Ben is 4

 Ben was so excited that it was finally his birthday! He's been asking every morning for the last week, "Is today my birthday?" He could hardly believe it when I said, "Yes" yesterday morning!! 

Of course Lauren had to help him open all his gifts! 

 He was very excited to get a "big remote control Lightning McQueen". 

 He's been having fun driving it all around. 

 Pancakes for breakfast, his favorite!

Kevin & Ben spent the day together eating lots of gluten filled junk food without Lauren and I:) They had a blast! Then we had a family bbq at night. 

 Make a wish! 

He was drenched from playing outside with the hose and super tired from a day of craziness. 

Saturday is his party and he is so excited for it. This boy loves planning parties just like his mama, all he can talk about is all the things we have to do to get ready and he really wants to start making the cupcakes today. Oh how I love this boy, he is just the best! 

Happy 4th Birthday Benny Boo!

Father's Day

 Father's Day morning we woke up and a nice relaxing morning at home. Then headed up to Lynden to see Kevin's Grandpa.

 Ben insisted on dressing up and he wanted to wear this bow tie. He picked out his whole outfit, can you tell?

We took grandpa out for coffee and then went to Matt & Sheila's for a bbq. It was a great night but I forgot to take pics! 

Happy Father's Day to all the fabulous dads in our lives! We are so lucky!!

Lauren's soccer party

 Lauren's team had a soccer party and she was feeling pretty cool and grown up!

 Lauren has a little crush on this guy:)

 Fun times eating in the tunnel with her teammates. 

 Receiving her first trophy from her coach- she was beyond proud!

This trophy is a very cherished item in the house and also very coveted by Ben, which makes it that much cooler! 

Last Soccer Games!

 Saturday Lauren and Ben had their last soccer games. 

 The past few weeks Ben really stepped it up and started playing hard.

 He scored 6 goals on Saturday and was pretty darn proud! 

 Lauren's teacher came to watch her last game! Lauren was so excited. We feel so lucky to have a teacher who loves Lauren enough to come watch her play! 

 Lauren got to play goalie and had a lot of fun with it!

 She LOVES coach Allie! Hopefully she'll get to be on her team again next year. 

 Love how she sticks her tongue out when she is really trying hard! 

Soccer is over for the spring and we are on to t-ball! 

End of the year Luau!

 We had a luau last Friday at Lauren's school to celebrate the end of Kindergarten!

 We had a fun dress up relay race.

 We did the limbo! And yes, I did dress up:) I'm a sucker for dressing up!

 Pineapple & coconut bowling

 The table of food. I made sushi using rice krispy treats, swedish fish, & fruit by the foot. Thank you Pinterest for the fabulous idea! 

 Lauren and her friend Ella!

 Target practice with colored water and squirt bottles

 More limbo

 The gang

 Mrs. Tobias used 1st grade fairy dust to turn the kids into Kindergarteners, Lauren LOVED it!

 So proud to be "first grader" now!

 She really wanted a pic of the fairy dust!

 So excited to be first graders!

 Not my best pic, but here we are. 

Love my sweet girl, can't believe she is already done with Kindergarten! 

Let's dance like we're at a wedding

Lauren asked Ben to dance like they were at a wedding, it was really cute!

Fun with the frog

The kids found a frog last week and had fun making it a little home. He escaped after a few hours but it was fun while it lasted!

Proud Boy

 Ben scored 3 goals at his "game" on Saturday and he was feeling pretty darn proud! 

Ben is hilarious to watch because he will run and try hard then completely turn it off and come over to us and say he's tired/hungry/thirsty, then go play again. This pattern continues the whole hour we are there. But for some reason this week he decided to play a little more and put some effort in and what do you know- the boy did good! It was very cute to see how proud he was!

Ben's Last Day of Preschool

 Ben had his last day of preschool on Thursday. Here he is with his best little buddy Bennett. 

 They won't be at the same school together next year, Ben sure is going to miss him! 

 The last day was supposed to be a picnic at the park and families were invited. It rained though so we all got to hang out inside all morning. The kids had a lot of fun showing us around though. It was cool to see all their favorite things to do. 

 Ben loves this old record player they use to make art. So fun!

 Treat time!

Saying good-bye to his teachers Miss Karen & Miss Kirsten! 

Ben will be at the same school next year but in the 4's class.

This year enrollment is down for some reason and his class only has 7 kids or so in it, so if you know anyone looking for an awesome preschool in Woodinville check it out! (Lauren went there for 2 years too and we have a great experience there). 

Here is the link:http://www.cottagelakepc.org/Preschool/OurApproach.aspx