Happy Birthday, Emilia!

Back at home...

 Pete the cat, from Finn and Bonny (LOL)

 A summer activity...

Matching nightgowns

Donut Hutt

Emi turned 4 today. We celebrated her and Cora's birthday together today at Donut Hutt with 16 friends from school, church and gymnastics. We had a ball and Greg can't wait til his 40th birthday party there :) 

 the birthday girl 

 Kids lined up to go back and make donuts. Instead of gifts, everyone brought donations for the Collierville Animal Shelter. 

 Pounding the dough to activate the yeast and encourage rise

 "hands in the air"

Letting the yeast activate

The kids made chef's hats to wear and ate pizza while they waited for their dough to rise

 The giant rolling pin machine before the donuts are cut

Notice the donut cutting circle, so cool!

 Rolling their own dough out

 Cora sculpted a puppy out of her dough

 Emi made a snowman (?)

 Louisa loved working, also

 Individual donut cutters

 Besties Lou and Emily

 Birthday (donut) cake time!

 Flying in to watch the donuts cook

 Eagerly watching the donuts go "swimming" to get cooked

Their final slide...

 Cooked donuts, pre-glaze and decoration

Chocolate glaze and sprinkles, yum!

The kids' donuts, ha ha ha

Happy Birthday, Greg!

Happy Birthday, Cora!

Can't believe she's already 6 years old! 

 Breakfast pancakes

Even the roller skates are purple!

New backpack

Preschool Program

Emi's in the madras dress in the front row... Louisa is in her buggy on the far right (see in videos) -- top row

Fair on the Square

It's Collierville's annual "Fair on the Square" and the weather is perfect! We had such a ball today...

 This was Lou's first horse ride ever...

Yes, Cora finished almost ALL of that corndog!

Louisa's turn to swim

Greg (bless him!) is doing daddy-and-me swim lessons this year with Louisa...

All smiles, before...

Most of the class...

Making progress...