Happy Birthday Addison

Our little Addison turned four a few weeks ago. She was so excited for her birthday. She has been counting down since Parker's birthday in May. She knew that Daddy had to have a birthday and then I had to have a birthday and then it would be her turn. She was so funny. The day after my birthday she asked if it was her birthday. She was so excited about it!! She got to have a bunch of her friends over and she LOVED that!! 

The theme for her party was Candy Land. She is not a fan of cake and so this was perfect!!!

They went through the peppermint forest and held a peppermint on a spoon. A couple of them ate them before the race even began. 

They stopped off in the Gingerbread House and colored themselves a Gingerbread Man. 

Addison had few requests about the party, one of which was a pinata and the other was a jumper. That was easy, I am glad that I could deliver. She jumped FOREVER!! She loved that thing. We borrowed it from a friend and they forgot to come and get it until Monday and so we had it from Friday until then and my kids enjoyed EVERY minute of it.   

After all that fun they ended in the Candy Castle and filled up on sugar. Addison LOVED her cake. She is not a fan of cake and so when I saw this I knew that it would be perfect for her. After she blew out the candles we passed the cake around and there was something there for everyone. (Do you love her crown, she picked that out and insisted on wearing it all day long) They also had ice-cream. I had so much fun planning her party!! 

Happy Birthday Addison!! 

School has begun

So we have survived our first few weeks of school. I have been worried about all the new things Parker was going to be required to do this year.(vocabulary, Latin, and writing, on top of everything else he was already doing) But so far, so good. Only a few arguments here and there. I am loving my time with my girls while Parker is at school. I still cannot believe that he is in third grade. Here is our first day of school photo.

Now to get Addison going on some kind of school. Because she has a whole other year of preschool after this year before she starts Kindergarten I have opted not to put her into a preschool. We have been trying to get a co-op going with some friends. Just need one more to get started. Then it will be perfect.  She asks about it everyday, hopefully it will be starting soon. In the meantime, we are going to be doing a mommy preschool while Parker is in school. She is very excited!!

Summer has come and gone

We had an amazing summer!! I was kind of sad to see it go. We traveled alot and so I am glad to see that part of it gone and back on a schedule but we really did alot of fun stuff. And I will miss the lazy mornings. But we were ready for school to start!!

Just a few things we did this summer.

Kids finally got to feed the dolphins in Sea World. (we missed it the first few times) 

We went to Legoland Discovery in Dallas.  We surprised the kids with this. (Thanks Allan and Diane for taking care of Kate, so much easier without her!)

 

Seriously the coolest part of the place, a whole city built out of legos...that must have taken FOREVER!!  Parker says that is what he wants to do when he grows up.

 

By far the kids favorite part of the whole place!! What kid doesn't want to drive their own car??

We went to Glenn Beck's Restoring Love event in Dallas.....I cannot explain how cool this was. Jeff kind of dragged me there, but I am glad that we went!! So much fun!!

Part of the volunteer day. (34,00 people volunteered that day, pretty amazing!)

The main event was held at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. If you have not seen this place...wow...huge!!!

Parker went to his very first Major League Baseball game. We didn't win, but still fun.  (Thanks again to Allan and Diane for watching the girls, so fun to spend time with Parker)

  Spent some time with Mark and Lacey. They just moved to San Antonio and we have enjoyed visiting them and meeting Baby Jax. We went to the Children's Museum downtown last time...kiddos loved that!!

 Addison was in love with their HEB, it was a full on grocery store with check out and everything, she played in there forever. 

Parker loved the big chess game, he kicked my butt, I was the one who taught him to play, I kind of asked for it. 

I traveled to the big city of Atlanta (by myself) and went to a National Conference for Thirty-One Gifts. Such an amazing experience. I met some amazing people and just fell in love with Thirty-One even more. Oh and got a few new cute bags...a girl can never have too many bags. (Thanks Jeff for taking the week off and staying home with the kids so I could go!! Already planning on going next year!!)

My new favorite bag....aren't those owls so cute?? And it is thermal lined...what is not to love??

Let's not forget about our weekly bowling trip, swimming a few days a week and our movie outings as well!! We had a fantastic summer! Sad to see it go!