Birthday Fun!

Today we had Cade's birthday party. It's so hard to believe that he is really 5! The kids seemed to really have a good time. There were close to 20 kiddos there. They all enjoyed the party jumper a lot. Cade has some great friends (and family) and almost all of those that we invited were able to come! He had a great day!! He (and Chance) are at the moment playing with his cool presents. Here are a few pictures of the day. I didn't get to take as many pictures as I would have liked. It's hard to get that many kids to stop long enough to take a picture!! That's okay.
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I made a Scooby Doo cake for his birthday!
The party jumper was a big hit! He got so many great gifts!

Happy Birthday Cade!

Today is Cade's 5th birthday!! Wow..how time goes by! Cade got to eat breakfast on our birthday plate this morning. We will be going to pizza hut tonight for supper because that's what the birthday boy wants. We will have his birthday party Saturday so I'll post about that then!

Theme-Black and White

Here is my entry for the week. This was Chance watching the fireworks this past July. If you want to enter a picture go to iheartfaces.

Indoor Relay Races

It's been very cold the past 2 days...too cold for me to take the kids outside. Today we spent some of our time indoors having relay races. We did this a couple of weeks ago and the kids really had fun with it so we decided to do it again today. Today our relays included the pillow case race, crab walk, jumping on one foot, etc. They had fun for a little while until my two big boys started arguing because they each wanted to do different races and didn't want to do what the other wanted. I finally had to call it quits and move on to something else. it was fun while it lasted though. Cooper even likes to get in on the the pillow case race but has some trouble keeping his pillow case in place! He stays mad the whole time because it just doesn't work like he thinks it should. I figure in another year or so he'll be right in there with the big boys!!

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Valentine's Week Fun!

This week we've had fun doing several Valentine's Day activities! My collages are all different sizes..sorry about that! Just click on them to see the images enlarged!
The boys helped make heart shaped Rice Krispy treats one day. The girls got to cut a heart shaped treat too.

One day we dyed noodles red and then glued them on a heart the next day.

A few of our other activites included Valentine butterflies, white chocolate covered pretzels with red sprinkles (that was nice and messy!), and Valentine hugs! I found the cute poem on-line.

This activity was not done by us but was given to us by Cassidy and Claire. I thought it was too cute not to share. The idea came from FamilyFun.com. The rocket is made with a roll of Rolo's and a Hershey's kiss for the tip.

Isn't she just precious!!!!

Last night I met my newest niece for the first time. Matilyn is 6 months old now but because my little brother Matt and his wife Katy live in upper Michigan we haven't seen them in a year or more. We all met at my sister Amanda's house and ate a great supper and enjoyed little "Mattie" for a while. She was just adorable and loved me as soon as I walked in the door!!! Okay I'll admit it was really my necklace she loved! I hate that we live so far apart! Makes me sad to think that the next time I see her she'll be walking around and probably talking! So sad! I'm so thankful we were able to spend some time with them last night! Thanks Amanda for the great supper!!

Theme-Silly

This weeks theme at ilovefaces is silly. Here is my entry. This was taken of Cade last summer. Go visit the link if you want to enter a picture or just see all of the great pictures!!