Happy April

April means Charlotte's birthday . . . and that's just what we celebrated on April 20th.  As usual my pictures are not in any order, but they're all great memories and I wanted to share them with my blogger friends.

I drove down to Barb's on Friday night.  Got a little bit of a late start but still got to Barb's before 9:00 p.m.  She even fed me!!!! 

We slept in on Saturday morning.  Barb had an appointment to get a mirror fixed on her car so that was one of the errands we did before the party.  Also got in a little shopping . . . there's always time for shopping!  Before you knew it, it was time to head to the Davis household for a party!

 Grandma with her favorite granddaughter! 

 Check out Charlotte's shirt!  The theme of the party was Daisy Duck! 

 Getting ready to blow out the number 3 candle!  What a cute birthday girl!!!

 She did it!! 

Opening presents is so much fun!!  A present from Mom, Dad & Ollie.

 A hug for Grandma Joy!

 The birthday table.  Doesn't Daisy look great on top of the cake!!  The table was beautiful.  All very colorful.  Purples, pinks, yellow.  Wow.

 Barbie & Ollie.

 There was a craft table for the kids and Charlotte loves crafts!!  She had a great time!

 Grandma and Oliver had a little chat!

 Ollie and his new hat!  Sunday Mandy had a couple of photo shoots so Jim and the kids came over to Barb's for a few hours.  What fun!  Barb presented Ollie with this hat.  So cute.

 Charlotte showing off her driving skills.  Unfortunately she ran right into the mulch, and as Tim said, just like a woman . . . has an accident and leaves the scene.  Jayke was happy to drive Buzz back to the garage.

 Charlotte made Play Dough cookies at Barb's.

 Oliver had a Donald Duck shirt. 

 Cutest grandson in the world!!!  He sure looks like his Daddy.

 Barb and Charlotte worked on crafts on Sunday too.

 Just a little conversation with Grandma.

 My grandkids.  Aren't they beautiful.

One of the things Charlotte likes best when she goes to Barb's is the Disney books.  They spent some time reading stories.  Even got Charlotte to let me take her picture.

It was a great weekend.  It was March weather in April, but then it's been like that all month.  Cake and ice cream for all the guests that attended.  Jim put the trampoline up in the garage and Charlotte, Jayke and Leighton had a great time.  Great Uncle Tim helped out there.  He dumped a bunch of balloons in the trampoline and the kids had a ball trying to throw them out as fast as the adults put them back it.  Great exercise . . . for the kids and the adults!!!  Charlotte got lots of cool gifts.  New clothes, new toys!  Gave Charlotte a few pushes in the swing.  Petey and Odie were left out in the yard.  Thank goodness Jim was out there, Petey is a very friendly dog, but he's a big dog!  Glad Jim gave him a yell or I think I probably would have been on the ground and under Charlotte's swing.  What a BIG pet!!!  Charlotte and I had a great conversation while she was swinging.  She told me that I was Grandma Joy, just grandma.  Deb is Grammie Deb and lives with Papa.  Jackie is Grammie and lives with Papa Frank, but I'm just Grandma Joy.  Told her I was more than happy to be just Grandma Joy! 

A number of us went out for supper together.  We're quite a group when we go someplace.  Ended up on two different tables (back to back) because they couldn't find a big one for all of us!!  Had BBQ at Jerthro's!!  (Did I spell that right?  Probably not, but you get the meaning.)  The children (all of us) were pretty tired!  I slept through a movie I wanted to see and went to bed early.  Took me Kindle with me, but didn't need it.  Went right to sleep!!!!

Sunday Jim and the kids came over for a visit.  What fun.  Ollie slept through the majority of the visit, but Charlotte kept everyone busy.  She loves books and knows just where to find the Disney books at Barb's.  I got to hold the little guy again and spend some time talking to Charlotte.  She made all of us Play Dough cookies!  She's quite the 3-year old.  Love her to death!!  Jim was really tired and took a couple of power naps.  Couldn't have been very comfortable sitting up, but he did it!!!  Got pizza for lunch.  Everybody loves pizza!!  Jim and family left around 3:00 p.m. and so did Grandma.  I love seeing my family, but that really is a long drive.  My butt is always tired by the time I get home!  The drive home was nice.  Traffic was busy on 35 but when I got to 20 it was smooth sailing.  Went to bed early and am still trying to catch up on my sleep!

That was my Charlotte weekend!!  Was fun and got some great pictures for memory books.  Best get at some of them now.