Double Digits

Kathryn turned 10 last Thursday, the 5th.

We got her a cell phone for her birthday. Kathryn tells us that she wants us to hide her gift and play "hot and cold". We think, OK, sounds great kid. In actuality, we decided to just call her and wake her up with her cell phone. So our plan was to go in around 6am and put it on her bedside table and call her. So Lily wakes us up at 5:50. We decide to take it in. Except! When Benjamin went in, Kathryn was already awake. Dang! Our plan was foiled! So we decide to go and put the phone in the middle of the living room. It's empty. No furniture and we had just cleaned the carpets so literally, the room is EMPTY. So I call it. And again. And again. She's not getting up to investigate. The ring tone isn't one that Benjamin or I use, so we thought she would get up and see what was going on. So I get up and go and get the phone. I go into her room hoping I could put in on her vanity; however, she's sitting up and reading a book. No dice. So I take and put it on her bathroom counter, which is directly across the hallway from her door. I get back into bed. I call her phone again. And again. Finally she stomps out of her room and yells at us to find the phone and take the battery out. She then fumes "Who would dare call us at 6 in the morning????" I'm snickering. I call it again. She looks at me and is rolling her eyes. I say, well, find the phone and see who it is. She stomps across the hallway into the bathroom and finds the phone. She doesn't look at it and basically threw it at me in bed. Now, by this time, Benjamin and I are laughing our butts off. So I start singing to her. Now if anyone who knows me well has heard me sing, I always make up new lyrics to music that is familiar. I also sing off key on purpose. So in the "Happy Birthday" song, I start singing something like this, "Happy Birthday to you, this is your cell phone, I've been calling it all morning, to play hot and cold!" Now around the "this is your cell phone" she jumps back onto the bed and looks at the phone and then looks at us wondering if this is a joke. We've said she wouldn't get one. When she knew we were serious, she runs and finds Lauren and is jumping around like a mad woman. Needless to say, she was very happy. Here are some pictures:

We also had a slumber party the next evening. We had 11 in all. One boy. Alan. His parent's came and picked him up at 9 and two girls' left at 10. I have a ton of pictures, but since they are of other children, I don't dare post them. Needless to say, it was loud, but tons of fun. I would do one again.