A Byrdie Dinner

Friday evening we invited our friends Jen and Steve for dinner and they brought a fun little group with them, GIRLS!! Their sweet little nieces Kyla and Baylee. As they were heading over to our house Kyla asked where they were going and Jen said, "We're going to the Byrd's house." Translated by a 3 year old she of course thought they were going to a bird house. Her first response was, "Do they have teeth?" Kids are hilarious. When they arrived I'm not so sure she still understood our last name is Byrd and we are not in fact feathered friends. (Which if we were would be totally gross and horrifying.) After we enjoyed vegetarian burritos the kids all headed outside to play. Ethan is quite the ladies man!

Vroom Vroom!!
Kyla had some difficulty steering the John Deere. Jase was dutiful in trailing behind on his bike and offering road side assistant.

Love Kyla's face here just before she smashed into the basketball standard. Jase was done being the passenger after that.
Kaden did the best he could to try and corral her in, but some women cannot be tamed.

Jen loves to get out and play with the kids, and I love that about her. She's a terrific aunt to her nieces. And while she may not be my boys blood aunt, she is certainly always there for them and we consider her and Steve family.
It was far from warm Friday evening but the kids didn't seem to mind. It wasn't until a storm started to really encroach that it was time to pack it in. Of course as soon as they were all inside they wanted popsicles. You gotta love kids. When the girls left Kyla had a pretty good melt down, because she didn't want to leave. As tears streamed down her cheeks she sobbed, "But my byrdie friends are so nice." It was precious.