The festivities...

Laine had a great little birthday. It started with a yummy breakfast with Grandma Rena and Grandpa Steve at Dunkin Donuts, then to play at the park before she came home to open her present.

What a pretty princess. She loves to dress up!

We were planning on taking Laine to a movie for her birthday. We wanted to go see Tangled. For Bode's second birthday we took him to his first movie. He just sat there, sipped a soda and watched the movie. Laine has no patents to sit though a movie or sit still for any length of time. So we decided to go to the Phoenix Zoo (along with everyone else in the valley).

The kids loved it. They ran from place to place. Bode's favorite animal was the giraffes.

 Laine loves birds. It didn't matter if the birds were in an actual exhibit or if they were hopping on the ground looking for scraps.

 Jer and I likened it unto Jer's latest hunting trips. Lots of walking, no animals. It was the afternoon so a lot of the animals were sleeping and there were a bunch of exhibits under construction. But the kids had a ton of fun so it was worth it.

After the zoo we can home to relax and do a little party for the birthday girl.

Laine didn't know it was all decorated but Bode did though. He was so excited to show her all the "pink stuff".

We sang happy birthday and she tried to blow out the candles. She leaned in to close and sniffed a bit of the flame up her nose. It made her pretty upset. Good thing Bode was there to blow out the candles.

Then it was on to presents. 

Happy Birthday Delaine Jo!