Happy Valentine's Day and Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Adrian is now a year old and we had a small dinner with friends then had cupcakes, presents, and playtime. I get too excited to give him the cupcake, and I didn't warn Chris to start recording so we can see him react to all the attention and the candle. He was memorized and tried to grab it of course, but I was very aware that would happen so instead his sisters helped him blow it out before he experienced the messy frosting. I think I overmixed it getting it to the blue color so it was a weird consistency, he isn't used to that messy of foods, but he liked it once he put it in his mouth. I took him upstairs for a bath right after because it will never be enough to just wipe off that level of mess. The girls were worried they didn't get to go to the store to buy him a present so I told them that giving gifts isn't about what they buy but they can show him they love him, they still wanted to wrap something themselves so I let them choose from the ones I had picked out for him. 

Dance

All week, the girls were excited about their first daddy-daughter dance and they absolutely loved it! Everyone was worried because the weather said it would be snowing all day and cancel the fun but we must have missed some of it because it wasn't too bad and they didn't have to cancel school on Friday either. Chris went out of his way to buy the girls corsages and a boutonniere for himself so they would be really fancy for the dance. He surprised me with a huge box flower arrangements too and they all arrived right before they had to leave. I saw many pictures of the fun they had and got to hear about their favorite parts when they got home and it filled me with gratitude that they got to experience it all and feel special. I used the flowers for some decoration around the house because they were already looking droopy and we got some more life out of them for Adrian's party.

Valentine's Day

The girls woke up to a stuffed animal, a little box of chocolate, a new book, and a heart-pop toy. They also were excited that I got Adrian and Chris stuffed animals and matching ties, I just think it was funny that because they got different stuffies Shay assumed Claire got something she didn't. Shay's first reaction was "Why did Claire get..." looking for something "...a mermaid?" "Because you got a big kitty with hearts on it." Then she kept looking and decided it was fair. They both had parties at school and I went to Shay's class with Adrian to help, but I ended up being more of a distraction and probably won't go again because the kids just want to play with Adrian instead of do the fun party activities. It did surprise Claire that we all came to her class to check her out so I could take them home. Then they spent a long time looking through all their valentines from their friends and asking if they could eat their candies.

A few more one-more-things!

I found some pictures on Shay's class website from her 100 days of school from two weeks ago and just had to share them. Adrian was desperate to help me with taxes and was copying me by typing on the keyboard so this was his last picture taken before he turned one. Lastly, Claire took so much pleasure in not letting Dad win at Uno that she laughed maniacally and let me win!