Piano recital

Today the girls had their piano recital--Margaret's first and Caroline's second. They both did wonderfully. It was neat to hear all the other kids play, too, as it was a classical recital and many of the kids were tackling familiar (and difficult!) classical pieces.

Margaret played "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven, after doing a short piece from her lesson book.


Caroline chose the "Bridal Chorus" by Wagner to go along with one from her lesson book. Can't get her video to load... sorry...

A glorious day at the park

A couple weekends ago we celebrated Jameson's 2nd birthday up at Lincoln Park in West Seattle. And what a gloriously sunny day it was--the first REAL day that felt like spring. We crammed as much as we could into our time at the park, but all agreed it's a place worth going back to sometime soon.

More birthday pictures

Caroline discovering her new basketball hoop!

The seven year old prepares to blow out her candles...

Caroline' PJ Birthday Party

Last night Caroline and her girlfriends celebrated her 7th birthday in style--PJ style that is! She had a pajama party at our house (Mom and Dad weren't quite ready for a sleepover...)
Caroline instigated a game called "hilarious hair" where they took turns giving each other hilarious hair-dos


The whole gang posing for the group shot

Caroline liked her flowered cupcake cake so well last year that she wanted to have one again this year.

Caroline and her best friend Kat

Taking her turn pulling the pinata string

When it finally broke open (on the very last string...with a little extra tug), the girls went WILD. Well, actually they were wild the whole evening, but they went EXTRA wild.

By the end of the movie, Jeff and I were exhausted. But I think the girls had fun, which is what it's all about right?