Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Lauren's Party

 Lauren had her birthday party at Gymnastics Connection this year, which is where she does gymnastics. Her two coaches ran the party, which was pretty fun for her!
 She really wanted Jodie and Carson to be at her party. They were the only two non "big kids" allowed! 
 She invited 22 kids and all but 1 came! I didn't expect that, but it was so fun. 
 Impossible to get a picture of this crazy boy, but he had a super fun time bouncing around. 
 Lauren stuck with an underwater theme again this year. A few of the kids mentioned that she had the same theme last year, made me laugh. I told them she'd probably be having this theme for many years to come. 

 Make a wish!

 Opening presents on the trampoline! 
 Riley gave her cowboy boots to wear the Taylor Swift concert in August (Riley is going too!) 
Little Miss Lauren had some ideas of her own when it came to her party. She had been asking for it to be a sleepover and I said we can't have 20 kids spend the night. So then she thought she'd invite a few over and the list kept growing and growing. We talked about how that would hurt peoples feelings so we'd just do sleepovers some other time. Well apparently she started inviting kids at school because I got a few texts from parents asking if it was a sleepover because their daughters insisted it was! Ha! But in true Lauren fashion, she convinced me to let her have Sadie & Lizzie spend the night. They were great though and had so much fun! 

Happy 7th Birthday to the craziest girl I know...and the most loveable!

Lauren is SEVEN!


 This little lady woke up as a 7 year old last week! CRAZY! She was pretty darn excited and couldn't sleep all night (literally)...in fact, she hasn't slept much since. Pretending she's 7 months again I guess;) 
Ben was pretty excited to be celebrating her big day too! 
 Ready for presents!
 A science book- her favorite!
 A new jean jacket!! 
 Ben got her a light brite, which has been a big hit! 
 We wrapped a card that said, "You are getting your ears pierced today!" 
 She was pretty excited when she read it!!!

 All her favorites for breakfast. 
 Ben & I brought treats into her class. She requested Oreo's this year, so easy! 
 Of course she had to sit and read to Ben a little while he was in her class. 
 After school we headed straight for the mall. She had a huge audience (Oma, Opa, Auntie Meg, Carson, Hadley, and Nana all came to watch!) 
 She started getting really nervous and I could tell she was considering backing out...
 but she had a lot of pressure with her big audience! 
 Watching the girls prep the earrings.
 Ready! 
 Ouch!
 They had a lolipop ready to shove in her mouth the second they were done, which was a thoughtful touch:) 
 I got a little teary too, it's no fun to see your baby hurt, even if it was by choice. 
 She did it!!!! Lauren picked out emerald earrings, her birthstone. 
 Next we headed to the American Girl store so Olivia could get her ears pierced too. 
Olivia was very brave:) 
Then everyone headed back to our house for dinner, play time at the park and cake! 
(Oma, Opa, Auntie Meg, & Carson were there too- just no pics!) 

Such a fun day for such a fun girl! 

Ben's Last Day of Preschool

 Last week Ben has his last day of preschool. Such a bitter sweet moment. I can't believe my kids are all done with preschool! He was pretty cute standing up there with his class. 
 Mr. Serious
 The kids sang a few songs...all but Ben. He just stood and listened. 
 He did a few of the movements towards the end, but never did open his mouth!
 Miss Colleen called each student up and talked about them a little. Ben LOVES Miss Colleen, he talks about her all the time. Everything he knows, she taught him. He'll say the most random things to me and then say, "You know how I know that? Miss Colleen taught me." It's pretty sweet. 

 We sure will miss her!!
 This boy melts my heart! 
 The preschool gave me flowers and a gift card for being the book order mom- how nice is that?!! 

After "graduation" we offered to take Ben out to lunch or to ice cream. He said, "No thanks, maybe we can just go home and I can have a piece of candy." We practically had to drag him, but we finally convinced him he deserved something to celebrate so he picked out a toy at Target. He's a funny one!

The next day they had a party at the park to celebrate. Ben's class was very small and most of the year these were the only 3 boys! 

We LOVED our time at CLPP and will miss the teachers there so much. 
On to Kindergarten...AHHH! 

Mother's Day

 After I saw Megan's post about Mother's Day, I realized I never posted these pics! I didn't get nearly as many as her, but I still wanted to post them. It was a great day, so fun to hang out with everyone on the boat. 
 My Mama & Me
 Kevin couldn't get over my mom and my smiles here...they are sort of identical! 
 3 generations

Megan and her mom were there as was Sheila. Wish I got a shot of all the moms! Shucks. Next year. 

And of course, my favorite- the seal sighting. If you enlarge this pic you can see him:)