CAITLIN'S BIRTHDAY! Yeah!

Caitlin turned the big 4 on Monday! First thing Brian did when she woke up was to sing her Happy Birthday AND she got to have two birthday parties on her special day!

Her first party was at her preschool. Her teacher, Ms. Becky had a Hawaiian themed lunch party for her. We brought everyone small cupcakes and "good for you" junkfood cookies (that's what they were called).

Here's Caitlin making a wish (I hope).

Here's she's blowing out her one lucky blue candle.

About an hour later, we had her second birthday party. She invited all her friends (that weren't at her school), Wyatt, Nicole, Margaux, Michaela, Kylie, Hannah, Braven and Lucas. We had the party at the park near our house.

Here's a picture with her and Wyatt (a friend for quite some time) deciding who will ride the swing first. (It was so cute because we saw Wyatt pushing Caitlin on the swing!)

Here she is sliding down the windy red slide showing how old she is! Wyatt is showing that he is 5!Here she is just hanging around with her friend! (He was one of the first to arrive (and incidently one of her first friends) so we have a few more pictures of him than all the rest!)Here is Cody, just hanging out having a good time at the park!Here are Caitlin and Nicole (whose birthday is the exact same day, just one year older) swinging, while Daddy, Cody and Michaela watch and push when needed!

Here we are back in the covered area where Caitlin gets to blow out the candles on her baseball cake. (We went to Costco and she got to pick whichever one she wanted and this is the one she picked! It is a baseball diamond with a baseball glove and ball on top of the diamond. It does say Happy Birthday Caitlin though!) Luckily, it was a white cake with strawberry mousse filling! Yummy!The top picture is the "gang" except for Hannah who was sleeping and had to come later! The bottom one is an up close shot of the cake and Caitlin blowing out the candles! She had four and one to grow on (just like we always did it in my family).

After cake and juice, the gang headed over to the pond where they could all feed the ducks!

This is the gang coming back to get all packed up. It was really a nice time and fun day! Happiest 4th Birthday Caitlin!