Happy Birthday to Me!

What a way to celebrate my 43rd birthday! We got out of school early and I spent the afternoon playing in the snow with my girls!

Let it Snow!

Well, we did get a bit of wintery mix and the girls took the opportunity to escape the house to catch a few of the snowflakes even though we had already put on our warm matching snowman pajamas! We followed up the outing with some hot chocolate. School starts 2 hours late. Does it get any better!?

Happy Birthday!

When we went to China to get O, most of the babies in our adoption group had recently turned one. Of course we parents missed that special occasion, so we had a group "First Birthday" Party in the hotel restaurant in Wuhan. As you can tell, O really enjoyed herself! ;-)



Tonight we celebrated O's 7th birthday at Olive Garden. She was speechless when the waiters came out with a cake and sang to her! She had a wonderful day beginning with gifts this morning. She sure has come a long way in 6 years!




Earlier this week, O celebrated her birthday with her friends from school at a local establishment that is filled with bouncy houses and inflatable slides. She had a great time.

Disneyworld

After a rocky start (being iced in at the DFW airport and having to spend the night sleeping at the airport), we had a wonderful vacation. The weather in Florida was colder than expected and the parks were crowded, but they were decorated beautifully. The girls enjoyed meeting all of their favorite characters.









C was dressed as her favorite: Minnie Mouse.



E and O had a great time at the Bippity Boppity Boutique where they had a make over complete with a sprinkling of pixie dust before we headed into the castle to have lunch with Cinderella.

Holiday Preparations

The girls are enjoying being out of school and spending time together just being silly. I love to see them so happy together. I cannot wait for them to find out that we are going to Disneyworld! I have kept this secret since Septmeber, but these last few days are hard! I am so blessed that I am able to treat to them to this trip.




This weekend the girls made cookies with my mom. My main job was photographer and keeping C out of the way! E and O had a great time doing their big girl activity!





Last Christmas, we had just arrived home with C. She really had no clue what was going on at the time. This year she is enjoying all of the lights and singing, and of course the presents!




Last week C had her Christmas pageant at her school. The girl is not shy. Let's just say the bigger the spot light, the bigger the production!

The zoo and my new camera