My Little Dancer

Mae started dance today! 

Isn't she adorable?!

Minga & Such

 This is Mae and her new bff Minga. Yes the scarf is named Minga, and she has lost her family so she has come to be a part of ours! This is also a great pic to show off Mae's outfit! She has decided that she can dress herself. So some days we go out in shorts and snow boots and that's alright! She loves having that independence! 

 Enjoying some Cotton Candy at Grandma Luwanna's 80th birthday bash!

 The kids and adults all enjoyed hours of endless fun on this big beauty!

Goodbye to a Lifetime

Those of you who know me know how absolutely obsessed I am with Harry Potter! I remember one rainy day in fifth grade gym class our teacher began reading us the Sorcerer's Stone. That was the beginning for me! But the obsession didn't really begin until the 3rd book, Prisoner of Azkaban. From then on it became such a fun adventure! We went to all the midnight book and movie releases. Making t-shirts, dressing up, making magical food and of course reading! I'm a little embarrassed at the number of times I have read the books, but I'll blame that on my poor memory! It seems I find something new every time I read them! It has been so fun looking forward to this last movie, its agonizing to anticipate what they would do with it! But it is so incredibly sad that this lifetime of magic is coming to an end. But I guess it never has to really end, that's the magic of a book! It being the last midnight release we decided we better do it in style!

And of course we had to have plenty of delicious food from the magical world! We had butter beer, mulled meed, pumpkin pasties, chocolate frogs, licorice wands, lemon drops, droobles best blowing gum, fever fudge, ton tongue toffee, ice mice, jellied slugs, crumpets, cauldron cakes, rock cakes, dirt cups, acid pops, canary creams and an absolutely amazing gryffindor cake!

Aren't they talented?!

 We had 2 food venues, Honeydukes and the Potions classroom!

Decorations! 

My sweet husband hand carved wands for everyone!

After enjoy the tasty treats we played a few round of Harry Potter Scene It! Of course Mae and I killed it! She makes a mama proud!

Then we headed out to the movie!

Overall I have to say I really loved it.

And I can't wait to experience it all again with through my children's eyes! Mae is already in love!

Summer

Its been a busy busy summer! Full of fun and adventure, it hasn't left much time for blogging! So here's a quick little recap of what we've been up to! Mae went fishing with her daddy

We've been spending lots of time at the pool, which sadly I don't have any pics of! Reminder to take my camera!

Lots of park dates, Lydia really loves the swing! 

For the 4th of July we went to the Balloon Festival! 

We went to the Real Game with my family to celebrate my dad's birthday!  Lydia was so funny with the fireworks! She was fascinated but a little scared so she kept grabbing and holding on to Mae!

And I was lucky enough to get to go to the Katy Perry's concert with my girls!  

So far its been a great summer!