Happy Birthday Samantha!

Samantha had several ideas about what we needed for her birthday. A party hat, balloons, cake, presents, and at grandma's house. We managed to get every thing on her list except the party hat, but lucky for her, her uncle Reese got her one. She couldn't have been more excited. She even let JJ try it out before he fell asleep.We had Samantha's party at Papa's Pizza in Eugene this year. The kids had so much fun playing on the toys and burning off their energy. One of Andrea's favorite playground toys is the slide, if there are no swings around.
Samantha asked for a guitar for her birthday and Christmas last year, but the asking only lasted a couple of weeks. This year, she again wanted a guitar. Only this year she never changed her mind. It took a couple minutes for her to realize what it was, and she was didn't know what to say. She enjoys playing it now, and copying the moves she sees on tv and movies. I think Jamie keeps on hoping that she will suddenly have a break through and master the guitar over night.
I love this picture of Samantha. Sometimes my kids make the funniest facial expressions. She could not wait until we got home so that I could open it this up for her. Sam and Andrea went through a lot of the sticker quickly, but are still working on the coloring books and stamps. I think Sam had a great birthday this year, she loves all her gifts and plays with all of them. She was so excited to have another birthday at grandma's again.
Samantha insisted on a dinosaur cake for her birthday this year. She has been talking about it for a couple of months. So we got her a dinosaur cake, and the bakery put a volcano on the cake and, of course, Sam insisted on that being her piece of the cake. You can't see it to well from this picture because she put the trees back on the cake. I think she had about three bites of the volcano (frosting) and that was it. At least we didn't leave much cake for grandma to have to eat after we left.