The Big One - Yep I Am Now 5

I had such a fun birthday! I had a dinosaur birthday and got to play with my cousins. I wished for a flying house when I blew out my candles...not sure where I will get all those balloons though.


This is my dinosaur cake that mommy made. She kept telling people not to eat the red frosting - I helped put food coloring in the frosting - lots of food coloring. I also helped her put the dinosaurs and rocks on the cake. We even had flying dinosaurs hanging above the cake - that was daddy's idea.

I got a lot of fun gifts - every time I opened up something I would shout - "this is exactly what I wanted".

We played lots of games - here we are throwing balls into a dinosaurs head that mommy and I put together. It is amazing what you can make with a diaper box, toilet paper rolls, tissue paper, and glue.



We also got to set off volcanos. We made quite the mess, but it was a ton of fun.


Mom and I had fun doing dinosaur crafts the whole week prior to my birthday. Mommy would draw and I got to help paint.

Multiple Christmas Gatherings

First Christmas Gathering (week prior to Christmas) - these are just a couple of the pictures taken - just too many to choose from and not enough time in the day to upload all that Mommy wanted.


I got lots of great presents and had a ton of fun playing with my cousins this day.

Christmas Day at Home

Mom wanted to get special pictures of sister and I in our Christmas sweaters. We didn't make it to church Christmas Eve because I was running a fever, but was fine Christmas morning. I just love getting my picture taken.

Sister's first Christmas - just had so much fun and I got to open up all her presents for her.


Our most favorite gift - tooo cute.

I am really into packing materials - this and foam peanuts are great!

Although Daddy had to work most of the day on Christmas we still got to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa Core - who stayed the night with us for two days because the weather was icky. We opened presents once in the morning and then again in the afternoon after Daddy got off work. He was tired, but still joined in the fun.

Sister got a stuffed pig for Christmas and I thought she would have fun cuddling with it.

Christmas at Great Grandma Cores
For a special treat, everyone decorated Gingerbread men and then Grandpa read us a story about the gingerbread men and no one could catch him because he was so fast.

Four Generations of Cores

This is four generations of the Core family. My great grandma, grandpa, daddy, sister and I. I think I am really blessed to have four generations of family.