May days

I'm finally getting a chance to blog.  We went a couple of weeks with no internet, and then the weather has been so beautiful that I've spent all my time working outside in the yard and garden.  It's been an incredibly dry and warm May.  We could use some rain, actually.  Anyway, we had a couple of birthdays.  I post pics from Sissy's here since that was the first event.  I can't believe my baby girl is 4!  We had a great princess party.  Here are some pictures, in random order.  

Here is the castle cake.  It didn't turn out too badly, considering how little time I took to make it.

We played "kiss the frog prince."  The girls got to put on lipstick and try to kiss the frog.  Great fun!  Sissy refused to play, however.   This is a blurry Rachel:
Russ was trying to capture a picture of BJ licking ice cream off the floor.  Because that's so much better than cleaning it up and getting him some more ice cream in his dish. :)

The princess feast!  All sorts of fun finger foods that made a great lunch.  The kids had made the princess hats earlier, by the way.

Presents!


One of the things I got for the party was this giant cardboard castle that the kids got to color with markers, and of course crowd inside for a picture.
Overall, the party was a big success.  I was a bit worried and we had all spent much of the previous two weeks being ill and the planning was very last minute due to that.  It was quite a bit of work to prepare.   This is why I will only let the kids have a friends party every other year.   And starting with the 4th birthday.    It was worth it because Sissy had such a great time.

Okay, more May picture coming soon, hopefully.