The Birthday Party Week

Sydney turned 7 last Monday (April 20th) and Makayla turned 9 on Tuesday (April 21st). So we had a whole week of partying. We started Sunday with a family birthday party. They got to pick their favorite dinner (Hawaiian haystacks--yum!) and have a birthday cake they helped decorate. They then got to open some of their presents--they loved their present from Nanna and Pappa--The Littlest Pet Shop for the WII. It has already been played for hours!!! This last week they have had a hard time deciding whether to swim or to play their new game! They also got some cool remote princess cars from their Dad and a new Disney Hannah Montanna MP3 player from mom. That is why this post is so late, I have been trying to figure out how to load songs to it. I never knew their was a difference between types of songs--why would you have mpeg4 files and mpeg3 files, but only mpeg3 files work on their player?!?! It has made me appreciate I-tunes so much more!!!!! It is by far the easiest program for organizing and loading your songs to your player!!!!! But after many hours we reached success and now I have two girls that can't hear me because they are listening to their new mp3 players (not that they were listening to me before!)

On Monday for Sydney's b-day we went to Chuck E Cheese. The girls had a blast! And I loved it because their wasn't that many people there--so we pretty much had the place to ourselves!

On Tuesday Makayla choose Red Robin! YUM! After dinner there was a Krispy Kreme next door and we went over for a donut only to find out you get a dozen free donuts on your birthday, so we walked out of there with 2 dozen hot fresh donuts! YUM YUM!!!!!

And, on Saturday the girls had two parties. First in the afternoon a swim party with some of their new friends from school. And then in the evening they invited some of their best friends and their families from Laveen to come have a bbq. The girls had sooooo much fun playing with their friends and Jared and I had a great time visiting with some of our great friends as well!!!

Overall it was a great week and I can't believe how old my girls are getting! It still amazes me that I have a 9 year old! But as much as I am dreading those lovely teenage years I love watching them grow up and have personalities all their own!