Scenes from Maggie's Birthday

 "Here, let me help you."

 Baby bottles and diapers for her babies!

Maggie doesn't seem very excited but she loved her new outfit from her daycare provider.

Ring pops - yum.

Squirrel.

Sweet Treats

 Last year, I won a pair of tickets to a Roots, Blues, BBQ event. With four children, I knew there was little possibility that I would be able to attend. A co-worker really wanted to go and offered to make me a cake for each of my children's birthdays in exchange for the tickets. Let's just say I think I got the better deal. She made pink lemonade flavored cake lollipops with white chocolate icing for Maggie's celebration at daycare tomorrow. I sampled one yesterday. They're awesome!!

So cute. See if you can spot the one with the paw prints.

Sweet Birthday Surprise!

 Maggie in her birthday outfit thanks to our wonderful China travel friends.

 All the kids were super excited!

My little slugger!

Keeping It Real

It's been a while but today after telling someone about my four children, she asked, "Are those all your real children?"

I cringed inside like I always do. Yet I know at the same time she wasn't being ignorant out of a desire to hurt me. And, as I always do, I told her that I they were all my real children but I was blessed to have adopted three of them.

Yes, those monkeys drive me crazy sometimes, but when I look in my van's rear view mirror, I see four snuggle bunnies who I am blessed to call my children. I can remember the times when I looked back and saw an empty back seat. Now I hear the melodies of "A,B,Cs" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." I love my real children.

They Call Me Beautiful But I Go By Maggie

My little princess is turning 2 on Valentine's Day. We took some fun photos this weekend - she actually kept her piggy tails in for like an entire 5 minutes! It was enough time to snap these two cute photos.

So stinkin' cute. Maggie Rose rocks those piggy tails and she knows it.

Maggie looks like she is posing here. I can't believe I captured this moment. She had her head tilted just right. And there is Matthew on the right side photobombing the picture. He turned 11 months old on Saturday. It was difficult to snap a good photo of him this weekend since he wasn't feeling good.

Look Who Joined Us For Dinner Last Night

 Batman

 Spiderman

 Princess

And the Prince

Bring Your Own Big Wheel event

 I signed up the two oldest for the local Bring Your Own Big Wheel event - where kids can race their big wheels on a local indoor track. Jack pedaled, Liam ran.

 Maggie drove the stroller. Matthew was the backseat driver.

 In the past, Jack has been this mellow kid who takes his time. Not Saturday. He drove like a maniac, completing 9 laps in 30 minutes.

 And Liam ran and ran - 5 laps in 30 minutes.

 Matthew enjoyed the ride after he realized that Maggie was an excellent driver like her mom.

 Maggie walked a lap.

 Cute picture. 

Really, it's hard to take a bad picture of Liam. Wait until he's 5 and doesn't cooperate anymore.

Eying the competition.