My family get-together

Over Easter weekend we got to have a picnic with some out of town family members who we don't get to see very often. My cousin and his family were in from Colorado and his sister, from St. Louis, were all there for Easter. We had a nice time seeing them and all their kids. My Uncle D, also turned 60 and Pumpkin and my nephew, L, turned 3 so we had cake and cupcakes for them.  All the cousins, ranging in age from 16 to 6 weeks, they were quite a crew!

Blowing out the candles.

After the picnic, we went to L's 3rd birthday party.  My sister-in-law and brother had it at a really cool place, the fire station.  They had a community room where we ate and had cake and then got to go down and look at the fire trucks.  The kids loved it!

Pumpkin and her cousin, M.  They love each other so much.

The firemen did a whole talk about fire safety, which was really good and the kids got to crawl around inside the fire truck.  The firemen spent a lot of time with the kids.

One of the firemen suited up so the kids would know what a fireman looked like if they were actually in a fire and so they wouldn't be scared if someone came into their house looking like that.  I thought it was funny that they said that if the kids were in a fire (especially if their bedrooms were on the second floor) to start throwing toys or things out the window so that the firemen knew someone was in that room.   They also said to throw things at the firemen (soft things, obviously), because when they are wearing their gear, they can't hear very well and might miss a small child in a fire.

Again, Pumpkin is not afraid of people wearing costumes, etc.  She just went right up and hugged him.