Happy Birthday Abby!

Happy 9th birthday to my niece Abby! We had fun spending the day with you today, first at Mi Hacinda for lunch and then at Lee Park to play, watch you open your presents and eat that delicious chocolate chip cookie cake your mom made. We love you Abby!

Hat Day

Today is the final day of the Dr. Seuss birthday celebration week. The kids were asked to wear a favorite hat. We don't wear hats much in our family, but Emma happened to have this one hat. Anna Kate chose not to wear a hat because she didn't like any of Tim's ball caps.

Green Day

Dr. Seuss' birthday celebration week continues at school. Today is green day in honor of his book "Green Eggs and Ham." This picture was taken in the car this morning before we left for school. As you can see, they are both wearing green. But what is that on Emma's hand? It is a green dot. I put a green dot on her hand to hopefully remind her today to get a green light. She is as sweet as can be, but she has had a problem lately with talking and playing during group time. Hopefully she will do better today.

Wacky Wednesday

The school is celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday this week in several ways, including letting the kids have a dress theme each day. Today is Wacky Wednesday. If you can tell from this picture, Anna Kate has her shirt and jeans inside out and has on colorful tennis shoes and beads. Emma has on mismatched clothes -- red, green and white striped Christmas pants, pink and blue floral shirt, colorful scarf around her waist, and a yellow beaded necklace. They were a sight! Yesterday was crazy sock day. They participated in that one but I didn't take a pic. Maybe I will go back and get that one. Tomorrow is green day, and Friday is favorite hat day. Should be interesting.

Climbing Caches & Ready for Softball

Tim and Anna Kate love extreme geocaching. In fact, they have recently hidden two -- one on top of a bridge pillar and one very high up in a tree. It amazed me how much Anna Kate loves to climb, but it scares me to watch her.

We are all getting the softball fever. Anna Kate can't wait to play, and I have signed Emma up to play this year in the tee ball league. We have been to the park as a family to practice a couple of times. While out and about geocaching in Starkville recently, Tim and Anna Kate stopped by MSU softball field. Anna Kate thought it was neat to stand on a collage softball field. We hope to watch a few of their games this spring. We also are looking forward to watching New Hope play.

Birthday Lunch at Mi Hacinda

Our girls love Mexican food, especially at Mi Hacinda, so my mother-in-law, sister-in-law and nephew took Emma and Anna Kate after church today for Emma's birthday. Emma got to wear the hat, was served a special dessert, and the waiters all sang "Happy Birthday" to her. She has had a big weekend. Thanks to Samantha for getting these pictures for me.

She's 6!

It's official. Our baby is 6! Wow, I just can't believe how fast she is growing up. These pictures were taken several weeks ago to use for her photo birthday invitation. It was pretty cold and windy that day, but Emma did a great job. We had fun finding a couple of new places to take pictures. We love you, sweetheart! Happy Birthday.

Emma's Party

Emma had an awesome 6th birthday party yesterday at Skate Zone. This is one of her favorite places, so she was super excited to share the experience with a bunch of her friends and family.
She did a great job skating.

They all had fun skating, especially doing the birthday dance in the center of the rink.

Hannah Montana was Emma's party theme, which fit her perfectly. She enjoyed blowing out the candles on her Hannah Montana cake and opening all the great presents. Thanks everybody!

They also had fun in the play area. It was just a fun day all the way around.

Happy Birthday, Emma. We love you!

Ready for Birthday

Emma's 6th birthday is tomorrow. They called her name on the intercom at school yesterday, and she went to the office to get her birthday hat. We took her out to eat last night. Her party with family and friends is just a couple of hours away, and I am sure church will be fun for her tomorrow with that being her birthday. This is definitely a big weekend for her, and she is super excited.

Haircuts and Mardi Gras

We had a busy day yesterday: visiting my brother, getting haircuts, taking pictures, rearranging furniture at home, cleaning house/washing clothes, softball practice, and eating out at our favorite restaurant -- Mi Hacinda. I am thankful that I don't have anything to do today except for church. I am working on a great Nora Roberts book, so that's how I plan to spend my afternoon.
The girls have been begging me for weeks to take them to get their hair cut short. I guess I have been putting it off because I really didn't want Emma to get her's cut short. I love her beautiful, long blonde hair. But we did it, and she looks so cute. She cut about 6 inches.

Anna Kate got her's cut too, and it looks super cute. It will be a good cut for her with softball season just around the corner. As you can see, she didn't want her picture made.

After the haircuts, we snapped these couple of pictures real quick for Mardi Gras just for fun!