Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Fair Time!

A trip to the Orange County Fair marks the end of another ECDC season for our family. In addition to the fair, we dropped Ron off at the airport where he headed to New Mexico for a rafting trip with his 4 brothers. More pictures to follow. While the Cat was away, The Mice celebrated Rosie's birthday.... again... this time with the Hunts and Welches.




















Thursday, August 12, 2010

Happy Birthday, Little Lady

Rosie's 3!
Oh, yes... it was a day to celebrate. Take a look... and have a bite of the green cake. It was delightful.


Check out my sister's fun day!



Dave, Gayle, and the kids (and Sierra's sweet beau) came for the weekend. Rosie was lucky to have everyone together to celebrate the morning of her birthday. She received a whole family of new Groovy Girl dolls and accessories plus new swimming fins.
Oh, the joys of owning a beach cottage. When company comes... the Little Ladies sleep on mommy and daddy's floor (which I actually don't mind. It's pretty cozy).






Then, we went for a birthday swim


Holy Cow! My sister is 3!


Papa Bordeaux writes the best cards.

The Irvine Spectrum was a perfect place to celebrate....
with a ride on the carousel
a look at the puppies
and a chance to be together.


Then we were off to Red Robin for a Birthday Feast
Danny, the balloon man made Rosie a VERY interesting mermaid.

She was voluptuous, to say the least.
Even Sadie thought so.


Next, "Red" the Robin came around to greet the guests. He freaked Rosie right out. She spent a good part of the next half hour watching for him to be sure he wasn't on his way back to our table. She settled down when Ron promised that Red went home to his house (that he shares with Mickey Mouse, by the way, an equally frightening figure for Rosie).

Happy Birthday to ME!!


The green cake was at Rosie's request. She liked being sung to and blowing out the candles so much that we did it twice.




While the rest of us ate cake, Sadie preferred the wooden doughnut topping from Rosie's new Melissa and Doug doughnut set.

For the grand finale of the night, the new pink bike was revealed. We let Rosie try it out (at night) and she went straight into a bush. It took her a while to warm up to the idea again the next day, but now we're off and running.. I mean riding.



And Now You Are 3

Dearest Rosie,
You are 3! You are my joy. Each year we learn more and more about who you are. You're my active, coordinated, loyal, intelligent, creative, hilarious, clever, scheming, kind little cookie. It's my pleasure in life to be your mommy and watch you experience new things. What a gift you are, Rosie. I love you so very much. Happy Birthday, Rosie Caroline Eckert

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