Abby's 4th Birthday (Friend Party)

    
Abby celebrated her 

4th birthday

at our home with her friends.

Theme: Princesses and Pirates

 

 Princess Abby and Princess Lauren

 Pin the Flag on the Mast

 

Butterfly Pinata

and a mad dash for the candy.

 We served cake, ice cream, pretzels, cheese balls, and apple slices.

 Presents!

 Redhead the Pirate

 stole the party favors and demanded four bags of gold in payment.

 Princess Pirate

Caterpillars II

My how they have grown.

Day 10

Jump Jump

This post is in honor of the reuniting of the hit boy band Kriss Kross.

Caterpillars

Uncle Chad, Aunt Katie, Sofia, Emily, and Sullivan

gave Anne a butterfly growing kit for Christmas.

A couple of days ago the caterpillars arrived in the mail.

If you look closely at the you can see little black things. 

Those are the caterpillars.

In seven to ten days they will move into their chrysalis.

We'll keep you posted.

More Chirstmas 2012

Here are a few more Christmas pictures from Scott's camera.

 We ate Christmas Eve Eve lunch at Fresh and guess who was there . . . SANTA!

 I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

 All the presents have been distributed and it is time to open!

 An Aggie goody basket from uncle Chuck and Aunt Sandie.

 My gift from Scott!

Meet "Isabelle" and "Rainbow Cute."

Anne and Abby used their Christmas money from 

Great Granny and Grandma Reagan to create their very first bear at

Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Christmas 2012

We celebrated Christmas for the first time at our home.

It was sad not to go the Great Granny's house and say good bye to a life long tradition.

Thankfully, Great Granny and Great Grandma came to us and we had a very merry Christmas!

Christmas Morning

 Anne's loot from Santa

 Abby's loot from Santa

 We distributed all the presents and set to work unwrapping.

 Intermission: Breakfast

 and back to presents!

 Notice Gra'ma's Johnny Football Jersey 

and 

the Aggie goody basket 

from 

Chuck and Sandie.

 Some of us enjoyed the "Brave" wig from Papa and Gra'ma more than others.

 Christmas Lunch

Daddy, Anne, and Abby enjoyed playing Angry Birds.

I think the girls managed to take almost all their gifts out of the packaging that day.

They couldn't believe I would let them open them all at once.

It was a fabulous Christmas and I can't wait until nest year!

Papa's Birthday 2012

 Happy 36th or 63rd birthday Papa!

 

 Gra'ma cooked a delicious lunch of fried chicken, Papa's favorite, and all the fix-ins along with a fabulous banana split cake.

Our tummies were very happy.

Birthday Poem 2012:   

“The Secret”

by Linda Smith (aka Gra'ma) 

Oh what’s that you say?  You just can’t see.

How Fletcher Smith can be sixty-three.

His step is so lively, there’s rarely a frown,

His eyes still twinkle and his hair ’s  mostly brown.

What’s his secret of youth?  You’re dying to know.

Where can you purchase some of his glow?

The answer is simple, it’s the obvious reason.

Our Aggies!  They’re ten and two this season.

Johnny Football has been so incredibly great.

He made Fletcher feel like he’s twenty-eight.

After watching the Bama game again and again,

It was as though the clock hands didn’t even spin,

So….if next year the Aggies get an even bigger win,

Just think how young Fletcher will look to us then.