*Margaret (Curtis) McDaniel + Curtis McDaniel = Curtis.Squared

March 13, 2018

Adventures at Imagination Station

On March 10, we celebrated both Anna and Kate's birthdays with a joint party at Imagination Station!    Their birthdays are about 3 weeks apart (and 2 years) so we decided to do this again, much like last year.  Here's a picture of most of the kids that joined the fun:
And here's a picture of most of the adults too!
We decorated pretty simply this year - I put up my favorite pictures of Anna's fifth year...
...and Kate's third year.
Imagination Station was having some special extras on Saturday so we also were able to explore a firetruck! 
These 3 are in Pre-K together and they had a great time exploring the science center together.
Kate seemed to be pretty happy with the food (except when the cupcakes were brought out).  Apparently, she really doesn't like cake!
Here's her response as we sang to her.  I think she was trying to make herself invisible!
We had a liquid nitrogen ice cream demonstration and all the kids (and adults) loved trying the samples after the ice cream was made.
I think everyone had a great time!
The girls were glad that Papa made a special visit to attend their birthday party also!

Anna is 5!

On Anna's birthday, we celebrated by opening gifts...
 ...and then we headed to RUF Midwest Winter Conference. This little monkey, Coconut, was one of her favorite gifts from us.  Anna chose to celebrate as a family by going to McAlister's for lunch!
The conference is at the Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County State Park.  (We used to be unhappy that it lined up with her birthday, but now it seems to be a blessing!)  They have a lovely indoor pool area and I think we could have just swam there and Anna would have been happy for her birthday!
I think these 2 were pretty exhausted after all the swimming.
 It's hard to believe that our oldest is now 5! I just completed her baby book and it was emotional for me!