Birthdaypalooza

Cody and Cordelia had a wonderful birthday season. Between Easter, their actual birthdays, and their party day, they got presents for basically two weeks. Needless to say, we've had a few behavioral challenges the past few days as the inevitable letdown occurred. Last week they had an amazing party, with nearly all the people they love most all in one place. Below, some highlights...

Violet: "Cody, I think I am going to marry you!"

Cody, giggling like a fiend: "Oh! OKAY!"

Cordelia's cake: Cookie Monster!

My crowning achievement of 2012: Cody's cake!

He was delighted. As was I! :)

Here's Cordelia, belting out the Happy Birthday song...to herself.

She didn't blow the noisemaker so much as chew it.

Here's Violet, enjoying every last crumb of her (second, sorry Kim!) cupcake...

Meanwhile, Cody was just biding his time, waiting for the adults to get distracted so he could excavate his own cake.

Cordelia decided she was still hungry. Why wait for a knife?

Brenna, teething on Kim's coke bottle...

Cordelia and Violet had their first blow-pops!

Cody got a new excavator...and immediately went into his own little construction zone in his imagination, complete with whirring, dumping noises.

We had to resort to the shower to get the blow-pop off of Cordelia, who then demanded, "I want to wear my MONKEY PAJAMAS! They are CLEAN!" Then, she discovered the awesomeness of balloons.

Meanwhile, Violet tried on the new excavator shovels...never did any construction worker look so cute.

All in all, it was a wonderful day! Thank you, everyone, for your generosity and for coming all the way to Lake Ridge to celebrate! And a special thank-you to soon-to-be-officially Uncle Sean for taking such great photos.