Case's Birthday

 Case's favorite part of a birthday party is the singing and blowing out of candles.  So for his day, we do it as many times as possible.

After the traditional "Happy Birthday" we relit the candles for a verse of "Happy Birthday Children Dear," and again with "This month is such a special one."

 We finished up with "Pat-a-cake" due to the obvious cake reference.

Happy Birthday big guy.

Drawing

Some cool work from Case the other day.  Click on it to open larger, it is worth checking out the details.  I like making these charts for him, they make him draw things he just wouldn't think about sketching on an average day. 

The lollypop and microphone are pretty lazy, but I am so delighted by the dog playing with balls, and the piano.  I am very amused that when pressed to draw a guitar, Case chooses a Gibson Flying V.  So metal.


apple, bee, cat, dog, egg, fan, guitar
hat, insect, jellyfish, kite, lollypop, microphone, net
octopus, piano, quail, rainbow, sun, turtle, umbrella
violin, whale, x ray, yoyo, zigzag.

Birthday Girl

 It is rather amazing to think that River has been around for a whole year now.  We had a fun day at the tide pools, then partied the night away.

Case insisted on the hats.  Good choice.

 River thought they were awesome.

 He also decorated River's cupcake.  He's been looking forward to using the #1 candle for weeks.

River enjoyed the cake as a full sensory experience.  Why stop with merely tasting, when you can find out what it sounds like squishing through your fingers, or what it feels like in your hair?  Can you really say you understand frosting if it hasn't been rubbed on your cheeks and clumped in your eyelashes?

You know you have truly experienced a meal when you need a bath afterwards. 
I'm so glad you are around, little girl.

Beach Babes

 

 Case was there, and had fun, but every photo of him now has a terrible, pained grimace on his face.  So there are significantly fewer pictures of him being snapped.