We’ve had a lot of fun happenings around here the past several weeks. Birthdays, holidays and visits have made for one party after another!
Samuel turned 7 the end of March. Love this guy! He is such a good kid.
He wanted a Legos Pharaoh Quest party. I love planning parties, but Chuck and I went a little overboard on this one. Okay - maybe I went a little overboard and because Chuck is so amazing he merely went along with my crazy ideas. Although he did put the kibosh on one of my fabulous ideas. I wanted to wrap him up like and mummy so the kids could fight him at the end of their quest. For some reason he wasn’t too hip on the idea of being a giant fighting mummy!
I’ve decided I love decorating our front room wall with the party theme (or actually I love watching Chuck decorate the wall).
Chuck also made this mummy piñata. It was almost a little too durable!
And the cake. One of the boys at the party made me smile when he told me how great the cake was and that he needed to have his mom make a cake just like this. The boys had a great time at each of the 6 quests and it was fun to see everything come together.
Spring is the time everyone likes to come visit. We had a lot of fun with Chuck’s sister and her family.
My family also came to celebrate all our spring birthdays (Samuel, Isaac and Bronson). Presents scattered all over the place reminded me of Christmas. Samuel really wanted a bow and arrow so Grandpa and Grandma bought him one and I about died when he shot an arrow at a target, it bounced back and nearly hit my camera lens!
Somehow Trina managed to talk me into making Bronson’s birthday cake! (She was actually going to come early to make the cake because I have the cake cutter, but she got sick so being the extremely nice big sister I am I just made it!). We thought Jenna’s Minnie Mouse cake turned out so cute we might as well go for a Mickey Cake for Bronson’s 2nd birthday.
This is the first year I can remember that we have celebrated Easter with just our little family. We had a fun week leading up to the holiday with all of our traditions. And a crazy escapade trying to get pictures of the kids in their new Easter outfits. Maybe one day I’ll post the pictures or tell the story – it’s a great one!
Bella made me laugh while decorating eggs. We had a monster egg decorating kit this year and after she finished this particular egg she took a look and it and said, “You’re soooo cute. Oh, I mean you’re so monsterly!”
Samuel had his school performance. It’s always entertaining!
Isaac turned 4. This little guy makes me smile. Love this guy too!
I convinced him it would be fabulous to have a pirate party. I ordered supplies for Samuel’s party and was able to use a lot of the same stations and supplies for Isaac’s party.
And Chuck was doing the dance of joy that my friend Kristen had these pirate ships so he didn’t have to draw a giant ship on the wall. And we found the Orlando for $10 at the party store. Can I just tell you how crazy it was to have this life size Orlando Bloom in the house for 2 weeks. Chuck scared me half to death hiding him behind a door. I let out a giant scream and the kids giggled with glee. Orlando will be making plenty of other appearances. I’m sure I could make him into a great Santa!
And Isaac’s pirate ship cake. After making 3 cakes in 2 weeks I’m a little caked out!
We’ve been biking. I’ve been pulling the kids in the bike trailer a lot lately and I’ve decided I really enjoy riding bikes.
And we’ve been hiking.
Trina and I also took a little weekend getaway to Vegas. We had to get a picture with our giant drinks and popcorn. We went to see Hunger Games and our snacks cost WAY more than the movie ticket. We ate that popcorn for days!
We’ve had so much fun we all need a little rest!
