happy birthday Aunt Meg

One of the children had control of my camera, so I cannot take the blame or the credit for most of these photos.

I think the photos Miss Jackie took came out awesome, including several creative shots of feet, doors, and cinderella pillows :)

See them all here: http://picasaweb.google.com/TexFamily/MegSBirthday

One of the funniest moments of the night was when Sylvia was sitting in Rory's chair, with no intentions of getting up, even when Rory was demanding her chair back....so Rory simply sat on top of her.
A little bit later, Rory and Sylvia were both eating bits of pizza off of a tray with Meg. When Meg asked them if they wanted ice cream, Sylvia through the half-chewed pizza on the floor to chant "ice cream, ice cream". Between the ice cream, new toys, and all of those fun little girls, Sylvia could not have been happier. (plus she convinced her daddy to buy her a brand new enormous butterfly balloon on the way there, because we all know how Sylvia's room is severely lacking in both butterflies and balloons :) I think she is officially out of wall space!

girls' day out

Today Daddy was on a business trip, so the girls decided to play. We met up with Grammy and Brock at the pool and Sylvia had an awesome day. I think her favorite part was grabbing Brock's hand to take a walk. I heard people remark "oh look, he is taking his little sister for a walk". With those blue eyes and matching T-shirts (brand new souvenirs from Grammy and Pop-pop) they did look like siblings.

I spent a lot of time explaining to Brock that the dark area on the ground was his shadow, which was next to Sylvie's shadow and Aunt Keri's shadow. Later I saw him pointing to puddles, and telling Sylvia "Look, there is your shadow." :)

For dinner we stopped at McDonalds (for the first time ever?!) and Sylvia played on the playground forever. She mastered the baby slide and was really wanting to go on the big-kid slide...maybe next time.

When we got home, Sylvia pulled this hat out of the drawer and decided to make one final fashion statement of the day. We definitely miss Daddy when he is away, but the girls know how to have fun!!

Chamberlain Family Reunion

Lots of fun and lots and lots of pictures! A few favorites here and a slideshow with ALL of them at the bottom. (and somehow I still missed the photo op on the mini carousel at the candy shop :)