When Did Our First-Born Grow up?

And just like that, our first born turned 8! It seems like such a grown-up age!

In addition to her joint school friends' party last week with her sister, we had a small dinner party on the actual date with extended family. She even designed her own cake,  which my sister turned into a delicious reality.

Our 4-Year Old Attends Her First Mini-Olympics

Four years ago, our two older girls participated in a fun-filled mini-olympics activity at our local swim club:

And just a few days ago, it was our youngest's turn:

With her 2nd cousin

The facilities

The opening ceremonies

Luge

Curling

Curling

Skiing!

And finally the medal ceremony:

First Joint Birthday Party

Growing up, my parents often held joint parties for my older sister and I, as we are both born in July. Although my two older girls are both born in February, we have avoided celebrating their birthdays together. Yesterday, I made an exception. Up until now, we had only small celebrations with extended family. But last Friday was a Ped day at school, and I decided to throw a friends-only party. We booked side-by-side party rooms at a trampoline centre, and enjoyed 90 minutes of jumping before heading to the party rooms for food. A good time was had by all, and no serious injuries occurred! The girls had never received so many gifts, and enjoyed opening their cards and gifts, but they also took pride in handing out the loot bags that they had prepared...I haven't yet decided if this is the first of many such celebrations, or the one and only!

Our almost 8-year old

Our almost 6-year old with her friends

Lego-themed cupcakes

The best toothless grin!

Looking Back

Every once in a while I look back...And here we were 4 years ago today. In our condo, just a little over one month before moving into our first house. Our then 31/2-year old feeding the baby while our two-year old sucked her thumb. Three kids in 3 1/2 years, how did we do it?!!!