Anna Banana...

We got to celebrate a sweet three-year-old last week! 

Miss Annaliese Sloan: the upper middle of the RHMs, the one in charge, the never at a loss for a funny comment, won't smile until SHE is ready, darling blonde headed beauty! We headed over to Brookside Manor for some hot dogs and sweet treats to help her celebrate. 

And blow out her {first} birthday cake of the week. 

(the littles were off napping or something)

Then after all that sugar, Josh and Uncle Pete designed a race track in the yard.

Coming to the Summer 2028 Olympics...

Rad "Lightening" King... 

and 

Caroline "Prances with Wolves" Munson. 

And their cheerleaders. 

:)

We always have such {loud} fun with this crew. We have dinner/play time/bath time/bed time down to an art form. Six kids - one tub - maybe 12 minutes tops. 

I believe this is the first official RHM "line" pic -

Take one... 

... take six... 

(All but Landry are SMILING!) 

Then we decided to take "buddy" pics...

(One day Anna decided that they all had buddies - all on her own she paired them off. It's a delightfully funny story)

The Bigs... 

(can you imagine the slide show at the rehearsal dinner if these two got married? Goodness, it would take 3 days)

The Middles... 

(these are the two to fear)

The Littles...

Then the festivities continued with her actual birthday party on Saturday. Like all good summer babies - she got to have a swimming party (I was always so envious of my summer bday friends). 

Owen got to join in all the fun and showed Radley all his tricks in the pool. 

And Landry, as usual, had a great time napping. 

(I promise she does stay awake from time to time)

All the kids were ready to sing to the birthday girl (and get their hands on those cupcakes). 

Especially this one. 

And what party is complete without a group photo?!?!

Happy birthday, Sweet Annaliese! 

We LOVE you!