March 27-April 3

I have found recently that I have little time for blog updates.  Sorry about the lateness of, well, ALL of them.

This week's quick synopsis:
Kaitlyn turned one!  Sunday's weather was beautiful and warm, so we took the cake outside and she smashed daintily picked at it while a crowd of admirers looked on.  Bryan says the cake destroying is getting better with each subsequent child, but he thinks there is still plenty of room for improvement.  Kaitlyn did not have to worry about being able to blow out her own candle (she can't) because several of the gathered children blew it out before her cake got to her tray.

Kaitlyn's cake was entirely fast friendly.  I have a good vegan chocolate cake recipe if anyone wants or needs it.  WE need it, because I've just discovered that we only have one birthday that is not during a fasting period, and that one (Gretchen's) still falls during Lent about half the time.

Jillian, Jacque, and I went to a 2Cellos concert on Monday night.  It was a lot of fun, although noisier than I thought necessary.  I might be turning into an old fuddy duddy.

On Tuesday the girls and I took Jillian back to Michigan.  We ate lunch on Oma and Opa's old porch while Jillian sorted stuffed animals for the trip back to my house.  Then we dropped Jillian off at her current residence, visited the guys at Lube Cube (because the van needed an oil change), and were back on our way home.

On Wednesday we all traveled to Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Bryan and I were attending the homeschooling conference in Cincinnati over the weekend.  Kaitlyn got Grandma all to herself for a few days and Olivia and Gretchen had a two day sleepover with the Kleins.

Pictures and Videos:
Vimeo Videos (password BarhorstBrewed):
Kaitlyn and Her Box
Kaitlyn's Box Two
Chuck E Cheese Dance
The Smiles of Gretchen
Kaitlyn's Fake Laugh
Kaitlyn Eats a Lemon
Olivia's Twirly Skirt
Kaitlyn's First Steps
Kaitlyn Growls

The cake-smashing:

A gift from Aunt Jacque:

Everyone sings and waits for cake:

Olivia poses for Aunt Jacque:

Kaitlyn needs pictures in sunglasses, too:

A repeat of Gretchen in sunglasses, mostly so I have all those pictures in the same place:

Sunday evening.  That's Carroll in the background: