Balloons! Grace and her friend Haidyn had lots of fun playing with balloons!


Why are all these people singing at me?


Grace picks out her own chocolate cupcake and dives right into the best part - the frosting!

Cupcakes! Grace picked out her very own chocolate cupcake. She enjoyed all of the frosting and then decided she didn't want the chocolate part after all.


Presents! Grace kept saying "SURPRISE!"


Once up from a much-needed after-party nap, Grace decided that it was time for a tea party. Great Nana gave her a princess tea set that is lots of fun!

After tea it was time for a car ride. Grace got a new car from grandma and grandpa Linn. She has been making laps around the yard and the patio for quite some time. Each time that daddy asks if she's "all done" she says "no daddy more!"

Baby sister, brother or ....

We have a daily routine each morning on our way to day care. We drive down a certain country back road so that we can pass a pasture full of about 100+ cows. Typically the cows are grazing near the fence so Grace can get a good look at them. If we are the only ones on the road - as we usually are - then I will slow down to a snail's pace so that Grace can see them. She will say hi to the cows and moo at them the whole time we are driving by. Once we pass them, she will usually say "bye cows" and go back to eating her breakfast cereal.
Our routine was the same this morning. I slowed down so that Grace could say hi to her cow friends and she moo'd at them for a good 30-45 seconds.
Further down the road, Grace began talking about Mi-mi (Emilia). I asked Grace if she would like a baby sister or brother as she usually says "sista" and gets all excited.
Today she very promptly told me "no!" When I asked what she did want she told me...

"Baby cow please!"

Thank goodness it doesn't work that way!!