Old Pictures

CJ (my longest-attending daycare kid) turned 5 on March 14th. The following weekend I took our four kids and Alison and Aleesa to his birthday party.

I loved the kids lined up according to height waiting to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey. From left to right is Carter, Myles, Aleesa, and Cole, and a little boy I don't know. Notice Myles with his hat over his face!

That night Pat and Annie were in town so we went out for St. Patrick's Day. Annie and I ended up back at her inlaws' house knitting (hooray!) while the guys went to a second bar. The kids were excited to have a babysitter for the first time in a long time. When we got home, this is how I found Merlyn, sleeping surrounded by balloons:

My parents came to visit after a cruise vacation. They brought maracas for the boys and dresses for the girls. When Berkleigh opened her dress, she got all excited and said she was going to put it in her "dress drawer". It was very cute, but surprising that she didn't want to try it on right away. A couple days later, Grandma Faye came over and the first thing the girls said was that they had new dresses from my mom. They ran upstairs and changed into them. The boys got their maracas and provided music while the girls danced. They put the red handkerchief on the floor to collect money while they played. I should have video taped it -- it was quite funny.

Those are the pictures I had on the computer. The rest are still on the camera, so I'll get around to putting them on the computer soon. "Soon", of course, means sometime today or tomorrow so I can continue catching up on blogging!