Avery's 5th Birthday Party

My niece Avery turned 5 years old this past Saturday, and she celebrated with a Princess Party! All of her cousins and friends came dressed as their favorite Princess, and everyone looked adorable! Anna looked so cute, I wanted her to keep her dress on all day!

Jacie, Avery and Maddy

Here's Christian, the only boy of the family (at least until Little Boy Hogland comes along). He's thinking "Princesses? YUCK!!"

 

Who wants CUPCAKES!!!

Happy Birthday Avery! We love you very much!

More fun with Anna...

The links below will take you to Cousin Lindsey's blog and there are some cute pics of the girls and even a few videos of Anna. Very cute!

Easter:
http://lindseyyarbrough.blogspot.com/2010/04/easter.html

Soccer:
http://lindseyyarbrough.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-saturday-soccer.html

Mothers Day 2010

Anna and I shared a GREAT Mothers Day together. Since Kevin had to work, we got in a little bonding time. Saturday we started our day at Krispy Kreme with donuts and chocolate milk. Yum!

  Then we did a little shoe shopping and spent some time in Old Navy. But the best part of the day was spent getting our toenails painted at my favorite nail salon. Anna's never been so I wasn't sure how she was going to react considering she won't let me get near her toes. But she LOVED it! She let them trim her nails, file them and paint them... HOT PINK! We had so much fun and I'm excited that I've found something girly to do with my little munchkin. In fact, I think I've created a monster because today she wanted me to paint her finger nails. Uh oh! But that's ok. Any chance to spend some quality time with her is well worth it!

 
 I love you Anna! I'm so proud to be your mommy. You made this day, and every day for that matter, so special.

 These stickers were from the card Anna gave me. She wanted me to wear it right away, and I was more than happy to.

  

Jump! Jump!

We had a crawfish boil at our house last weekend and our friends Eric and Paige let us borrow their bounce house to entertain the kids. Before returning it to them, we took advantage of it. Anna LOVES the bounce house. She had so much fun bouncing around and flying through the air. Gives me an idea for her next birthday....... :)

 

Look Ma! I Can Read!

Two of Anna's favorite thing are her books and her babies... and she loves to combine both. She takes all of her baby dolls, lays them out in the living room and covers them with a blanket. She then says "Go to sleep babies!" (very sternly I might add) Then she'll sit down and read to them. I'd like to think she's a genius and actually reading at the age of two, but I know she just has these books memorized. Nonetheless, it's still pretty impressive to me.

In the first video, she's reading "Little Boy Blue". Notice how she only knows a few words... "na na na na CORN... na na na THE END." However, you'll see she's a little better at "Little Miss Muffet".

The second video gives you a view into our world of sleeping babies. In case you have trouble figuring it out, she's reading them "Buckle My Shoe", "Pat-A-Cake", "Humpty Dumpty" and "Jack and Jill".