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At the risk of breaking the internet with a infinite loop, I’m reblogging my sister’s blog (which links to my blog) of Reese’s birthday party.

Reese, or Reese-E as she is commonly referred to, turned the big Oh Two today.  The past year has been amazing an amount of growth her; it’s almost like she doubled in age. She’s learned how to talk (a lot), jump, sing, pray, ride her balance bike, share with her sister and sleep in a big girl bed.  Reese is a independent girl who loves to curl up and read books.  Pinkalicious has quickly become her favorite, but she also delves into the classics like Dr. Seuss and Frog and Toad.  Though she’s self entertained there are two characters in her life she can’t do without.  Her blankee and her Dad; which might be related since they both start to stink after a few days.

This morning we headed over to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Half Moon Bay to catch the tide pools at low tide. We were hoping to see some star fish, sea urchins and crabs.  Lucky for us we were able to complete our checklist.  We met the Mo Bros at the beach (this time it was planned) and started exploring.  It didn’t take long for our socks to get wet or to find our first star fish.  Cousin B tallied 24 star fish.  Most were purple and blended perfectly into the rocks and mussels, but there were some that stood out with beautiful shades of orange and red.  Sea Urchins were easy to find and there were some awesome greens and purples.  On our way out some older boys find a kelp crab under a rock — the packages thought that was pretty cool.

Photos are online.

Our first find.

P helping Reese

Some were hard to find

All the packages had a good time

With that headline, I just gotta. Wait for it. Here it comes.

At our house we love three thing about tea parties.  The tea, the tea pot and uh, what’s the third one, let’s see. Hmmm, I’m sure there’s a third one. Huh, can’t remember the third one. Oops.

Actually the third one is the easy one.  Pinkies out. Payton’s Aunt Marice recently gave her a tea pot and she’s been enjoying making and serving us tea.

Santa brought both the girls new bikes for Christmas.  They are pink of course.  Or should I say, Payton’s is pink and Reese’s balance bike is shocking pink (apparently that’s a real color).  Payton’s been riding too fast for my camera to catch, but Reese moves at just the right pace.