Happy Birthday Emma

Emma turned 4 on Easter Sunday.  We had a little party for her with a few school friends that Friday.  She mostly just plays with a handful of girls, so it started out as a small girl party.  Then a few days before the party she asked me if Henry from school could come.  After a couple of "we're just going to have girlfriends" with a "do you have Henry's phone number?" response, I caved.    There were a couple of little brothers here and Tony too, so he wasn't completely outnumberd.  It was a very sweet party. :)  They played outside a lot.  Tony always loves to see his handiwork put to good use.

I'm Emma H. and you are Emma V. 

She wanted a dolphin party, but I took her to the party store to pick out supplies and she settled on My Little Pony since there were no dolphin party things.  They had a little stick the rainbow on Rainbow Dash game. :) (Rainbow Dash is the name of the pony on the poster).

I found a My Little Pony cake kit at the last minute (that I put on the cake that I bought, not made myself).  I forgot to leave room for the candles.

She was excited to put the candles in herself. :)

Eager for cake!  I covered Henry's pink pony hat with green construction paper.

She loved her pony cake! :)

It was yummy. :)

Fighting over drumsticks.

They're starting a band.

 Presents are so fun!!  Emma got great loot!! 

 My sweet butterfly!

 She made me wear a hat after everyone left, but she wouldn't take a picture with me.  I got her big sister instead who is wearing a painting shirt so she can use some of Emma's new crafts.

 There's the birthday girl.

 There's our birthday party photographer.

 The next morning Anna was excited to help Emma use more of her new crafts.

We went to a wedding that morning.  This is Suzanna, Anna's first babysitter.  I met her a physical therapy.  She was an OTA at the time who helped get my hands better when I had tendinitis really bad after Anna was born.  I went for months, and she would always hold Anna and keep her entertained while my hands were in a little therapy machine.  She babysat the girls a lot when they wre smaller.  She's been busy at graduate school and falling in love the last few years, so our babysitters are all teenage girls from church.  Anyway, Suzanna is wonderful and we were so happy to be a part of her special day.

We had a yummy lunch and got to say hi to the bride and groom.

My handsome man with his girls.  Emma hasn't been into getting her picture taken lately.

The wedding was at the Junior League down in Houston.  They have a beautiful garden area.

While we were partying, Anton had spent the last couple of days at a church retreat for the seniors.   The girls in the picture have been in my small group for the last few years (and have done lots of babysitting for me - the girl in the blue shorts is Kate, our favorite).  They are awesome!  I took this pic off our youth pastors facebook. :)

 And this one.  Apparently he didn't have enough money to get as much food as he wanted when they went out to eat somewhere, so he ate a 1 pound burger and got it for free + the t-shirt.

I guess he's ready to go off to college now. :)

He came back that afternoon and inspired sillyness.

Then we all headed to the playground.

 :):)

I love walking into the playroom and finding toys set up like this.  The girls had a birthday party for their dolphins and the dog.  They served fish, pineapple and cake at their party.  :)