Lucy Turns FIVE!!

 Lucy's birthday was Sunday and we had a family party for her in the afternoon. She requested pizza for dinner so I made pepperoni and chicken garlic pizza which turned out pretty yummy.

 Lucy wanted a pony cake so I attempted to make a small ponyville cake complete with some of her my little ponies. I even made a rainbow licorice arch and stuck it up with toothpicks.

 Lucy was super excited to open all her presents and in Lucy style, thanked everyone profusely over and over for what they gave her.

 She got a new twister dance game, doll furniture, a big Pinkie Pie pony, DVD, Books, Ariel costume and wig, and some play dolls for her doll house. She loved her Ariel costume and the wig is pretty awesome.

 She happily blew out her candles after we sang to her and thoroughly enjoyed her ice cream and cake.

Poor girl partied pretty hard and crashed on the couch shortly after. She also got this sweet new fluffy pink pillow that matches her "dee dee" (her fluffy pink blanket). Lucy is such a sweet kid at five and by far my easiest one. She is always so helpful and almost always kind to Isak and Lucy. She is very friendly and makes friends easily and always has a smile for me. She loves to draw and paint pictures and can write all the letters in the alphabet. She has grown up so much this past year, it makes me a little sad. It was like she became this big girl overnight and suddenly could do all this stuff for herself. She loves to sing and play with her stuffed animals and I often find her singing her own made up songs to her animals, playing some game with them. She loves preschool and I'm amazed at how fast she has learned things there and progressed. Next year is Kindergarten!! Slow down my baby girl, I need time to freeze so I can soak up this great age she is at right now!

Lucy's Birthday Party

Lucy had her birthday party on Saturday and needless to say, she was a little bit excited. She's been asking me when her birthday is for the past six months so this weekend has been much anticipated. She wanted a my little pony/rainbow party and despite my lack of planning, she was easily pleased with what we planned. She invited about 6 kids and very excited about her decorations and rainbow cupcakes.

We had each girl decorate her own foam tiara when they arrived complete with glitter glue, markers, and foam stickers.

We played pin the tail on Rainbow Dash and I was pretty proud of my free handed pony that I made the night before.

The kids went on a scavenger hunt around the house to find their goodie bags and they loved all the clues.

Then of course we had to break the pinata and obviously I didn't plan far enough to figure out where to hang it so Kevin bravely said he would hold it.  Some of these kids swung pretty hard so he was definitely taking a chance!

And the bursting of said pinata of course brought the candy frenzy of all the kids.

Lucy opened her presents and was very happy with her salon barbie she can give highlights too, dress up clothes, stuffed my little pony, and a new dress.

Rainbow cupcakes and ice cream .

We played Kinnect party while waiting for parents to come. Lucy had a terrific time, her decorations I'm sure will be up for at least a month.  We are lucky to have so many good friends around!

SNOW!

 SNOW! We have had so little snow this year that the first real snow of the winter got us pretty excited.  The kids loved throwing snowballs and  making a little fort and getting Kevin to pull all three of them at once on the sled. We managed to make it over to the park a few times and sled down some hills which was also very fun.

 Oh and the girls especially loved tasting the snow and Edyn ate quite a bit!

End of January.

 Edyn discovered she loves mangoes, doesn't seem to care if the peel is on or off.

 The kids and I have been creating some new juice combinations. I can put a whole lot of carrots, cucumbers and kale in it without them noticing as long as there is also green apples, mangoes, lemon and lime. I think with this one we might have thrown in some pineapple and an orange.  Isak and Edyn will always drink it, Lucy is usually done after one glass.

 This is me at about 7 months pregnant. I'm trying to document a few pictures from this pregnancy to look back on! The black shirt doesn't do me justice, I feel gigantic.

Lucy had her first dance performance and was very excited. Sadly their costumes didn't come in in time so she borrowed one from a friend that wore this last year at her recital.

 As Lucy was running into the building she bumped into some boys and yelled, "Watch out boys! Beautiful girl coming through!" Hahaha. I'm so glad Lucy doesn't have any self confidence issues! She is by far the tallest one in her class so she was in the middle. She did a great job and followed the steps very well and showed herself to be pretty graceful. She sure has come a long way since last year's cheer performance at the high school when she just got up and did her own dance in front of everyone.

Her official recital is in May and I'm excited for her, she really loves ballet and tap and its been good for her to have to follow directions and hold still. Although I'm pretty sure her favorite part is always going to be those huge floor to ceiling mirrors.  Great job Lucy!!

Edyn's Birthday!

 Our little Edyn turned two on the 12th and she was pretty darn excited for her "Pony Cake!!"

 Miss Edyn knew about presents and Lucy was more than willing to help her open them.

 She got a train track with train, a play cell phone, books, toy animals for her zoo, and a cake with a rainbow and pony that she's been asking for for forever.

 Edyn really loves her train and track and spent a long time watching it go around and around.

 Edyn ate her cake using the legs of her pony. It was pretty impressive.

 Happy Birthday to my sweet Edyn girl! You are definitely a firecracker in our house and keep me on my toes. She adores Isak and Lucy and loves to play with her ponies and animals and choo choos. She talks better than my other two at this age and can say just about anything she wants. She doesn't like it when we sing to her and expresses her opinion very well....She has a short fuse and is quick to temper. She is also incredibly loving and loves to climb in our bed and cuddle with us in the morning.  Now if I could just get her to keep napping all would be well!

 On New Years Eve we had a bunch of friends over and ate and lit off some fireworks that we had been storing away since July. The kids LOVED the fireworks, not so sure about the neighbors, and we discovered our house can hold a whole lot of people!