Saturday, October 1, 2011

My baby is all Grown Up!

 I can't believe that my little girl is 5! 
Where has the time gone? 

Mae got to celebrate for almost an entire week! We started off by having her little friend party, we decided to do an outdoor movie! We rented a giant movie screen, had a popcorn machine, and of course cake!! Again hats off to my sister in law Kylee, she is amazing! We watched Lady and the Tramp, had cake, opened presents and ran around the backyard. It was so much fun!



 The morning of her birthday arrived! She woke up to a room full of balloons and a tent waiting for her in her room! She has been asking for probably a year for a tent, and when I couldn't find one I liked much, I decided to make one! Luckily she loves it! Then we had birthday cake pancakes, which I forgot to get a picture of, but you can find the recipe here. They were delicious! 

Then it was off to dance!

After Dance she said she wanted to have a picnic in the park, so we had a nice relaxing afternoon in the sunshine! 

We came home to another surprise! A Bike! We also had a hard time finding a bike we loved, so my handy husband striped an old bike down and redid it! Its one of a kind and fit all of her requirement: Pink, with a basket for her pups! We're still working on riding it, she has her mothers coordination skills, but she absolutely loves going out on it! Cody is just having to be a good sport and run along with her!

Then it was time for cake! What a loved little girl she is! Kylee and Spencer made her a 2nd cake!
Anyone familiar with Plants versus Zombies? Its a game for the ipod, Mae is obsessed! All those little plants and zombies are handmade and edible! Seriously they are amazing. I keep telling her she should go into business.
  
Like always Mae was spoiled rotten by all the people that love her! I sometimes worry that we are spoiling her to much, but at the same time I'm so happy that she knows how many people love her! I'd say she had a pretty good day!



Birthday Celebrated

Poor little Lydia was sick as could be on her first little birthday, she was absolutely miserable! So the only thing she really got to enjoy on her birthday was a few minutes of playing with balloons and a sucker!
We pushed her party back a few days so she would be able to enjoy it! We did an ice cream sundae bar and cupcakes. She got her own little cake, and she didn't know what to think of that! She took one danty little lick and that is able all she ate! I stuck her hand in it trying to get her to dig and and she just shook her hand to get the cake off! We had so much fun celebrating with all of our family! And we are so beyond happy to celebrate a year with this sweet little baby we couldn't live without!











Thursday, September 22, 2011

Just Stay This Little

 Look at this little chubby baby! I can't believe a year ago today we were preparing to meet this little cutie! I didn't think I could ever love another kid as much as I love Mae. But boy did she make her way into my heart! She is such a calm and good natured girl. She has a smile that shines as bright as anything I've ever seen! She is so sweet and loving. I can't believe how fast a year can go by. I can't imagine our lives without this little love bug, I don't know how we survived without her!











Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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!