THE THAMES FAMILY: We love our birthday presents!!

Ever since Caroline's birthday (Aug. 14th) she has thoroughly enjoyed her birthday presents. I have to say, I had no idea the $5 Cinderella book that came with elbow-length gloves and a wedding veil attached to a headband from Walgreens would be her go-to gift. But honey, she wakes up and that is usually the first thing she has to put on. Of course one of her 4 new Disney dress-up gowns is #2 on the list. Dress-up is a BIG part of our day. One of her other FAVORITE birthday presents was the Disney Princess castle pool. While we had to wait a week to use it because of rain/cloudy days, the day we broke it out was over-the-top exciting. We will definitely be deflating our little princess and storing her safely for next summer. She has enjoyed her art easel too, but it's a little harder to find times when Rutland is asleep to use it. He's just in a very "busy" stage (I hope it's a stage) and can NOT be trusted with a crayon yet. We love our Tinkerbell umbrella and use it frequently while sitting on the couch watching TV. It's more for looks than actual functionality of course. More like an accessory. And then there's her big gift - her new bike! I knew going into this gift that we were not very interested/accomplished at riding our "in-like-new condition" tricycle. However, with 3 year old "Bike Day" coming up in the spring, we needed some motivation to learn how to pedal, ride a bike and wear a helmet. She loves the baby doll seat on the back of the bike and the pretty streamers on the handlebars. She's also pretty content to just push her babies around on the bike, or let mommy push her while she "pedals" up to Harris' house, but we are working on it. So far not too much progress though. As usual, some of her most favorite gifts she got for her birthday are books. We read everyday before nap time and every night before bedtime and many times in between. So thank you family and friends for some fun, fun times!

We hope the wedding came before the baby and stroller!