Cousin Birthday Fun

 Wow, did I really just skip a whole month of blogging?!  Well, we did a lot of fun stuff during January, I guess I just didn't post about it :)  For starters, Brooklyn turned 6 on 1/11 and we headed up to Crofton to celebrate her birthday at the local bowling alley.  Emily and Jason have almost no experience with bowling and absolutely LOVED it.  Garrett brought his own ball (!) so that tells you his level of dedication.  Caroline was basically there to socialize and eat cupcakes.

Thank goodness for bumpers and ball ramps!

 We headed back to John and Mary's house to do presents after the party.  The kids had a great time just relaxing and playing together.  We bought Brooklyn a striped cat that goes with her Cabbage Patch doll.  The cat is "adopted" by the doll and they connect electronically. 

 The cupcakes were topped with bright rainbow frosting and Troll rings.  We had a fun time with those rings!  Lots of posing and picture-taking!