Elena turned four back in February. I've been remiss in posting about her birthday because we took like one picture. Anyway, here she is with the cake we had for the family birthday on her actual birthday.
Here is a picture of my beautiful wife at the family birthday party. I couldn't help but post it.
Here is a picture of Marcus after Elena opened presents. That thing folks say about kids opening presents and then playing with the box instead of the presents? It's all true.
After the family b-day party and a small celebration at school, Elena had a big party at the YMCA. We had a great turnout and the kids really enjoyed playing in the pool. Marcus spent most of his time trying to wake up from a nap, so he didn't swim much. While we packed the camera into the Y, neither one of us actually managed to pick it up and use it!
Since we are lacking birthday photos, I borrowed this one from Mae Taggart's birthday party which took place a week later.
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I have an update to Elena's birthday post. My parents and our cousins Chris and Linda briefly visited Elena's birthday party at the Y. When they arrived, I got E out of the pool to say hi. She politely said "Hi," then started side-stepping back towards the pool. My mom got this picture of her during the exchange.
While everyone was swimming, the lifeguards briefly closed the pool. We took advantage of the break to feed and re-heat the kids. We hit the pool again after snacking. Later I asked a lifeguard why they closed the pool and she told me that they try to encourage kids to use the bathroom. Fast forward to thank you card time. Karen dictated for E. One card read something like this, "Thanks for coming to my birthday party. I'm sorry they turned off the slides and we had to get out of the pool. Thank you for giving me XGIFT."
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