The Miller 5

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Jill's Birthday

Last Saturday was Jill's 4th birthday.

She wanted donuts for breakfast...

with a little milk to cut the sweet.

Saturday was also the last game of the season for #9.

One last chance for team-work.

One last time to get the stop.

One last chance to demonstrate to coach what went wrong.

(The outfielder on the left is demonstrating the intense focus of t-ballers.)

And one last at-bat.

And finally he got what he really wanted, a trophy!

From T-ball we headed home to party...

For Jill's 4th we decided to do a "real" party - verses the usual dinner and cupcakes. For fun I made a hot dog and ice cream parlour "stand" for the dinner. Our neighbor let us borrow his hot dog cooker and popcorn maker which the kids loved - what's better than getting popcorn out by yourself!

Jill was sacked out on her bed when all the guests arrived. I eventually had to wake her up so we could get the party started.

The menu was hot dogs, sausages, chips and other heart-healthy dishes, like potato salad. Jill kept saying that she just wanted ice cream not cake so we made sundaes with all the fixings for dessert. Although I have no pictures of it we stuck 4 candles in a scope of ice cream and it worked just fine.

She had so much fun with all of her friends. It was a real treat. The girls made princess tiara's and the boys made pirate hats.

Cheetos Smile!

Lucas and his cohort, Aiden

That is a deflated bounce house in the background.

Not only did it give the kids something to do but it also got rid of some of the energy that comes with a bunch of kids full of hot dogs and ice cream. Money well spent.

From the cheetos to the ice cream.

Mia was lovin' having all that food lying around with parents being occupied elsewhere. I kept hearing "Hey! Mia's eating my food!" They should just be thankful we kept our other little food thief locked up.