09.20.09
Birthdays!
The kids birthdays were pretty low-key this year. We have something big coming up in November so we decided to keep things simple for birthdays. Not to mention the fact that both their birthdays are at the beginning of the school year- not a good time for Mom to be planning parties. For John’s birthday we had some friend over for playing, hot dogs and cake. For Alexandra we had cake at home (two birthdays plus our anniversary within three weeks of each other; Septembers are not good for my hips!) and went to the Plano balloon festival the next day.
Singing Happy Birthday 
Eating cake in Grandpa James’ high chair
Alexandra’s 3rd birthday cake (notice how dangerously close the ponytails are to her candle!!)
This is the first time she blew out her candle all on her own:
Balloon launch the next day
Great picture of Tony & John- just wish he wasn’t sucking on that pacifier!
