Girls Day Out

This past weekend, Hannah filled up her "marble jar". (she gets a marble for doing chores without being asked and for helping out when she sees that something needs to be done). As a reward, she and I had a girls day out! We went to the movies (Shrek) and then to a 'girly' place for lunch.

Hannah got a "swirly curly" aka Shirley Temple!

Then an oh-so-fun flower shaped PB&J!

Then a fancy cupcake with pink AND purple sprinkles on it!

I'm so glad I get to do things like this with my little girl ---who's not so little anymore! I love my sweet Hannah!

Thanks to the Cecilia and Charlie...

 

Thanks to the Cecilia and Charlie for coming over to hang out with Stephanie on her birthday (and Jillian too)! We look forward to seeing you all again soon. -Andrew, Stephanie, Hannah, and Reilly

Blowing out the candles on the 5th birthday party

 

Hannah blew out the candles on her cup-cake creation, then ate it "all-gone". She had a great time and really enjoyed having her friends at the party. She doesn't know it yet, but she is looking forward to school starting back up next month. Or at least her parents are. -Daddy

Activities: Cup-Cake creation

 
 
 

One of the activities Momma planned for the party was for each kid to make their own cup-cake creation. Even LeighAnn got into the act (Ginny and Al's mother). Reilly went the other direction and just put a block on fondant on the top of his cup-cake. He later decided it didn't taste very good and spit it out (I don't balme him). Everyone got creative with their cup-cakes (Daddy stayed behind the camera).

Hannah the artist

 

 
 
 
 

Loyal readers will think Hannah's birthday hat is familiar. To date she has worn the same hat (that Momma made) for five birthday "seasons" (there is always more than one party per year). This year was the first year the hat had to be repaired, however it was a minor repair. To our surprise, Hannah wore that hat the entire party... for the first time.

 
 
 
 

Momma did a great job with the party, and especially with all the treats for the kids. Reilly and Hannah could hardly control themselves after the party... There were no naps taken after the injection of pure sugar.

Guess how old?

 

I bet you can't guess how old she is now?

Hannah's 5th birthday party

 

Hannah had her in-town birthday party two weekends ago. She had a blast at a local "Clay-Ground" store that lets kids make clay sculptures. Here she is before the guests and the messes appear.

Reilly's short attention span

 

Reilly was thrilled to hold his cousin Charlie for a brief moment in time. He then got distracted by a toy truck on the floor and wanted nothing to do with the other boy in the house. Go figure.

Birthday girl, for the ??rd year!

 

Hannah and Reilly helped Mom blow out the candles on her birthday cake this past weekend. Happy birthday from all of us. Thanks to Bebe for coming to town and helping make Stpehanie's birthday special (and taking the kids off our hands for a night or two). -Daddy

 
 
 

While Hannah did experience some stage fright during the "art show", she was able to get up and show off her work to the crowd. -Daddy

Hannah gets stage fright... in front of 8 people.

Throw back!

While I was loading some new pictures into the Chambers Photography Computer (CPC-2000), I ran across this old picture of Reilly. If memory serves, he was waiting in line to see Santa at the Mall. I don't recall sharing this one, but his eyes really shine and still do today.

Hannah's 5 Year Stats

Weight - 38.25 lbs (37%)

Height - 40.75" (14%)

Blood Pressure - 90/62

Hb - 12.0

She passed the vision & hearing tests! She was quite pleased that there were no shots today!

Brooke

This week, we were fortunate enough to have Brooke, our 13 year old niece from Philadelphia, come to stay with us for a week! I have now been completely spoiled by having a second set of hands to help out! I'm so proud of the young lady Brooke is becoming. She was absolutely delightful! I hope her good manners and positive attitude have rubbed off on my children!

While she was here we toured the town!!

We went to the "Sprayground"!

We went to the ice cream shoppe!

We went to the Aquarium!

Down the whale slide at the aquarium!

Never too big for a whale slide!

Hannah and Brooke posing with "Deepo", the Aquarium's mascot. [sidenote - we think Hannah has gotten over her fear of "characters"! Woo Hoo!]

We went to the park!

We had such a great time with Brooke. We decided while she was here that she's going to come back every summer for the next 15 years. WooHoo!!

Soccer Camp

Hannah had a great time at her soccer camp this week. She attended the same one as last year and actually had the same coach. We arrived on Monday for Coach "Waggy" to say in his oh-so-cute British accent... "Well, Hello, Hannah, how are you? You're in my group!" He then told me that he had used the picture we took of them last year on a brochure that he hands out. Huh! Hannah is famous!

Hannah and Reilly at the airport on the way the Philadelphia

Reilly rides a Harley!

Pirates and Princesses birthday party

Hannah ran around "The Hangout" with the pirates and princesses (Tinker-Bell) before she took this picture, so please forgive the lack of bows in her hair.

Mom and Dad are very proud of our "big" girl. She has great manners, loves her brother very much, shares well with her brother and others well, I could go on and on. She gives us a little too much lip every once in a while, but we could not be more proud of her. Hannah and Reilly make us want to have another kid around the house.