New Coats and a New Aquarium!

Calvin and I decided to wear our new coats to the aquarium.

  Helen took these pictures of Calvin.  Thanks, Auntie Jenny for sending this cool sport coat!

 Boise finally got an aquarium and it opened on Helen's actual birthday, Dec. 16th. 

 It's a small aquarium, but it was very "hands on" and the kids got to feed fish and touch lots of ocean animals like starfish, clams, hermit crabs and rays.  Henry even touched a small shark!

 This yellow seahorse was stunning. 

 Here's Calvin taking a closer look through this magnifying glass.

 We had lots of fun there and we're definitely going back soon!

Here's the cake we made for Helen's birthday.  After we ate some, we drove around and looked at Christmas lights.  What a day!

Helen's 10th Birthday Party (The Best Ever!)

The invitations were very cute.  They had marshmallows and real twigs in the fire.  Henry made the fires for Helen.   Helen delivered them to her friends. 

 Many marshmallows were sacrificed to the "fire god"!  The kids were laughing about that.

 Joe and Helen having a good time joking around.

Olivia, Joe and Thomas.

 Here's Delilah and Helen admiring the delicious # 10 cake.  The  #1 was chocolate and the #0 was funfetti!

The candles sparkled and kept reigniting.  It was really funny!

Calvin was right in there checking everything out.

Helen is lucky to have some really nice friends.  What a fun party.  It was, according to the kids, "The BEST party EVER!"