We had a BIRTHDAY, SHOUT HURRAY!!!

So, today was Jackie's 13th Birthday!!!! Hard to believe that she's been ours for 10 years!!! What a difference from sunny-haired toddler to long-lean-TALL teenager!

Jackie wanted a "water party"...complete with waterballoons and squirt guns! This is exactly what she got!!

Here she is drying herself on Emily P's shirt!!

Here they are taking aim to fire-away!!

She wanted watermelon, popcorn, and cake for refreshments...
"YUM" or "ICK", depending on your point of view!

Then it was time for presents...

and pictures...

Later, we had the "family-party" which was a repeat of the afternoon's festivities minus the water-balloons...

She asked for a "Rapper-bear" from "Build-a-Bear"...She got a "Rapper-Leopard" and LOVED it!!

She loved the card from Auntie-Deb

...And the Lenox figurine from her Auntie, in Ohio...

This is the face of a girl who had a VERY Happy Birthday!!!!!!

"Happy Birthday, Sunshine-Girl!! We love you!!!"