Animal Party

Sonya the cockatoo

Big Red, the Boa Constrictor

Sting, the scorpion

Nanuk, the ferret

Bitty, the Sugar Glider

Grandma & Arabella

Gavin picked a "How to Train Your Dragon" cake.

To celebrate Gavin's 5th birthday we had an animal party at the park. We hired a local company to bring some exotic animals (Gavin got to choose which animals he wanted). They taught the kids about each animal and let them touch/handle them. It was very cool.

Gavin is 5 today!

My darling Gavin is 5 today! It's a little hard to believe. We had a great birthday party for him yesterday. I'll be posting pictures of that soon.

Spring Sing

Gavin's daycare/preschool has a "Spring Sing" every year in the spring (hence, the name). All the children sing really cute songs that involve lots of movements and expression and the older kids get to recite poems and stuff. This was the 3rd year he has participated. However, this year was special because he is in the 4 year old preschool, which means he had a speaking part; quite a large speaking part at that. His poem was entitled "There Was An Old Lady Who Lived In A Zoo". Warning- This video footage is extremely raw. It may make you a little queasy. Please bare in mind that I was holding a very wiggly baby on my lap while I was videotaping with my little digital camera. But it is worth it because it's darn CUTE. I know the grandmas (& grandpas) will appreciate it.

My Mom

Happy Mother's day, Mom. I'm so happy that we get to celebrate this mother's day together. You have always been such an incredible mother. Because of you (& dad) my childhood was completely blissful. You were, and are, an excellent example of what a mother should be... very loving, involved and supportive. I think I'm a pretty great mom too, mostly because I learned from you. You are so beautiful, stylish and fun to be around. You give excellent advice on pretty much everything. You are a wonderful grandma too. If only we lived closer:( I love you.

Arabella's 1st Birthday!

I love this picture of my little birthday girl! I just wish the picture wasn't so grainy.

Posing for a pic in front of the lilac bush in our backyard.

Arabella loves getting pushed in the swing by her big bro.

Here is Arabella with 3 of her 4 Pyne cousins.

Here she is eating her vanilla cupcake with pink buttercream frosting that I made. She loved the frosting! We were so mean because we scraped the frosting off after she had a little taste because we didn't think she needed all that sugar.

She got some really fun gifts (incl. a dollhouse that we gave her)!

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