Birthday Parties and MORE Birthday Parties!

We have attended six birthday parties in the past three weeks! I told the kids they better not bring one more invitation home from school! Four of the parties were just 'class' parties, meaning kids from one of Paige or Bens class had a party and they weren't kids we really 'knew' well. However, the two parties we went to last Saturday were special. The first one (the pics of the swimming party) were for Paiges good friend Denali. Denali was tested and accepted last year into the same gifted program that Paige is going into this year. Denali and Paige, while a year apart in school, have always been pulled out of their respective classes and paired up to do special projects to keep them 'occupied'. Now you know why we and Denali's parents are so thrilled they are in this program....they won't just be shunted out into the hallway and given some token assignment to keep them 'busy', they will actually be challenged and will be using their brains to their fullest potential...scary thought! lolol

The second birthday party we went to was for our dearest friend's daughter, and Paiges best friend in the whole world, Lilly bug! Her parents threw a Hawaiian Luau themed party and was it fun...the best food in town that day let me tell you!

So here are some pictures of the kids at Denali's swimming party:



I took this picture standing up on the pool deck looking down...doesn't it make Ben look like he's a frog? The angle of the picture makes his arms look so long! lolol



Ok, so BOTH my kids look like frogs! lolol....Here is Paige stretched out on a floating mat taking life easy...







Here is a rare shot of both Paige and Ben and they aren't fighting! WHEEEE.....




Now we move on to Lillys birthday party! We were having so much fun that the only pictures we got were of Lilly blowing out the candles on her cake! Hasn't she grown?



So we finally have a birthday party free weekend but it is filled with cheer and T ball activities so not much of a 'free' weekend after all! I am looking forward to 65 when I can retire! lol

Hugs to all,
Jaye