1, 2, 3, 4 Birthdays!

Lovely Courtney celebrated her birthday at Interstate Lanes...super cool bowling party! We had BLAST gutter balls and all! The cake I got at Russell's Bakery for the birthday girl was so dense it broke the plastic cutting knife...so, we all just dug in! Happy Happy Birthday, Dear Courtney :)

Andrea celebrated her big 35th with friends at Yvonne's pad...coloring mandalas, chatting...the evening was so very relaxing...very Zen. Oh and the red velvet cake was gorgeous and soooo tasty...another creation by Russell. Yvonne's pond out back was hoppin with frogs calling to each other....loudly! :) It was a lovely evening with some fabulous women. Feliz Cumpleaños, Comadre!

The following two shots were taken by Yvonne...thank YOU amiga!

Then Unca Joe had his big 30 blowout! Family all got together to celebrate his departure from his 20's. Melissa made a YUMMMY pineapple upside down cake. All Mia could say was 'Uncle Peeete...uncle Peeeete' She's a HUGE fan of Melissa's brother...he's beyond fab with kids. Everyone adored baby Lily, especially Gwen. Gwen pretty much took over the roll of Mama...such sweetness :)

Ahhhhh then there was lil Anika's third birthday at Acrotex. The kids...and parents...all had a super fun time running around, jumping on the trampolines, jumping into the huge foam pit and just being monkeys. It was INSANE! I must admit that I look forward to Anika's parties because her parents score some fab samosas...I had a hard time not eating more than one. I found out the Indian grocery/restaurant is about a mile from our house. Sorry, back to the party! LOVE LOVE LOVE Anika and her sweet smile...hope you had the best time sweetness!

Flash!

Last summer, Mia and I started weekly mommy & me gymnastics classes at Acrotex. At first, her focus was on running around and not really into what Coach Misty was trying to teach these 2 yr old tots with the help of their moms...but she LOVED Thursday afternoons..'nastics' time :) Over the months, she really got into the warm ups and stuff they did on the balance beams, bars, mats...she can almost do a cartwheel and is a star on the trampoline! She even asked for her 3rd birthday to be at nastics class. In January, she had about 30 of her friends over to Acrotex for a nastics party. She was in heaven!

Since becoming pregnant, our mommy and me class has been a challenge for me at times. Whenever he could, Daryl would meet us there to take over. Watching them from the sidelines always warmed my heart. The point was always to have fun...learning all the other stuff was just gravy. This month, we had to give notice that we'd be taking a little break. I'm soooo not up to picking up a 35 lb girls so she can swing on a bar, and she's not quite up to the level where she could take a class on her own...in a couple of months she may be.

Almost everyday, she'll 'flash' for me or show me her cartwheel, teeter toter, forward roll.... I'm glad she still loves it, but feel so sad that I can't take her for a while.

She will be back, but until then....here's a little FLASH!