Happy Birthday KALI!!

Two wonderful things happened today: Kali has been waiting for this day since after Christmas -- her 7th birthday! and Cole army-crawled around the rug in our living room. We had a surprise birthday party for Kali at a spray park in our subdivision last week. She loved it! On her special day (today) she had, per her request, pancakes for breakfast. For dinner she wanted ham, rotini noodles, and mixed veggies. During dinner, Kali said the best present she ever received was having her family celebrating this day with her.

She had a friend over earlier and they had a pinata (pronounced: pin-YAH-tuh) party. They invited a couple of kids, who just moved in two houses down from us, to their fiesta. That was a fun way to get to know our new neighbors.
She is very sweet, spiritual, compassionate, and silly (with her brothers). She visits a widow in our neighborhood often. They sit and talk for hours or walk to the mailbox together. She is a constant reminder to us that we need to serve others. Kali asked for a father/daughter date with one of her favorite parents. I think the last time they went out together she was in a pink princess dress and Jared was dressed in a suit/tie. Tonight he asked her where she would like to go and her response was "Justice for Girls!" (it's a clothing store for little girls that also sells novelty items like "Bella Sara" trading cards). She wanted to spend her birthday money. She is holding her pink purse that Nana gave her.

My friend Nora made this BEAUTIFUL cake for Kali. She did a wonderful job drawing "The Littlest Pet Shop" butterfly. We also got her a butterfly pinata. We had a lot of fun at the park. It was the first time ever that Jared was able to spend all day with the family, other than Sundays.

Here is a picture of Cole enjoying the exersaucer. He is 6 months old and army-crawling.