Happy Birthday Mom!

My parents were in town for a long weekend! The day they drove in was my mom's birthday, so we all went out to dinner. She picked a Greek restaurant, Zorbas.
I brought cupcakes for dessert! Madelyn got a special mini cupcake...
This has nothing to do with my mom's b-day, but here is Madelyn dusting :)
My Aunt Linda (one of my mom's sisters) had a birthday cake delivered to our house! My mom was really surprised and we all appreciated the sweet treat! Here's Madelyn stealing a taste the second we took it out of the box...
The birthday girl!!
It snowed this week! and the wind chill this morning was 9 degrees...yikes! Madelyn of course wanted to play in it...
holding a tiny snowball...

Clint and I were freezing but Madelyn was much tougher! She took off her gloves to make snowballs and kept refusing to go in!

After finally coming into the warm house, Madelyn tried out Daddy's buff in a couple different ways...I thought she looked funny...

Aurora came over for a playdate, and the girls enjoyed "cooking" in the kitchen...

The above picture was taken about a week and a half ago. Last night we went to Aurora's house to meet her four day old sister (and bring dinner!) Welcome Daphne!!!

I held her first, but she started the newborn shriek! Clint had much better luck :)
One of my favorite places to eat in Lubbock is Rosas, and they recently opened one up not far from our house here! Clint was cracking up as Madelyn ate because he said she looked just like me...she got a tortilla, filled it with beans, rolled it up, and then could not get enough queso on each bite!! A girl after my own stomach :)
riding the carousel with Daddy...
We had a playdate with Lincoln right after Christmas and got to try out some of his new toys! The big kids played air hockey while Jackson watched...
2011 Playdate...each playing their own game on the IPhone side by side :)

We had lunch at IKEA and not only was Madelyn's kids meal FREE, but she had her own table in front of cartoons. I think she will be wanting to dine there again!