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	<< Nicole's 5th Birthday Last Update: 4/17/2000 Nicole turned six years old on February 17, 2000. This page describes her party, friends, presents and shares birthday pictures. Use these links to jump to each section Party! | Pictures | Gifts | Special pages | Nicole's stats | Facts | Weather | News | History
	Party!
	We'rehaving a My Little Pony party. She has invited about 10 girls who are friends and from school. We've had to cancel the blow-up pony-shaped bouncer due to bad weather. It's raining. So the plan now is to go to Chuck E. Cheeses and play on the games there. Tina has made a wonderful cake. It has a large grass and flower covered hill with a river running down it. On the steep side is a rocky cliff. Some of Nicole's favorite "My Little Ponies" will be standing around on the cake.
	Pictures
	Here Nicole is sitting by her pony cake. It was hand made by her mom. Christopher loved playing at Chuck E. Cheese's Here's Nicole getting her picture take with the "real" Chuck E. Cheese himself! Nicole with Chuckie and friends Jeffrie & Julia Nicole with all her presents Nicole's birthday cake. Hand made by Mommy. Yum! Cake!
	Nicole's Gifts
	Lots of great surprizes to come!! PRachel - Dog & Goose Beanies PLindsey - Dr. Ken Barbie doll PErika & Julia - Pony and babies PMeredith & Ryan - Kitty with soft fur PKatherine - Lisa Frank stationary PAllie - Barbie Greenhouse & seeds PLogan - Magic Board PChi - "Pretty Flowers" Barbie PDelila - Soccer ball & bungie cord for ball PAttended Nicole's Party Dad - Butterfly Kisses book Mom & Dad - Jessie Diary & Jessie T-Shirt (Toy Story 2) Mom & Dad - Jessie doll Mom & Dad - Lisa Frank "Make a Memory" scrap book kit Grandma & Granddad - Miss Party Surpise play set Mom & Dad - Grand Champian Fair Day Fantasy horse play set Oma - Magic drawing board (black gel stuff) Mom & Dad - Jumpstart 1st Grade software Mom & Dad - New bike (Her old one broke, so this is an unexpected gift). Marla, Steve, Hana, Heidi - $10 Billie, Bobbi and Uncle Rick - Lollipop Factory As a party favor we gave the kids a teddy bear that comes with a digital watch.
	Other Special Pages:
	Nicole's 4th Birthday Nicole's 5th Birthday
	Nicole's Stats:
	Nickname: Sissy Height: 48 inches Weight: 55 pounds (see chart) Favorite Color:  Yellow Favorite Foods:  Doesn't know perhaps Mommy's "favorite" chicken, cheese burgers. Favorite Drink: Soda pop Favorite Dessert: Cake & cookies Favorite Movies-T.V./Characters: Jessie (Toy Story 2), Dragon Tails, Arthur Favorite Toy: Midnight (her stuffed horse) Favorite Software: My Little Ponies Favorite Activities: Monkey bars, art, swining
	Facts about Nicole's Birthday
	What a day! Nicole was born on a Thursday. This year her birthday is also on Thursday. Birth Stone: Amethyst Birth Flower: Violet
	Weather
	I can't believe it's raining. It hasn't rained in weeks, but it picks today to start. It's just light, but enough to change the party plans. It turned out that it didn't rain much at all, but it was enough to change our plans. We still had a good time at Chuck E. Cheese. Today: cloudy. scattered thunderstorms this morning. high near 70. south wind 15 to 20 mph. chance of rain 40 percent.
	News around 2/17/2000
	2/13, Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip, PEANUTS, died early today of colon cancer in Santa Rosa, CA(12:30 am. EST). He was 77 years old. 2/12, Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys coach who led America's Team to five Super Bowls and was famous for pacing the sidelines for three decades wearing a stone face, business suit and felt hat, died Saturday. He was 75 Computer news: Intel and AMD are fighting it out, racing to offer the fastest PC CPUs. Currently AMD is ahead, offering an 850Mhz. Intel is at 800Mhz. AMD has demonstrated a 1.1Ghz processor which probably won't be available until next year. Intel is expected to demonstrate a 1Ghz processor this week. (Update 3/09/2000: Both AMD and Intel have already started shipping their 1Ghz processors) Our computer is an Intel Pentium 233Mhz with 96Mb RAM and 15Gb of hard disk space running Windows 98. The disk space and memory aren't too bad, but I could really use a faster CPU. A new U.S. dollar coin has just been released. Like the Susan B. Anthony of the late 70's, it's similar in size to the quarter, but it is golden in color and has smooth sides making it more distinguishable from the quarter. Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 2000, becomes available right on Nicole's birthday! Will we be upgrading? Not yet. I'm not certain that all the kids games and our Bible software will run on it. Gasoline is at its highest price in 9 years. It averages at $1.29 per gallon of regular unleaded fuel. It's an election year and Texas Governor, George W. Bush (son of former President) is campaining. His biggest Republican opponent now is John McCain.
	On This Day In History (Feb 17)
	Today in History for Thursday, Feb 17 On Feb. 17, 1801, the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president. Burr became vice president. In 1817, a street in Baltimore became the first to be lighted with gas from America's first gas company. In 1865, Columbia, S.C., burned as the Confederates evacuated and Union forces moved in. (It's not known which side set the blaze.) In 1897, the forerunner of the National PTA, the National Congress of Mothers, was founded in Washington. In 1904, Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" was poorly received at its world premiere at La Scala. In 1933, Newsweek was first published. In 1947, the Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet Union. In 1964, the Supreme Court ruled that congressional districts within each state had to be roughly equal in population. In 1972, President Nixon departed on his historic trip to China. In 1988, Lt. Col. William Higgins, an American officer serving with a United Nations truce monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon (and later slain). In 1992, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison. (He was beaten to death in prison in November 1994.) Ten years ago: Former President Reagan spent a second day in a Los Angeles courtroom, giving videotaped testimony about the Iran-Contra affair for the trial of his former national security adviser, John Poindexter. Five years ago: Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. (He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison). One year ago: In a satellite-linked address to college campuses across the country, President Clinton made his case for shoring up Social Security and Medicare. Israeli security guards shot and killed three Kurds who had forced their way into the Israeli consulate in Berlin; the protesters were enraged by reports that Israel aided in the arrest of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan. Birthdays in History for Thursday, Feb 17 Actor Marc Lawrence is 90. Actress Kathleen Freeman is 81. Margaret Truman Daniel is 76. Actor Hal Holbrook is 75. Singer Bobby Lewis is 67. Actor Alan Bates is 66. Country singer-songwriter Johnny Bush is 65. Football Hall-of-Famer Jim Brown is 64. Actress Mary Ann Mobley is 61. Singer Gene Pitney is 59. Actress Brenda Fricker is 55. Actress Rene Russo is 46. Actor Richard Karn is 44. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 38. Basketball player-turned-executive Michael Jordan is 37. Movie director Michael Bay ("Armageddon") is 36. Rock musician Timothy J. Mahoney (311) is 30. Rock singer-musician Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) is 28. Actor Jerry O'Connell is 26. Country singer Bryan White is 26. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 19.