Tess Olivia Butler, Age 3

Birthday Party at Build-A-Bear in Manhattan, July 18, 2009

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This is Tess' 3rd birthday. Grandmother Deborah Skaggs and great-grandfather Jim visited from Louisville. Aunt Kysa Nygreen and Uncle Arin Dube visited from San Francisco. Locally, the party was attended by Mimi (grandma Nancy Nygreen) and Papi (grandpa Ted Nygreen), and also by great-grandfather Glen Nygreen.	The party room at Build-A-Bear
Julian smiles for his great-grandfather and grandmother	Metraluz restaurant at Grand Central where a Disney movie was being filmed
Our table for 10 overlooking GCT main concourse	Ordering dinner while tending to Jilian

Tess before the party started	Tess taking care of Julian
Julian is a happy boy! (With grandmother especially)	Kysa practicing baby care
With a newly-built bear. . .	Daddy with 4-mo old Julian	All the 3-year olds with their bears
Dylan and Elliott prove they are great caregivers	Happy with Mommy	Kysa and Arin taking it all in
Princess Tess dressed up

Glen at brunch

Nancy at brunch

Ted, Glen, Kysa, Arin	Visiting Glen in his living room
Ted and Kysa at brunch	Our Kysa
	On the left is a typical morning (or evening) at the Nygreen house -- everyone working on their laptops. . .