Rebecca & Mary-Gail's FOURTH birthday

This is how it ended:

And this is how it began:

We had a family get-together tonight to celebrate Becca & Mary-Gail's F O U R T H birthday! We had pizza, lemonade, and then a dress-up show...

McKena orchestrated several outfit changes for Becca & Mary-Gail. Becca's outfit took the cake

And speaking of cake:

Happy Birthday Rebecca

Happy Birthday Mary-Gail

Rebecca conducts & sings the "Happy Birthday Day" song

We sang it for Becca and for Mary-Gail - no sharing the birthday song here

Rebecca can always be found doing this finger-thing

Lights out for the wishing and candle blowing...

...and blow out the candles!

Mary-Gail's face makes me smile

"Sister, sister, do this! "

"Like this? "

"No, like this!"

I finally caved and gave them a fork to eat their own "Happy Birthday Cakes"

Everyone else got a cupcake. And, I forgot to get out the ice cream - rats!

Time to open presents!

Auntie Carol, Uncle Jack + kids, & Jacob + Michelle

Princess Aurora slippers and Wild, Wild West pink guns! (Tony was so happy!)

Aunt Pam, Uncle Joshy + kids

Ballerina Barbie Dolls & a special, hand drawn, picture-puzzle from McKena

(both Becca & Mary-Gail took their ballerinas to bed)

Grandma Pink

Hello Kitty coloring books PLUS, Becca & Mary-Gail get to go out to eat and go shopping with Grandma Pink -their first time ever!

Aunt JoJo, Uncle Jed + kids

Llama Llama, Holiday Drama book & coloring markers

Mary-Gail dove right in to open her gift bag from Mommy & Daddy

Mary-Gail was so excited., "Look Ma! I got lips!"(aka, Ariel Chap Stick - Mary-Gail LOVES lips)

and new clothes.

Great-Grandma Gourley

Mary-Gail and Becca get their birthday cards from Great-Grandma Gourley

Becca takes time to ponder her birthday card from Great-Grandma Gourley. Thanks to Aunt Carol & AmyCakes for being the most super-duper birthday helpers ever. Aunt Carol read Great Grandma's Birthday cards to Becca & Mary-Gail and when the girls discovered there was money in the card (by way of check) they were ecstatic! Thank you Great-Grandma Gourley.

Uncle Jack helps Becca put on her gun belt and shows her how to draw

Becca & Uncle Jack

(I wanted to include the 1st picture, even though I mistakenly cut off Uncle Jack. I loved Becca's ensemble: Tinkerbell outfit, one Jasmine slipper, and one high-heeled shoe...all complete with her new gun belt w/a gold belt buckle and pink gun holsters. Awesome!

Mary-Gail tore into her Aurora dress-up shoes and her Ariel Chap stick.

Then she headed downstairs to watch the movie that was playing *how to train your dragon* (it's a good one)

Turns out the guns the girls received from Aunt Carol & Uncle Jack were squirt guns.
Uncle Jack showed Becca how to "load" the gun, and Becca raced back to the kitchen
and started shooting at Daddy...


...and her two name-sakes, Grandma Pink (Rebecca) & Great-Grandma Gourley (LaRae)


And then I got shot.

Happy #4 Birthday my girls!