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Hope you had a great day!

He requested Dreamland for lunch.  Then we had a man’s meal for dinner: steak, roasted corn, and mashed potatoes.  And to top it off, we had a buttermilk cake!

Wow, what a party!  Thanks for coming!

Sam loves pumpkins, so I made a pumpkin cake.  She blew out the candles so fast that we barely got a picture!

Here are just a few of the really great gifts.  Her new favorite book from Uncle Mark and Aunt Martha, Small, Medium and Large.

A soprano ukelele (or ukeladium as she says) from Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Will.

Bubbles! from Uncle Alex, Aunt Lettie, Jackson, Patrick, Penny and #4.

Samantha turned 3 years old today! She is such a big girl!  Over the last year, her speech has exploded – both receptive and expressive. She is mostly potty-trained, although we do still have accidents.  She is in a big bed with no side rails.   She loves to read.  She loves to be outside.  She loves her little sister.  (The other day, she asked me where Ellie’s black belly button was.  Considering that Ellie’s cord fell off long ago, she remembers too!)  Her current favorite song is “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles, or “Noodles” as she calls them.  Blue is still her favorite color – since about 6 months of age.

We had a fun-filled weekend! MamaLinda and Pop stayed with the girls on Friday. Sam went to the park (one of her Favorite things!) and opened a birthday present. She loves her ladybug tent and Percy the train.

We got up on Saturday and had pancakes with sprinkles, then headed down to the Pumpkin Patch.

This morning, we had wildberry muffins with sprinkles. We sang “Happy Birthday” and she got to blow out her candle.

We went to Zoe’s for lunch where Ms. Kris got her a piece of chocolate cake. We had another round of “Happy Birthday!”  Tonight, she opened her present from us, which was dress-up clothes.  I think she had a fun weekend, and we haven’t even had her party yet!

(I wonder what kind of google hits I’ll get with that title…)

You got it right.  I turned 30 yesterday.  Look what Brian made for me!  (I bought those Roman Numeral candles last year for his birthday, and I love them!)

I wish you could have smelled it.  On second thought, maybe not.  I don’t want you all eating my cake.

Samantha sang “Happy Birthday” to me in its entirety three times yesterday.  I’m very lucky.

Whenever it is a family member’s birthday, we always try to sing “Happy Birthday” to that person.  Samantha has grown to love this song and she sings it a good bit.  Over the last 10 days, Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Daniel had birthdays.  We’ve been singing “Happy Birthday” a lot.

However, Samantha has not moved past Jackson.  His birthday was in January.  Whenever she sings the Birthday song, she inserts “Jackson” where appropriate.  He still has the hold on her.