AC is 3!!

So AC has been obsessed with Tangled for awhile now.  When she was sick last year, B put it on and she sat and watched the entire thing. This was a first and since then whenever given a choice she would always want to watch it...So, naturally she wanted to have a Tangled birthday party.  Enter Pinteret.com

So I got all these idea of cute decorations(and got obsessed) like braiding some yarn above to be like her hair above.  Making banner using a template and her invitations.

I taped some ribbon on some dowel rods and a made goody bags that included paints of course.

Here is her cake.  I don't know why, but I am never really satisfied with cakes...except for C's Mario's cake:)

We had a "hair raising" slide:)

Good times:)

After the water-slide, we ate the cake and played inside and opened presents:)

AM's Dance Recital:)

AM's dance recital was the first week of May.  She was so fortunate this year to have a good friend of her's in her class.  They are both princesses.  Here they are before they entered the gym.

Most Fridays, Granny's would take AM and her good friend to dance and then bring both of them back over to her house for lunch and a tea party with AC.  These girls are very lucky!!

Here are the girls with their flowers from Granny.

Ms Lisa even came to watch the little angels:)

C just played on my Kindle Fire...

Here they are about to perform...

Me and my big girl...with her new bangs:)

These are the roses that Daddy bought with the flowers that Granny bought:)

Easter 2012

Easter 2012 was pretty low key for us.  B has to work and then we were able to go camping with was nice and quiet.  I had forgotten my camera.  We got the kids up super early so B could be there to see them explore what the Easter Bunny had left them, but he was not around for the easter egg hunt:(

We dyed some eggs as well using this tie dye stuff B had bought and the old fashion was as well. It was pretty fun!!

C's Baseball

C decided to try baseball this spring and I think it was a big success.  I think it was mainly due to the great coaches that he had helping him.  He went into the season barely being able to hit or throw a ball and ending getting a hit every time he was up and making some great plays while in the out field.

Here he is on base.  These are his old cleats from last soccer season.  They were way too small:(

 This guy LOVES cereal.  He eats it almost every morning, before practice and as a snack frequently.  These are his new cleats...I LOVE THEM!  I think he looks soooo cute!  When B took him to go get them, he thought I wouldn't like them because I am kinda a cleat purist, but I really think he looks smashing:)

B is hanging out with some other dads at the game.  Sometime they had to help in the dugout, outfield, or baselines.  One time B had to be like an umpire...

Granny and Pops can to support C at some games:)

 Here is C in his new cleats in his super batting stance...doesn't he look smart...?

The girls did really well at the games.  They made some friends with other little sisters there and either brought strollers to race wound with during the games or a blanket to spread their toys out on to play with.  I was always surprise how well they played at the baseball games.  They never complained about going...not like soccer games.  I don't know if it was the shade or their new friends...

My Cousin Adam came to visit

Funny thing was I couldn't say Brittany's name without saying Adam's.  She is now married, but when ever I reference her and her husband I always say, "Brittany and Adam".  And I always say Adam the way she says adam...with a northern accent...ayhea-dumm.

Here we are hanging out before the kids went to bed...

 It's so hard to get a good picture with all these kids...and dogs...

Here is one with the knee brace.  Don't worry, we made him ice it.

 He and Stella had an instant bond.  Partly because he kept making weird noises...

He'll be back.  Mainly just to visit the dog, but he will be back.

Gramma and Papa for Spring Break

C was so proud to read the entire book that Gramma had given to him for her!!  We were too!

We relaxed in the morning time:)

 We went and watch C play some baseball!!

 We went and watched C play some soccer!!

 It was St Patrick's Day and C insisted on GREEN shorts!!!!

 We played and had a GREAT visit with them:)

AM is 5!

Such a special occasion calls for a Wall of Honor tribute!!  I put up pictures of our angel from when she was a baby until this year!

Here we are post-school celebration.  Her birthday tends to fall on Spring Break, so we celebrate the Thurs before with her classmates.  We missed the cupcakes at school because of scheduling, so we recreated the party at home the next night:)

On her actually Birthday, we went out to eat for some Mexican food.  Gramma and Papa don't get much legit Mexican food.  They sang Happy Birthday and everything.  I loved it because none of the kids even asked for a sugar sweet dessert... They were satisfied with the meal and good time.

For AM's actual birthday party, we took 5 of her closest friends to Build A Bear.  We gave her several options for birthday party and she was adamant about having it here:)

I loved that all the kids got their own stuffed animal as a party present!!

Everyone came over after to have cupcakes and hang out. (But only briefly because I had a soccer game:)

We got her a bike and Barbie vanity table.  She loves her bike!!!