Birthdays, Concerts, and Pirates

This past month was a good, but rather crazy one. We did our best to make some calm moments in the midst of it, but did enjoy some special events...like:

My 35th birthday

Eric's 38th Birthday: Here he is first thing on his birthday morning (okay, first thing he read the paper in the bed, while the girls and I got things ready...) looking at the Treasure Map Annie made for him--this led him to all of his presents.

Here are my pirates at the end of the treasure hunt, ready for breakfast...

 The morning after Eric's birthday, Anne came out of her bedroom and said that it was time to start getting ready for Valentine's. So, the last several weeks we've seen a LOT of hearts around our house, and Annie has spent hours at the table in the playroom working on Valentine's for people.

One exciting event this month was Annie's first concert. All of the kids at her school participated in a "Carnival of Cultures." The kindergartners were representing Germany, and sang and danced to three songs. Annie was very excited about the concert, and did a wonderful job!

Ready to go to the concert

Note Siri's leg up--she insisted that this should be her pose. She loves balancing.

Siri, waiting for the concert to begin

I know. It's nearly impossible to see Annie. We were sitting in the balcony. But she's there...amidst the kindergartners. If you really care, I can show you where.

Annie, very excited for the concert to start

Her class exiting the stage...

A big part of what made this month crazy was I was doing the play at church. It was a pirate play, which instigated a great deal of pirate play here at home. The performances were this weekend, and we all had fun time--me as one of the Lady Pirates, and Eric and the girls as ever-attentive audience members. I would bet that we'll be singing the songs around our house for a long time to come... 

As Captain Bree, convincing Madame Prescott to let my crew go free

Justifiably terrified during a big fight scene...:)