Helen's Birthday

Just wanted to post a few pictures from Helen's birthday celebrations! (She had three in all!) The parties started on Tuesday the 13th when she and Beckett stayed with Marilyn while Sean and I went to a meeting at church. Marilyn, Mike and Windy had a little party for her with her own little chocolate cake! (Click on Marilyn's name to see a few pics of that party!) Then on Wednesday the 14th, Helen's actual birthday, we had a "Hannah Montana" birthday party for her with a few friends and family. On Thursday evening we drove to Brentwood to celebrate her birthday with Granbob and Grankaki. Aunt Susi drove up from Atlanta to hang out with us and we celebrated her birthday too since she has one coming up in a couple of weeks! Helen certainly has enjoyed all of the attention and we thank everyone who has helped make her fourth birthday a special one to remember!

On Friday, we went on two field trips. The first one was to The Upper Room chapel and museum. They had a wonderful exhibit in the museum with nativity scenes from all over the world. We also spent some time in the chapel and heard a presentation about the woodcarving of daVinci's "The Last Supper". We were not allowed to take pictures there, so you can click the link to The Upper Room to see a few pics. After that we all went to the Adventure Science Center which is a hands on children's museum in Nashville! For pictures and an explanation of that part of our day, check out Beckett's blog, The Slam!

Here is a picture of Helen with her Hannah Montana cake! This was the first year that I have not made her cake. It was the best $19.99 I have spent! After last year's "Strawberry Shortcake" cake that took over 5 hours for me to make, I decided that I deserved a break this year! It was a cupcake cake and it was so easy for the kids to just pick up their own cupcake and enjoy! They were loaded with frosting which is what the kids like anyway!

Here are the kids right before they did the pinata! That was really all Helen wanted.....Hannah Montana and a pinata! It went really well. All of the kids got a couple of turns to swing, then we asked Connor to whack it really hard and the candy went everywhere!
Carson, Helen and Carlie
Helen and Susi's red velvet birthday cake! Yummy!
Helen and Susi blowing out the candles!
Opening presents at Grankaki and Granbob's house.
Modeling her new jacket from Susi and her sparkly Princess shoes from Grankaki!