A Birthday Wrap-Up

Evie has had a wonderful time celebrating her birthday. Her first party was on the 4th of July with the Austins. The pictures above are of her watching the parade and fireworks. I thought that was rather nice of them to help us celebrate :)

Then, we had a day at Adventureland and Evie was so much more interested in the rides than she was last year. It was so fun to see her try them out. Here she is on the kiddie space shot, aka The Frog Hopper. This one was a big hit because the guy running it was very good with kids and insisted that it wouldn't "go" unless they made frog noises.

Then, yesterday, we went to Incredible Pizza Company with the Capons and had a blast! Many thanks to the Raytown South football team for the free impromptu show to go with our dinner! We had so much fun before we even got to the games that we hardly had enough time to win enough tickets for Evie to get two 2-inch plastic Care Bear figurines (1 for her and 1 for Lily) - the only thing she ever wants there. I didn't get any picture of that because we had our new photographer (aka Grammy) along and she covered that for us.

And, last, but not least, Evie has received some lovely cards for her birthday. One that has gotten particularly rave reviews came from GreatGramma and GreatPoppa in Indiana. I have posted a video so you can get the full experience of the card. If you want the really full experience, make sure you watch the video over and over again until it won't play anymore and everyone around you has it memorized.