Blake's Body Parts

Ethan took this adorable video of Blake showing off his body parts. Good thing too, because the stinker has NEVER shown me anything but his hair and his belly button. I knew he knew this stuff! What a stubborn little guy.

Sorry about the low-quality video. I need to adjust my camera. Also, I posted some other stuff so look at the older posts.

One More

Here's another video of Brenna's graduation. She absolutely loved this silly little game (or whatever you want to call it). I think it's adorable!

Brenna's Preschool Graduation

Brenna in her graduation hat

Brenna's preschool had quite a cute little program and graduation ceremony. She had a little speaking part, she recited her phone number, and they sang lots of songs. At the end, the kids walked across the stage wearing little graduation hats and received a little certificate from the teacher. In just a few months my Toots starts Kindergarten!

Ethan was in charge of pictures / video, and I think he did a great job! It's nice to finally be able to delegate some of this stuff.

Brenna's Birthday

Here's another example of my fantastic parenting. Brenna has little or no concept of weeks and months, so I've had a hard time explaining to her when her birthday was. (She knows it's May 6th, she just doesn't know what that means exactly). On Monday, I told her "your birthday is Thursday". On Tuesday I said "2 more days". On Wednesday I woke up with a nasty cold. A really nasty cold. So I told her "soon". By Thursday I was basically stuck in bed feeling miserable, so we all ignored her birthday all together. I postponed her party a week. So on the 15th, we told Brenna it was finally her birthday, and we celebrated like crazy. In her eyes, she had a wonderful birthday. I think if she'd known that the day I was sick was actually her birthday, she'd have been very disappointed.
We had a Dora the Explorer party. She invited 5 friends. We went on a little adventure, just like Dora does, with a little game at each stop. Swiper (Ethan) even popped out to try and swipe their candy. The end of the journey was the kitchen, where we ate cake and ice cream. Brenna took her "make a wish before you blow out the candles" very seriously.

I forgot to upload my photos with the first ones last and the last ones first, so they're just in reverse order. Oops.

So here's the lovely Dora cake. Grandma Kitchen always makes the birthday cakes, and my kids always seem to challenge her creativity. She never fails to get it just right, though. Such talent!

Anyway, it was a great birthday! We are so proud of our 5-year-old.