the birthday, lmtd. edition

i only have a few pictures of the birthday because after 6 o'clock i had to go into hostess mode...

but i know that somewhere in the stratosphere of my relatives photographic images will emerge and i'll be able to share them sometime in the future.

considering how many pictures are here it's probably a good thing.

a sunflower bloomed the birthday morning.  i told her it was her birthday flower.
that made a bigger impression than i thought it would.... not sure how i'm going to repeat that next year.

chalk.  the cheap decorator.

boris bernard saint-john lionel whitetail did not escape the decorating committee.

my sisters instagram picture is way more impressive.

keeping l-squared safe

over it.

apparently she thinks she's almost nine.

autographing the wall

somehow i forgot to decorate the dog.

in the next series of pictures look closely...

feigning interest but what is the left hand doing

aha. phone.

caught ya l-squared

and dad in the background

apparently we greet our guests whole heartedly

this is a calmer way

only my family would be able to find the colored ducks requested by p's whimsy

oh the swag

i could only gather some of the toy swag, oh, and the dvd swag

amazing book swag

and cards

apparently p has a one track mind when it comes to cards.

and she rearranged all my hard card work.

but she helped write her 'thank yous'