Last night Mike took me out for a birthday dinner date while his parents watched the girls.  When we got home, I was rushing around to get everyone bathed and in bed.  Noelle bounced into my room wearing her Cinderella finest and said, "Are you ready for the party?"  Noelle’s always throwing parties, and it didn’t even dawn on me that it was still my birthday, so I said, "Noelle, we don’t have time for a party tonight.  It’s bath time."  She literally started crying and said, "Mommy, we HAVE to have a party!  It’s your birthday."  I was floored.  I summoned Mike and Anna Kate to the kitchen table where Noelle led in singing, "Happy Birthday, Dear Mom-Mo (she thought of this nickname all by herself)!"  We had some cookies and then went to take baths, and I was the happiest mother in the whole wide world!

These pictures were taken right after I said, yes we could have a little party!