And Yet Another Birthday!

Yes, we have two birthdays crunched up in just nine days here. Merrilee's birthday was April 1, and her celebration had a little less pomp than Katie Mei's did this year. Merrilee chose not to get a load of gifts, instead asking that we make a donation to the Care Net Pregnancy Center. We did get her one gift, though. She had expressed a desire for a camera like one of ours that "won't run out of film". Poor girl tried so hard not to use up all her pictures on her disposable camera while we were at Disney that she ended up taking only about nine photos! She was so disappointed! She's always been very frugal.

Anyway, Jay picked up a digital camera for her and she was absolutely thrilled! She also got a beautiful pair of earrings and a necklace from Grandma and Grandpa. Unfortunately, I failed to take pictures of her opening her gifts (she opened G & G's gift in front of them on Skype, so they got to see her enjoy them. Gotta love technology when it works to your advantage!). I did take pictures when she got her special request meal (Fettucinni Alfredo) and dessert (Key Lime pie instead of birthday cake).

After dinner was cleaned up and bedtime was nearing, she asked if the family could play a game together. She wanted a board game, but I reminded her that the whole family could not play any of the games that required reading or were for players over the age of 3. So she asked for Twister, much to Daddy's dismay. He immediately grabbed his back and laid claim to the spinner. The rest of us enjoyed a quick game of contortion and forgetting which body part is on the left or right. Mommy, with the longest legs and arms, won easily--wasn't really a fair game. Hmmmm. My birthday is next. I wonder what game I'll choose to play?

Happy 7th birthday, Merrilee! We love you, and can't believe how fast you've grown into such a delightful young lady.

Love,

Mom and Dad