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Yesterday was Trey's birthday.  He's now 28 years young!  Every year I always bake him a cake.  Now I have some little helpers that love to be involved in baking and decorating.  I find it adorable at how involved Riley and Hadley like to be with cooking.  Of course there are times when I'd rather them just get out of my way.  But for daddy's birthday cake, I loved for them to do the baking!!  I was planning on doing a cake, but Riley insisted on cupcakes.  Therefore, cupcakes got baked!  Hadley was in charge of the sprinkles.  Riley was a wonderful supervisor.  When Hadley was done sprinkling, Riley went behind her and added some more.  And what better color for their daddy than pink sprinkles!!  He's lucky to have all girls! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!

It's rare that Trey has to wear his dress whites and even more rare that I get to see him when he's wearing them!  It was change of command at HSL-37 today and he had to be in his dress whites.  He sent me this photo of him and his buddy.  I find my husband to be very handsome in his uniform and wanted to share it with everyone.  I'm proud of my sailor!  

Last week was just awful.  It started with Hadley who had a horrible cough, she sounded like a seal.  In addition to her cough she had a fever and was throwing up.  Emrey started out with just a runny nose, which then turned into a runny nose & coughing, and then a fever came too.  Next up, Riley!  She started coughing, just a little.  Then a fever came with her too.  Lovely!  I couldn't get a doctors appointment until Friday and it all started on Wednesday.  I was trying my hardest to keep their germs off of me, but with three sick babies that's rather difficult to do.  Especially when all three of them decided to throw up on me, all in the same day.   By the time I took the girls to their doctors appointments Hadley was starting to feel better.  Her doctor said she was on the road to recovery and she didn't get any medicine.  Emrey was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection.  She got sent home with Motrin...

I've always wanted to take the girls to the Children's Discovery Center here in Hawaii.  I thought it would be such a fun time for them, considering how much they like to explore.    I invited a couple of our friends to join us.  The girls love spending time with their little girlfriends, so it was a fun morning.  There was so much for the kids to see, touch, and play with.  They were bouncing from one station to the next.  It's a good thing I had Emrey strapped to me, or else I'd probably have lost somebody!  There was a Curious George exhibit, which Riley & Hadley enjoyed a bunch.  They are big fans of Curious George!  Hadley kept yelling, "monkey, monkey."  There was another area where the kids could dress up in costumes and put on a play.  They could turn on sounds and lights over the stage.  They really enjoyed that.  The bad part about the morning was that their was about three different field trips with old...

I can hardly believe it, but Emrey is already getting her balance standing on her own two feet!!  Ahhh, she's only 8 months old.  First comes standing, then comes walking.  My guess is she's going to be an early walker!  She was definitely excited and proud of herself!!  Go Emrey!!

One of the girls favorite things to do is go to Moanalua Gardens and feed the koi fish.  Its perfect too, because it's only a couple minutes from our house and free to get in.  I like free, especially with a family of 5!!  The fish food is about $2, so it's a fun, inexpensive time.  This time some of our friends joined us. They had never been before and didn't realize how close it was to our homes.  They were pleasantly surprised!  The girls fed the fish with their friends and then we enjoyed a yummy smoothie to end our morning of fun.