Claire turns 4!

Claire's birthday was on Wed, but I had to wait to post until today because we celebrated with the family yesterday. Every night last week there were baseball games and then Claire got sick with a fever all day Sat. She pulled through just in time for have a nice celebration. On her birthday night Jesse had a softball game and so we brought cupcakes along with us and the whole baseball team sang to her. She looked a bit shy by it, but I could tell she was loving it. All this week Claire has been telling complete strangers that "it's my bir-day!" While at sonic it earned her a free kids toy, at the bank she got a sucker and so I guess she figured that she would continue to get free stuff if she told everyone. :)

Connie the dress you bought the girls just looks darling on them. I took bella's off so she wouldn't slime it with beans and cake. :)

Jesse designed and helped frost the cake for me since it was mothers day. I think the cake turned out really cute, and most important it was darn tasty!

Claire is the sweetest girl I know! She's very honest and so when she tells me out of the blue, "Mommy, I love you," I know she means it. She's also become a little social butterfly. I just love seeing her make fast friends while at the baseball games. Before her birthday I got out the barbies that I used to play with throughout my childhood to see if she was ready for her own. They kept her mind busy for a few hours and so that's what we bought for her this year along with a doll house. I'm actually looking forward to playing along with her because I still enjoy playing with barbies I have to admit. Having a doll house like this would've been awesome as a kid! :)

Here's a short video of Claire (or should I say Wyatt) blowing out her candles. I wonder if she'll still get her wish? ha ha. It was a little windy otherwise we would've let her blow them out again. :) After cake all of us paired up and played a few games of Croquet. The first game Greg & Karen showed there awesomeness at the game, but the second game Jesse & I dominated! Odoyal rules!!! I think croquet is going to be our game of choice... until the mosquitoes come.

Tagging along for the ride

Every year Jesse has to do a certain number of hours of continual learning for Optometry and so this year we decided to follow him up to Albuquerque and enjoy the weekend with him. He left the day before us at 4am and sat listening to lectures until 5pm. He said it was torture trying to stay awake through it all. Basically his mandatory classes were Friday-Sunday from 8-5pm. I came up Sat. and we met my Mom & Larry at our favorite restaurant Buca's, hit the mall and then hit the hay! We spent the next day at my mom's and the kids were so looking forward to going exploring around her house but it was SNOWING! She lives on the other side of Sandia Peak and so the weather is always 10 degrees cooler. Well, needless to say we spent that day indoors but it's ok because my mom decided to clean out her closet and I ended up leaving with a big black sack FULL of clothes! It's like having a new wardrobe. My sisters will be so jealous, but you snooze you loose! haha It was nice seeing my mom so close to Mother's Day. We're getting ready to go on a trip to NYC in a month and so I'm looking forward towards spending some "quality" time with 2 of my sisters and my niece. There isn't going to be a dull moment.
After my mom's the kids went swimming and had a good time playing some foosball games with their dad. Bella insisted on grabbing the ball any time Jesse was about to score so you can guess who won. :)