Birthday Party

This was the pic on the invite.

The birthday party was a little early, but it worked out since Grandma and Grandpa were in town!  Aunt Jenny, who just started a cookie and cupcake business with grandma, sent the most adorable My Little Pony cookies.

While in town, grandma made yummy raspberry and vanilla cupcakes.  Elia helped.

This is the first year we did not have a party at home.  After calling bounce house places etc, I found this awesome indoor play ground in Carrollton that is open to the public on weekends, and you can reserve tables for parties for FREE!  It was a huge success, and we ended up spending about the same amount as we have in the past, because really all we had to pay for was the food.  No pinata this time around.  We saw some old friends and G invited all of her new friends too.

MLP shirt!

rock climbing.  this place had it all!

I was running around like crazy so I didn't take many pictures.  

March Madness

Sweet G earned the kindness award in March!

Open House- they had been learning all about farms!

Spring Break- went to Grandma's house who had a little bit of snow left.

Grandpa's specialty- pancakes!!

His other specialty- the ipad.

Can you guess how old this stud turned?

A quick playdate with the McBrides!

Back in Dallas, we ditched the STP parade and went to the Arboreteum instead.

Cousin's Bday party- 1 of 5 G was invited to in March!!!

My sweet girls.  Yes, Elia insisted on wearing a Christmas shirt in March.

Holiday Hoopla

Our school's Chistmas Holiday party was awesome.  PTA put the entire thing on outside of the classrooms, and the different grade levels rotated through.  My class had a blast, and afterward we watched Narnia in my classroom since we just finished reading it.  Gianna's party was during lunch, so I went down to hang out with her on my break.

 

 

Cotton ball on your nose race.  SHe would not let me take a picture of her with it on her nose!  I promise she was cute.

Antler toss

Ski relay

I couldn't stay with her the whole time. We had a blast!

Baptism/Atlanta trip Photo Dump

It took us 14 hours to get to AtL.  We ended up stopping at Cracker Barrel for dinner 12 hours in.

The star of the weekend: Anna

Dad and Anna

Bath-tism dresses as Elia called them.

Uncle Ryan showing off his skills.

Grandma and Anna

God-Parents and God- Child

Gettin baptized.

Love this one.  Its like a family with 2 sets if twins and a baby!

The McHugh side

Sweet Uncle Ry holding back the hair.

I made bubbles for all the kids at the Baptism reception.  A pinterest find.  Bubble solution was great but the pipe cleaner wands didn't do as well as I hoped. 

Slippered cousins

G, as usual, always helping when a baby is around!

How cute is her swim suit!

Sweet action shot.

Skyping with Aunt Shanny and Baby Brendan.  All 4 cousins were pushing and shoving to be front and center.

It was a fabulous trip!  Plans are in the works for a 2 week stay at Aunt Megan's house next summer.  It is the perfect hosue for cousin camp.  Miss those crazy boys and sweet Anna too!

Hello Kitty Party

This year I kept the girl's birthday party really small. Last year I think I invited anyone who had ever met the girls, plus all of my friends since we were celebrating my birthday. My house was sort of trashed after last year and so I decided to just keep it simple. We only had cupcakes, ice cream, and games. The girls had a blast though!

I found Hello Kitty stickers and backed them with pink or white construction paper with a toothpick in between.

Ice cream bubbles! I thought these would be perfect for favors since we were having real ice cream too!

Shan and I used different colored table cloths to decorate.  Definitely a pinterest idea!

Before kiddos ravaged the cupcakes and ice cream!

I love this picture of these 2nd cousins.  Also love little Xavier getting into mischief behind them by standing on the table.

Instead of buying a pin the tail game I just bought a Hello Kitty poster and made bows out of thick ribbon.

And of course, the pinata!

 

A great time was had by all!