Kara's BIG day....

Kara was sooooo very excited to turn the BIG '3' and she says she is 'so big' now!! She is quite the character!! She keeps us all on our toes and laughing. Tyler asked her how old she was and she just as serious as she could be, turned to him and said, "44!" Oh my, we all just busted out laughing---she better not be 44, that would make ME really old!! YIKES!!! When Kara woke up, Tyler went up to her and gave her a hug and said, "Happy Birthday, you look 'big' today!" He then came to me and asked if Kara will need new clothes now since it is her birthday and she is older now! Back on his birthday-the night before he asked me when I was going to buy him new all clothes since the next day was his birthday and he was going to be 'big.' Oh to be a kid again and 'dream' about being 'big' and 'grown up!'

We had a GREAT day--didn't really do much. We keep birthdays pretty low key! :) Kara received several phone calls--thanks, Michelle & Blaine, Grandma & Grandpa Brinkerhoff, Grandma Debbie, Nicole, and Uncle Robert of course---(Kara LOVES her Uncle Robert--she is still talking about his phone call!), and Jamie texted her--Kara thought that was cool when I showed it to her. Kara felt pretty important!! Finally about the third call she received, Tyler came to me a little disgusted and said, "Why does everyone want to talk to Kara today?" I think he was feeling somewhat left out--he enjoys talking on the phone! I explained to him everyone was just wishing her a Happy Birthday and he accepted that!

Brooke was up all night--she has the nasty cold, so we really started the morning out pretty slow. Tyler did not have school (he has it Monday, Wednesday, every other Friday All Day Kindergarten) so the kids all just played and watched movies while I made Kara's cake and snuggled Brooke. She wants to be held since she has not felt good--I am suffering through that! :) (Ya right--I LOVE IT--but would rather her not be sick!)

Troy had meetings in Twin Falls so he was gone all day and could not come home 'early' like he hoped--he got home last night at 7:30. The kids of course could not wait for dinner, so unfortunately we had to eat without him. I asked Kara all day what I should make for dinner--thinking she would give me some ideas--her response every time was, "All I am eating is cake!" Wouldn't that be NICE?! Grandpa went and loaded and left town, so Grandma was on her own--so we invited her to come up for dinner and cake. I made chicken enchiladas and green beans---YUMMY!! We ate and did dishes and then the hard part---holding the kids off from wanting the cake. I wanted Troy to be home for that so Grandma read the kids a few stories and we finished up Tyler's homework and then they were getting a little bit restless!!

We finally let Kara open her presents--she was thrilled!!! She got a PINK piggy bank and she was sooo happy to put the money in it that Grandma & Grandpa gave her, then she also got a pair of boots, and three PINK shirts!! It was a very 'long' day until her 'birthday'--According to the kids, it was not her birthday until we have the cake and ice cream for some reason--Kids are FUNNY!! She of course put her boots on right away and put on her new shirt to have her cake and ice cream.

Then came the CAKE!! She wanted a PINK PURSE cake, so that is what I attempted!! She was happy and impressed with it so that is all that matters! I decorated it while she took her nap. When she woke up, she walked into the kitchen and looked at it and said, "It's cute, why is the handle not PINK?" Kara LOVE LOVES LOVES PINK!! She is Quite Funny!! We sang to her and she blew out her candles--she loved it!! The kids were sooooo excited to eat the cake--they loved it!! As Tyler was eating it, he said, "Mom, you make yummy cakes!" How Sweet!!

It was a great day!! It was fun to spend the day with the kids and really pretty much do nothing!! :) They ALL just had fun playing together. We really do have some fun kids---they can be a handful at times, but I really do LOVE each one of them and am very thankful for them!!
Here are tid bits of our day......