Since Anna was too sick on her birthday to play we held of until yesterday to have a "special day" for her and, oh boy, did she live it up! Starting with coming down for breakfast to find the present that she wanted most waiting for her in the front room:
In the afternoon we had her friend-party. Although we all wanted to invite over many more of Anna's friends - especially those from school - our couch wasn't big enough to hold more!
This group of girl have really grown up together and their families feel like extensions of our families - Grace, Meaghan, Emma, and Vivi. I'm willing to bet that over the years there will be many more iterations of this shot (and we'll probably never be able to get them all looking in mostly one direction, smiling, with eyes open again!).
Planting flower seeds
Making pizza
A green, Dora cake
Luke and Owen mooched as much cake and ice cream as possible
And once everyone was well sugared, Justin learned exactly how much screeching and bouncing little girls can do.
(This picture also solved the mystery of the missing remote)
All in all, a great time was had by all. We can't wait until Luke's birthday. Hopefully by then the snow will be gone and outdoor festivities will be in order.
