Marina Turns 5!

Marina is FIVE! This is the good news.  You might be wondering why it took us so long to get this information out.  Well, I'll tell you, but that's the bad news: Jessa jumped on Mom's laptop and broke it.  Broke it good, too.  Luckily, we still have Grandma Q's old netbook, so we can still get you the news.  It just takes a little longer!

So! Back to some happy news!

Little Marina has gone from our sweet little baby:

To our big 5 year old girl! We celebrated with some cake and presents and a visit from Aunt Kim and Uncle Donald.

Here are some of Marina's cool birthday gifts!

Thank you to all my wonderful Grandmas and my Pop Pop and my aunts and uncles! We love this stuff! And the fun isn't over: Marina's party is on Sunday!

On the weekend, we took Uncle Donald and Aunt Kim to downtown Nashville, which is very fun.  We love the Pedestrian Bridge! We also checked out the shops.

Jessa had some interesting developments this week too that she really wants you to know about.  Our girl is potty trained!  She doing really well staying silly and dry!

This week started with a two day fall break.  Since we didn't have any school, we hit the road in search of adventure.  We made it as far as the zoo!

On Tuesday, we had fun at a Halloween party with our playgroup.

Mom and the sisters go on  lots of playdates with this group of Moms (when I'm in big girl school) and they always have fun.  Here's a picture from a playdate last week.