2011
February 11th: Ilana’s 3 rd birthday weekend, so Rabia and Aden came up Saturday and we had a Hello Kitty party at the house. A few hours later, I forced Ilana into another outfit for the other party we were going to - she just wanted to play with Aden, so I had to drag her physically out of the house. At the non-family party at Darvish (a Princess Jasmine theme), other kids started trickling in, although Lani still spent most of the party playing and fighting with Aden! March 8th: Ilana did better than I expected during Aden's birthday celebrations. Rabia had it here, and it was a beach theme, and for the most part Lani let the day really be about Aden :) She did shout out in the middle of the birthday song, that it should be sung to them both; did blow out the candles; and did "help" - i.e. snatch - with the unwrapping of the gifts, but did pretty well overall! Aden was very sweet and gracious through it all! Later it was storming and the kids were with Nano in the ...