Springtime photos of Alena Mei...

Denise took the top one. She came over to take some photos for me to send to the lab in Cali that did my veneers. They put out a calendar each year and asked if I would send in some pics to be considered for 2009. We shall see! Alena wanted in on the picture action!
The girls got great hair!! She was on the floor playing and looked so peaceful, so I grabbed the camera.
I bought a bubble generator on clearance on Target last week. Best $5 I've ever spent!!

Better late than never!!

I don't know how this got away from me, but back in April, Sophia had an awesome CSI themed birthday party! This is the third year we chose this place for her party and I just love it. She's chosen Sci-fi Space, Garden Fairies and CSI!

The kids were to investigate a "stuffed animal-napping"!! When we got there the "suspects" were all in a line up with their rap sheets posted. There was a poster about the victim and the kids were divided into two teams. They were given detective notebooks and had to search and collect clues that were hidden around the room. After all of the clues were found and information was read, they had to work together to solve the crime! It was so cute to see them process the info and narrow things down.

After the perpetrator was identified (!), they visited stations where they studied their own teeth imprints, recorded their fingerprints, made fake blood, did a blood splatter study, etc!

I picked them up some detective black sun glasses, crime scene bubble gum tape, CSI bracelets and magnifying glasses. It was a really cute party!!
Happy Belated Birthday to my big girl!!