends to celbrate Makayla's upcoming birthday...
You were so excited to blow out your candles...this is the first year that you did not need any instruction on what to do...as soon as we finished singing...you huffed and blew all your candles out! Oh and nice job on selecting your cake decorations ;)
"Thank you Mima and Grandpa for my most beautiful Cinderella dress ever! I just love it! And the glass slippers do fit! I love you both so very much"
We get home from Bible Study today and I make the girls their lunch, get them situated and then run upstairs to check email...and facebook (can not stay away from this website....) I hear the girls laughing at Sesame Street and figure that everything is normal downstairs....
So down I go 15 minutes later and this is what I found....
You are such a busy girl, here are some fun things we love about you
right now:
We fall more and more in love with you everyday! Happy 1/2 birthday Aubrey Renae!
Jamen and I escaped for a wonderful weekend away up in Big Bear...Makayla stayed the night with her best friend Madeline and our good friends Katie and family stayed at our house with Aubrey...my parents came in for relief Saturday morning...
Check out the fun that Makayla had at her second sleep over at Madeline's house!
purposeful parenting: sleep over time!
I decided to stop the madness of trying to get ready for our weekend away and spend a little time with Makayla snuggling on the couch while we watched Monsters Inc. (very cute movie by the way)...so we get to this one part and Makayla tells me, "get ready, this is SO funny mom!" and she proceeds to bust out with the biggest laugh I have ever heard! Of course what I captured on film was not the same as it was the first time, but you'll get the idea....
How precious...my heart just overflows with so much love and contentment for my sweet family....snuggling with Aubrey before bed is probably one of my most favorite times with her. And since Jamen does not get the chance to do this very often I thought I should take a picture...typically she prefers me when she goes to bed, but not tonight, she wanted her daddy! LUCKY!!!
Just a typical day...hanging out around the house while Makayla is at school, when I turn around and see Aubrey sitting up at the table! YIKES!!! Of course I tell her no, get her down, and then run for my camera....here is what happens next along with Aubrey's thought process.....
"I don't think I should do this again....but I think she wants me to since she's holding the camera..."
"I think I can..."
"Ok, I can see the top now...."
"Ohhhh, look at all the goodies up here..."
"Yeah, I did it, and I found Mommy's wallet!"
