Charlotte's Third Birthday!

Charlotte with Mrs. Cheeseburger - Eben's favorite stuffed animal from when he was a little kid.

 Edison has started to like doing math problems - addition, subtraction, and even the first few steps of the multiplication table. Here he is working on addition of numbers with three digits. Really cool!

 Bob and Marlene came over to give Charlotte her birthday present - a really cool Hello Kitty camera.

 Edison and Charlotte helped me make the cupcakes for her school birthday, her birthday cake, and yummy cream cheese frosting. Licking the beaters is such a joy of childhood!

 On her actual birthday, we met Granddaddy Herbert at Chuck E. Cheese after school. Edison really liked this fireman game.

 After dinner we came home for birthday cake and presents. She had requested a Strawberry Shortcake cake that was strawberry on the inside. It was my first layer cake and I was pretty proud of it - and also her!

 Opening the "Elefun" game from Granddaddy which features an elephant that blows butterflies out of its trunk - kids run around with butterfly nets and try to catch them as they come down.

 The joy of getting something that is just what you want - a big girl watch!