Celebrating at school

I'm still waiting for talented photographers to upload some pictures of our weekend, but in the meantime, I'll give you a little taste:

Wednesday (a week ago) we celebrated both big kids' birthday's at school. One thing about being crafty--you think you can, and should, do it all. Well, I am NOT a cake decorator and I should have gone to the Cake Lady or Two Smart Cookies, or even Tricia Barrett for my kids' cupcakes. I know you're going to say they're cute, but they were a pain in the neck.

Sam chose monsters, Ella did too. But after the first set of monsters, I convinced her to do flowers.

Here is the birthday girl at school:

When Sam gets home, I ask lots of questions about school and can usually get a pretty good summary about what he did that day. When Ella gets home, she spills every detail of every person in her class. What they were wearing.. . who got out of their seat. .. who brought which stuffed animal. . . It's fun to see the differences. Sam can't remember the names of his classmates, Ella Rose knows their names and what they brought for snack.