Makenna Turns 3!!!

Makenna beamed on her birthday...

When I came to share cake (homemade by her and her preschool friends) her friends were having a brief conversation about what they wanted to be when they grow up, and she appropriately said she wants to be a princess...I told her she already was, and she beamed even brighter!

...tomorrow is Kieran's turn :-)

K & M party at PlaydatePDX

Kieran and Makenna celebrated their birth days this past Saturday (Makenna's 3rd was on the 25th, Kier's tomorrow, 31st). Given that they have winter birthdays, we needed to find a place to celebrate that would engage boys and girls between two and six. I also, selfishly, didn't want to trek to the burbs. Thankfully, such a place exists in town, Playdate PDX (last year we had a great party at Sound Roots).

We had been to Playdate PDX once for a playdate with Makenna's toddler class, and the kids all had a great time (fair warning...it is a hard place to leave though!) I'll give more of a review soon on my Sustainable Family Finances blog...

The kids really had a great time though...Kieran was a blur and a sweaty little man (he plays sooo hard!)...Makenna was in heaven with her four little girlfriends, and all enjoyed the controlled chaos of indoor play.

Christmas Eve 2011

It looks like we only thought to take photos on Christmas Eve, which was really nice. Kieran played King Melchior in the pageant and did a great job. Our Aunt Carol joined us from Eugene, along with our parents, and Aunt Miel and Uncle James. Hopefully Miel has some better photos from Christmas itself...