Lots of love and GIFTS! :)

Part 1 is here and part 2 is here. 

So after some cupcakes and snacks the girls settled in to watch Hannah and Sarah open gifts.  Because they are so close in age and both girls, they often get very similar gifts.  They have fun opening them together.  I wonder if one year when they are grown and possibly far apart they will miss celebrating together, like I miss with my brother.

I don't remember what they were saying but I love this picture. :)

I am glad my 13yo still loves to color puppies and kittens!

Mary remembered one of Sarah's favorite candies.

This is what Jade (Gigi) bought Sarah.  She loved it.

Hannah was pretty tickled with her gift from Jade.

River and Kimber gave the girls art sets.  Always a winner!

Cheyenne also knew just what her friends would like!

Ariana added to the creative fun with jewelry!

I have to show this because Hannah received the SAME card from her Mamaw and her Short Grandparents.  Isn't that funny.  Sweet card.  Both cards had money which the girls are anxious to spend!

Here was the huge and adorable kitten puppet that Memaw Rose bought Hannah.  This has been her constant companion since she got it.  Cammie is her name.

Memaw bought the dog puppet for Sarah.  She has also taken it along on excursions! :)  As you may be able to tell, the other girls nearly mobbed Hannah and Sarah to touch and hold these sweet puppets.  They are really adorable.

New fuzzy, warm, soft blankets from Mom and Dad.

We als treated our girls to some new jewelry, lip gloss, and hair accessories. 

Nearly every birthday girl in our home receives a movie. :)

The girls used their own money to help buy the party favors.  They  had a great time and hoped everyone else did as well.

Thank you friends for helping them celebrate.

With All My Heart~

13th and 12th Birthday continued . . .

Do you want to start at the beginning of the party?  Go here.

So after the game, we all moved to the table to decorate the cupcakes.  Hannah and Sarah planned to decorate their cakes sooner but since we had stayed out so late with our trip to watch the Nutcracker, the girls ended up decorating with the other guests.

Sarah's design

Hannah's design - not what she wanted to do, but I like it! :)

My sweet birthday girls!

Part 3 coming here. . .

We Have a Teenager! :) Hannah is 13

On Saturday, December 8th we celebrated both of our December baby girls birthdays!  Hannah turned 13 on that day and Sarah turned 12 five days later.  

Many times I write a blog about memories of their birthdays.  This year I decided to be a bit different and just blog about the day.  

The birthday celebration actually started the day before with the girls making their own cakes.  This year we decided to give them their first "friend" birthday party.  Normally we celebrate just with family but we figured the 13th is pretty special and we would let them have a friend party.  The girls made cupcakes for their friends and a single round cake for themselves.

We decided we would start the party with a game.  Since the girls are older I thought they might like a game of Win, Lose, or Draw.  I had to look it up on YouTube to convince them that it was fun. LOL  It was nice because even the littlest friends could play!

Sarah, Cheyenne, and Mary talking before the game.

Kimber, Ariana, and Aunt Lorilyn are ready to play! :)

Our neighbor, Jade!

Sarah's team not including Daddy who is taking the pictures.

Hannah's team, 

River has the best seat! 

I love this shot!

Daddy playing too!

Memaw too! :)

Mommy had some fun too!

This was an hour of fun.  We all hated to stop, but we wanted to have time for cake and gifts, so the lightning round decided the winner!  Congratulations to Sarah's team!

See the next post for more party fun . . .  :)