A Cousin Birthday Celebration

We went to Grami and Poppi's this weekend to meet up with the Cousins.  It was warm enough for swim suits.  The kids had water fights...looks like Ceci is going to get Olivia wet!

Nope, she drenched herself!

Here's some water fight action.

Then we had duck races.

Look how big Baylor is getting.  Before long he'll be running around with the rest.

The kids showed off how high they could jump.

Then youngest to oldest for some pinata fun.

Elle goes first...Gia was next but hit herself so she didn't actually hit the pinata :-(

Marcus gives it his all.

Go Emma Go!

Nice hit Olivia!

Almost got it Ceci.

And last but not least...Sophie...she ended up breaking it.

Everyone got treats.

Marcus the pirate gives this 2 thumbs up!

Next was present time...everyone got presents!

Last was cupcakes!  Yum.  Does this all look like a familiar celebration?  We decided since we haven't been able to get to all the cousin birthday parties we'd do one big Cousin Birthday Celebration this weekend.  It worked out awesome!  They all had a blast.  We used mainly left overs from other birthdays along the way so the cost was reasonable too...no stress for the adults either!  It was a success!

The girls got these beautiful fairy wings, skirts and wands from Colby and Kimmie's family...so cute!

Sweet little Emma.

The kids had a great time together and played hard!  Everyone slept really well Saturday night.

Last Day of School

Today is the last day of school.  There is no Kindergarten graduation...but the girls did bring their report cards home yesterday and they both did great!  So today is a 1/2 day and then they are officially first graders!  Hard to believe. 

Wedding Fever

Tuesday evening while I was making dinner the kids were playing in the front room.  I heard Emma tell Olivia she had to do the talking.  Then this followed:

Olivia:  "Do you promise to keep your babies safe?"
Emma and Marcus:  "Yes!"
Olivia:  "Do you promise to be good to your Mommy and Daddy?"
(I peeked around the corner and quickly ran to grab my camera)
Emma and Marcus:  "Yes!"
Olivia:  "You may now kiss!"

(and I got my camera ready just in time!)



If they weren't 4 and 6 I might be worried...this is just to cute not to share though.

Of course, we had to get pictures of the entire wedding party.

We do have a big wedding coming up this summer...my baby sister is getting married.  Guess the kids have caught the wedding fever in preparation!

Last of the 30's

I turned 39 today and look how spoiled I was!  The girls worked really hard all day wrapping presents for me.  You can imagine my surprise when I opened presents to find my magazines and books that mysteriously went missing throughout the day.  The girls even gave me recent presents they had received from their birthday last weekend.  It was so sweet.  They were sure to let me know which ones I could actually keep and which ones were just for "fun" but needed to be returned to their room :-)  I loved them all especially the excitement from the kids as I opened each one.  Those beautiful flowers were my "real" present from everyone.

Marc made me a cake!  The kids helped decorate it right before I blew out the candles. 

Everyone sang Happy Birthday and we ate the Yummy cake.  It was a very nice birthday overall.  I felt very spoiled and loved.  I'm so blessed to have such wonderful kids and husband too :-)

Crafting

T-ball was cancelled last night due to a storm.  That resulted in craft night.  The girls got a lot of fun crafts for their birthday.  Last night they made jewelry; tonight they made the butterflies hanging behind them and picture frames.  Everything turned out really cute.  They were so proud.  Marcus did contribute a little but mostly he wanted to be in the picture to show how proud he was of his sisters. 

 

Happy 6th Birthday!

Olivia turned 6 yesterday...she picked Hello Kitty as the theme of her party.  Here she is with her cake!  She was so excited for her birthday...she was almost a broken record yesterday saying "I'm so excited today is my birthday!"  I've never seen someone so excited for their birthday.

Emma also turned 6 yesterday...here she is with her beautiful cake.  She was pretty excited too.  However she was a little irritated with her sister saying "my" birthday.  Emma often corrected her letting her know it was "our" birthday!  Too funny!

The birthday girls.  Nana made the adorable cakes of course.  They were a hit once again as all Nana cakes are!

Marcus handled this birthday well again.  He sure is a trooper being the only kid in the family not celebrating a birthday.  The party was at 4:30 and around 3:00 Marcus disappeared.  I went down to his room and noticed his door closed.  I opened it and found a sleeping Marcus.  We had to wake him up for the party...he was tired!

This year's giveaway gifts were stepping stones.  As the kids arrived, they each got to make a stepping stone.  That activity was a big hit too.  We had lots of kids and each stepping stone was very unique.  It was fun to see the different imaginations around the group.

Marcus was not too left out.  Several of our guests were nice enough to bring Marcus gifts too.  He was pretty excited. 

We had a BBQ dinner with everyone.  Yummy!

Here are the teens...they used to be the little ones; how time flies! 

My good friend, Crystal came to the party too.  Here is her little guy who will have his 1st birthday next weekend!  We had a great turnout overall...around 50 people total.  All our good friends and some family members made this a wonderful party!

The girls requested a pinata this year too.  They just love to hit those pinatas.  Olivia went first...she hit it hard but it didn't quite break.

Emma went next...Nice hit Emma...still didn't break.

Marcus gave it his all...every kid had a turn and the last kid, Zach (10 years old...refer to Monster Truck post to see his birthday) finally broke it and spilled the candy all over the place.  All the kids got a handful of candy.  It was a success!

Next was present time!  Have you ever seen so many presents?

The girls got lots of cool gifts from everyone.  Olivia did her usual ohing and ahhing over every gift.  She showed everything off to everyone as she opened them.

Emma took it all in too but did her usual as well.  She got through the gift opening at a rapid pace and was done in record time.  Such different girls!

Cake time...one last picture, then we sang Happy Birthday and they attempted to blow out the candles (the wind did most of the blowing beforehand though).  We had great weather (rain was in the forecast and we woke up to rain too) and amazing guests.  Another perfect party!

Nana and Papa hit the road first thing this morning.  Thanks for coming Nana and Papa.

Grami and Poppi left around the same time.  The house is quite and the new toys are getting a lot of play time.  Thanks to everyone who made the twins' day extra special!