Happy 4th Birthday, Catherine!!!
Catie had a good birthday today. She was happy and excited from the time she opened her eyes this morning, awaking to me singing the birthday song to her. Everyone in our family treated her really special today and she just loved the extra care and attention paid her.
Jac & Jess had game 3 today at 9am. They won 5-4. Jess struck out more batters in the two innings she pitched and had two hits. She also threw a girl out stealing 3rd when she played catcher one inning. Andrew had team pictures this morning.
We made it home by 11 and Cate took a nap after lunch. Catherine is having her friend party next week, but at 1:30 Jess & I took her to a 'Hello Kitty' birthday party for her friend, Chloe. Chloe is a girl Catherine has grown up with at church. They were in the nursery together as babies and everyone, including the moms, had to do a double take to see which baby was which, they looked so much alike. It was a cute party, and the girls had a lot of fun.
The guys stayed home and worked in the yard. Later, Andrew told me he had SO much fun today at home with Dad. I guess he found some trees he could climb if he used a bucket to step up on, and he was playing comando in the field where the grass is now 2 1/2 feet deep or so. Apparently, he was hiding from Kendal, our dog, and she had to sniff him out to find him.
When we came home from the party, Jac & Drew were waiting and dressed up in nice shirts to take us to dinner for Catherine's birthday. We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory on the river. After dinner, we walked on the river trail for awhile, checked out the new skyscrapers and looked into taking a ride on the OHSU skytram (but it was closed), stopped and got helium in Cate's mylar princess balloon, and headed back for her 'party' at home. She opened presents, then we did the cake. Jess & I made the cake and wrapped her presents today during her nap. It was a simple cherry chip cake from a box with homemade pink frosting, sprinkles, princess figurines from the toy box and 4 pink candles. Her presents were two big storybooks, a Disney princess doll set (like Polly Pockets), DVD storybooks, puzzle and a sporty, pink handbag.
We had a great day and made some good memories. Not so much because of these things we did, but because of the laughter, jokes, games we did together as a family that I haven't written about.
2 comments:
I can't believe she's 4. Sweet pictures! Sounds like such a nice day.
Happy Birthday Catie! Sorry we didn't call you yesterday... we were at a wedding all day! I remember coming to see you in the hospital when you were born- you were so cute- and still are!
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