Thursday, March 11, 2010

February - Reili's Birthday

The whole month of February seemed like one long celebration of Reili's eighth birthday. Of course, turning 8 is important, and who minds celebrating as long as possible? Here are pictures of some of the celebrating:

We celebrated her birthday the Sunday before (because Tom would be gone to a conference on her real birthday) with a family dinner. Reili chose to have a very interesting combination of cocktail shrimp, sweet potato casserole, and corn for dinner.


MMM.....corn!


We celebrated with home made carrot cake (the first I have ever made because it isn't one of my favorites).


While Tom was out of town, my sister Lenore was able to come visit to help me out with all the kids. It was so great to have her here and have help (and company). Well...she really came to see the new baby.


Reili's special breakfast on her birthday was her favorite toaster strudel.


YUM!


Reili modeling some stuffed animals she had been wanting for her birthday. Cute Girls!


Finally...pierced ears...her favorite present she's been asking for years for this.

3 comments:

The Neil R. Van Leeuwen Family said...

You have the cutest kids. We love you all.

The Neil R. Van Leeuwen Family said...

What's next?
You have such a cute family. We love you. Mom

tessa said...

Pierced ears? Shhhh. Don't tell Brighton. She's been waiting too.