Kaylyn's Birthday Party

Okay, so I've been a slacker about posting Kaylyn's birthday party pics, I have no excuses... Anyway, we had Kaylyn's birthday party last Thursday, just a small family party at Nana and Pop's house.

This year she wanted a High School Musical cake. I wasn't too impressed with it, in fact it's pretty ugly, but it's what she wanted.... Gotta love red cake icing...

Chloe and Luke enjoying the party

Playing with Pop's new baby, a Britney Spaniel named Samantha, "Sam"

Present Time!

She finally got her Ninteno DS. She has been wanting this for a while and was so totally surprised because I had told her we weren't getting her any more presents because we were redecorating her room. I let her stay up a few extra minutes that night since it was just about bedtime when she was opening presents. (Even I'm not mean enough to make her go to bed after just opening birthday presents.) So, after she got to play it for a while, off to bed she went. The next morning at 6:00 I woke up to the sounds of the DS coming from her bedroom. (Keep in mind, this child does not rise a minute earlier than she has to and it's a fight to get her up every morning.) The following conversation went like this:

Me: Why are you awake so early?

Kaylyn: I couldn't sleep. (Eyes intently focused on game, fingers moving at lightning speed.)

Me: What time did you wake up?

Kaylyn: (Never taking her eyes off the game) 4 o'clock...

Of course she had to get some Hannah Montana and High School Musical Games to go with the new DS.

Notice the name of this game? There's a story behind it....Kaylyn LOVES to watch cooking shows. Paula Dean and Rachel Ray are her favs; seriously, she'll watch them for hours. This game is perfect for her.