Well, I stayed home from work on Friday to take Nora & Tessa to the doctor. Nora had a bad chest cold and Tessa had an ear infection. After several breathing treatments and some medicine, they were (thankfully) okay enough to enjoy their 3-way birthday party! Tess put on her "CHEESE" face...
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and look at those big, blue eyes!
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This one felt just fine....can you tell? :)
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The girls cuddled with their Uncle Teddy for a few hours before the rest of their guests arrived.
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After some grilled food for dinner, we presented all 3 girls with some "new rides"! Nora, a bike with training wheels...
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Tessa a little trike...
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and Olivia with a big girl scooter!
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Granny topped it all off with some kitty-cat helmets!
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After some helmet adjustments...
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They were ready to cruise down the sidewalk!
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Tess cooked up some dessert cookies with Nana.
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And Grandma challenged her to a plastic spoon fight...
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never bring a knife to a spoon fight, Tessa!
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After the party ended, poor Olivia smashed her finger in our front door and broke it. And Tessa went to bed with a fever. The next morning was Easter, and I woke up to Nora throwing up and feverish. She ended up throwing up 3 times on Easter, the last of which happened just as we arrived at Granny & Poppie's for lunch and egg hunting. Weirdly, this picture was taken right after that.
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Granny had chicken tenders and chicken salad sandwiches (among other things) for lunch.
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And she made her very own Easter cherry cobbler!
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After lunch, it was outside (in the wet, wet grass) for some egg-finding!
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Cousin Drew joined the gang this year!
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Followed by some hula-hooping (I know what you're all thinking....what a great idea for a kid who spent her morning puking...kids are so bizarre when they're sick)!
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Cousin Connor had all 4 spinning around his middle at one point. The kids were amazingly good at hula-hooping!
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Then Granny brought out an Easter bucket with goodies for each kid!
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We ended Easter with dinner at Nana & Pap Pap's that evening and Easter buckets with more goodies for the girls. We worked hard to get all of the dogs (my sister's dogs, my mom & dad's new puppy, and Shelby) to sit still long enough for a picture.
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In the end, we had to call in some reinforcements to get everyone to stay put!
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All the excitement made for a "birthday" and an "Easter" to remember :)
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