Mikey's Birthday!

I took the top picture with my phone and sent Mikey a text on the morning of his birthday. Then I decided to take some with the camera and put them on Facebook for all to see. These two were the best, but I think I'll put up some of the outtakes just for fun...

Marc continues to do really well in front of the camera. He still says, "cheeeeeeese!" when I ask him to. Emmery, not so much.


Once Marc went down for his afternoon nap, Emmery and I got started on Mikey's birthday cake.  She loves to help out in the kitchen. She's so good, "okay mommy I'll be careful okay?"

  

The best part of baking!....

Into the oven it goes...

Is it done yet mommy?

Carrot Cake with cream cheese frosting

While we were waiting for the cake to bake we wrapped Mikey's present. Emmery, of course, helped with that too. I asked her what we should write on his present, DADDY or MICHEL? She said both. She then asked why she couldn't write on the present, and I told her because she didn't know how to print yet. But it gave me an idea, why not let her try? So I took a scrap of wrapping paper and taped it to the counter. I drew dotted lines for the letters of her name and handed her the marker.

She liked the idea at first, and I was really impressed with how well she did. But, like many other "educational" things, she gave up.

Sorry the pictures are so dark. No idea why I didn't think to turn on a light! Anyway, look at the improvement between the E and the M. I didn't help her at all. I kept telling her how great she was doing and how hard she was working but after writing the M she asked me to finish it. I just don't get it!


Mikey left work early so that he could spend the evening with us. When he got home, Emmery led him right to the cake. She couldn't wait one second longer to dig in!

Poor guy had to cook his own dinner on his birthday! (I'm sure that is what he prefers!! ;-)

Marc eating some corn on the cob...

Big kiss!!!

Some more pictures I took throughout the day...

Marc had just woken up from his nap. The blue thing is called an Ugly Doll. They each look a little different and this one is called "Ice Bat." He loves this thing and insists on sleeping with it. When we bring him in his room to put him down he says, "bat... bat!"

Nowadays there's pretty much nothing he can't climb...

Ta Da!

Marc is so funny, anytime a TRUCK passes by (not a car, not a bike, not a jogger or a mom with a stroller) he has to wave hello. I don't know what his obsession is with trucks but it is too cute.

Marc suddenly became preoccupied with pulling the leaves off this shrub. I kept calling his name to get a picture but he was too engrossed...

He finally looked up!  Look at that face!!!!

Goofing around on the couch...

It's stuck on my finger mom!

Recently Emmery has discovered the game of hide and seek. Since she can count to ten, we let her count and we'll hide. This is how Emmery counts...

Such a cheater!!!

The best is when she hides and we look for her. We'll say, "hmmm, where could Emmery be?? Is she in the bathroom?" and the next thing we hear is, "noooo." And we'll say, "where can she be?" And we hear, "I'm over here!!!!!" 

So yeah, guess we need some more practice with that game :-)

Great way to end a birthday, right??