HAPPY 10th Birthday Kelsey

It seems a lot of my posts start with "Happy" something don't they? :) I really need to become more original. Yesterday was Kelsey's 10th Birthday, it was a ton of fun. For all of us. This year was a big one for her, not just because she entered double digits but because she ended up with a laptop and dinner at a japanese steakhouse.

We had a ton of fun torturing her with her gift. Since her laptop was a more expensive gift than we've ever bought for her before, we decided it was her one and only gift. But we still wanted her to enjoy opening gifts. So, we wrapped a picture of the laptop in a box and then wrapped that box inside another and so on. I think she ended up with about 7 boxes to open before finding the picture. Then had to stare at the picture for a minute to see what it was and where it was sitting. While she was busy unwrapping I snuck into her room and set up the computer. I know I'm a bit crazy for buying her such an extravagant gift now, but I justify it by reminding myself that our desktop is a dinosaur and she couldn't even load games on it. Plus, I got sick of sharing my laptop for her reports during the school year. :) Also, when I was growing up, there was no need for a computer as a gift, I always had one in my room and even if I didn't, there were 2 or 3 others in the house.

Thank you Great Grandma and Grandpa Perez for the clothes.

Thank you Great Grandma and Grandpa Spadt for the Polly Pockets


Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Waring for the computer case, clothes, money, hairdryer and straight iron. (hmm... spoiled much?)


Starting to open her picture.

Thanks for the brick!! This is what we used to give the box a little bit of weight.

What the heck?! ANOTHER BOX?!

Seriously mom?! Another one? I think here she was saying, "Oh my GAWD, another box."



I think by now she's just trying to figure out why she spent all that time unwrapping for a picture. I missed her expression when she figured it out and took off running down the hall.

Checking out her new toy. And yes, she thinks it's a toy. She keeps wanting to take it places, to daycare, to Jocelyns. I guess I should've gone for a desktop. :) But the laptop will be nice when I do allow her to take it places.... someday. But by then, she might need a new one because this one will be outdated.


Great Grandma and Grandpa Spadt (to Kelsey) and Grandma and Grandpa Waring also joined us for her birthday celebration. We had an excellent dinner at a local restaurant called Samurai's. The kids loved it. We got to watch someone cook our food in front of us and he even drew a heart with a smiley face on the grill and then lit it on fire for her. After we ate, they rolled out a big set of drums and Kelsey got to play them.

Braden's first try at chopsticks. he did awesome. Ate a whole salad that way and a lot of his fried rice before changing.

This was Kelsey's first try. I only added the picture because as I was taking the picture and laughing about her having her mouth wide open, a woman tapped me on the shoulder to tell me that we have two beautiful kids. :) Very nice of her.




This was Kelsey's flaming heart/smiley face. What, you don't see it?!

This was Kelsey playing the drums, it's pretty dark and difficult to see, but I thought I'd share it anyway.