Happy Birthday Rhys!

Today Rhys is Four years old! He officially turned four early this afternoon. I look at him and think that it's been the longest four years of my life, yet in the same breath the time has passed so incredibly quickly.

When he woke up this morning I kissed him and said 'Happy Birthday'. After a multitude of birthday wishes from friends and family his consistent response has been 'no, i don't want it'! And when we start singing Happy Birthday he covers your mouth and requests that you 'stop it'. It'll be interesting to see how he'll respond on Saturday. I have been completely whacked from the heat and party planning details. This year we've decided to hold an extremely small gathering in celebration of our little guy turning another year older. It's a little hard considering the size of our families, but nonetheless it's in the works.

After class last night we drove down to the Marina and spent some time at the Sports Chalet where Kenny presented Rhys with his first bday present. A tee ball stand with ball and bat! Afterwards we scurried over to Fatburger for a light snack and ended the excursion with a look see at Barnes and Noble where we read bedtime stories to the boys.


We finally got around to watching 'The Last Mimzy' courtesy of Mike (thanks!), the kids love it, and they have included it to their video rotation. It's a surprisingly entertaining story.

I've been perusing some of the blogs I've included on the Essential Viewing Sites today. Arianne added another well written piece that is just stellar and very touching. Jamie had a hilarious entry about Thomas the Tank Engine and an amusing photo of Elmo in a most unfortunate position. Most surprising of all was a link off of Jamie's entry to a blog my brother Ben has set up, which I found wildly entertaining! Here see for yourself at www.chynnamann.blogspot.com. Also want to thank Hilary for adding a mention in her blog! Here's a sample of one of the things I've worked on for Hilary:


And the finished product in the wedding color (pink & brown)



I cheated on the image... its stock, but it's the formatting and overall design that is the real challenge. Another fun project in the bag.



PS Want to wish a very Happy Birthday to Lily who turned five yesterday!