cupcakes for the 10 year old

time is flying by and i remember so very well the very cold (almost as cold as last week), day in january naomi was born!
it's 10 years ago, that this powerful girl joined our family. we love you naomi! as this past saturday was a bit complicated, we decided to have a small party on friday night and then for breakfast we lit the 10 candles. wow it was bright and warm around the table and she was beaming!
for sunday was the big party, pizza and lots of people and cup cakes for dessert. such a happy crowd and there is to say, the two big brothers were super kind and considered with naomi. a house full of kids is lots of energy to be directed into one direction, so all the bigger ones (there were 3 five and under) the rest went outdoors to play. how am i glad for them to be able to navigate and take the age range and differences of interest and run with it. three split logs to play for an hour and non of them felt excluded, non of them came back to file complaints, all had a very good time to play a variation of hid and seek.

a good bunch of cousins we have and a big thank you to my sister and her husband for coming to visit with the whole family including foster kids, we love you all.