Miscellaneous Pictures - September 2008

Summer and Ben opening presents from Aunt Carol. Also, a picture of Summer with her new buddies she received for her birthday. For some reason she LOVES birds....and Elmo.

Yummy sucker! There goes Summer running after Ben...

....probably because he is on her tricycle.

Summer's Family Bday Party - Sept. 2008

We celebrated Summer's birthday twice, so that Brian could join us. The week before her birthday we had a party for her at the park with friends, in the afternoon. On her actual birthday, September 6th, we had our little family party.

Summer loved her little cake and had fun with the birthday hats.

Time to open presents.....serious business!

Baking - September 2008

Ben loves to help me bake. Today we are baking Summer's birthday cake for a little family birthday celebration.

I saved plenty of mix at the end so Ben could lick to his hearts content. Basically he likes to help me bake because he loves to eat the batter.

Mischief

I decided to take a quick shower while Summer was busy playing with her dollhouse. I swear, I was in the shower 5 minute max. When I got out I heard a strange noise, like something dropping into a jar. The picture above is what I found. Summer got into my baking drawer and dumped out my cornmeal, all of my peppercorn, all of my chocolate chips (the costco size bag) and some odds and ends. The scary thing is that I also found an empty bottle of almond extract. I hardly ever use almond extract so it should have been close to full. Not sure where the contents went.....

Saturday Morning - September 2008

I love this picture of Summer! She's just enjoying her morning, watching cartoons, playing with her baby doll and reading books. Her dimples are so cute!

Summer's Birthday - Part 2 - September 2008

More pictures from Summer's Birthday Party:

Here's part of the crew she hangs out with.
One satisfied birthday girl. She definitely got her fill of chocolate cake!

Ben loves playing on the monkey bars.

Yeah! What a great birthday!

Happy 2nd Birthday Summer!!! - September 2008

I can't believe Summer is already two years old...where does the time go? We celebrated her birthday at the park near our house.

Summer is known for forraging off the table ....whatever anyone leaves unattended is fair game for her. Who knows who/how many juice boxes she has polished off! I predict a full diaper by the end of this party.

Summer and I are disucssing the various options for candle placement on the cake.

Butterfly cake made by Summer's Mom.....


Blowing out the candles is serious business!