Saturday, May 9, 2015

CelebrEIGHT!

Ever since we went to the trampoline place for our K12 homeschool day, Bug has been asking to go there for her birthday. It was a great choice because we all had a BLAST!

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And it was so nice for me because all I had to do was the pick up the cake! They set up everything and have pizza brought in.

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It seems better suited for older kids but Peanut had a lot of fun…mostly because Noni was a huge help and stayed with her the whole time so she could do everything and be a big kid!

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“I have FUN! Dis place FUN!”

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Hoops!

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Buggy was so excited because besides her good friends, Noni, Mama, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Nae, and Waylon all got to come!

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T was entertaining the kids with his wild jumps into the foam pit. :)

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I got to jump and have fun with the kids since everything was taken care of! Buggy liked me to bounce her up really high.

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Toe touch!

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Whee!

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Happy girl!

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Rope swing!

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Racing back and forth!

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Sweet Boo!

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They had one of those hurricane simulators. There was one other birthday party there (but otherwise we had the place to ourselves!) and Boo, T&S jumped in when all their kids went in it. So funny!

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They also had a big mat with a projector above it and it had all sorts of interactive games. One of the favorites was a whack-a-mole type with mice in Swiss cheese. You had to stomp on them whenever they popped up in a hole. :)

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Towards the end T started a rousing game of dodge ball!

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The kids (and adults!) had so much fun!

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Then it was time for pizza! They were hungry after all that bouncing!

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Next up was cake! Buggy picked, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and chocolate filling! Wow!

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Time for presents!

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She got so many fun things!

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Grown-up high heels from Aunt Karen!

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Jellies from Aunt Jody!

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She got clothes, Legos, a bead kit, a bracelet kit, a “Selfie” booth from Grandma and Grandpa, and lots more.

Our big present to her this year was roller blades!

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I forgot to get a picture of all the kids together. Oh well. The party was a huge success! We had a great time and it was a Happy Happy Birthday for our Buggy girl!

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Friday, May 8, 2015

The Birthday

Buggy woke up to streamers, balloons, and presents!

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I had bought her some new clothes and thought it would be fun to wrap them so she had to open her way down the hall and stairs…8 presents for our big 8 year old!

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Then we let her open the present from her sisters. I had also wrapped them one present too: an outfit I’d bought for Peanut a while back, and a new swimsuit for Boo.

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They got her the Lego Friends Hair Salon that she’d been wanting. She was very excited! They went downstairs and built it right after breakfast.

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The birthday girl was uncharacteristically not hungry and wanted half a cinnamon roll for breakfast. :P

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We let her open one more card, from Pawpaw and Nana. She and Boo have been saving up for 5 months to buy a Princess castle and with her birthday money from Pawpaw and Nana and Grandma V and Grandpa J, they made their goal!

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She wanted to go have lunch with Noni so we headed in and they played on base for two hours straight!

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Then Noni took Peanut back to her house for a nap and I took the other two shopping. We spent two hours between Target and Toys R Us! They had a great time just browsing and checking everything out.

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Then it was on to the birthday party! Pictures from that tomorrow!

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Sammy

Okay, the last of the pictures from Sammy’s visit. It was so fun to have him here for a couple weeks! He is such a sweet baby. Check out this adorable smile!
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The girls just loved him to pieces!
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Sweet cousins!
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Noni got to hold him while he slept a couple of times. Sweet boy.
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It was too cold to go outside and get nice pictures…maybe when they visit again in June we’ll be able to, but for now here is a cousin picture!
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And one of Noni and Papa with their four grandkids.
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Thanks for coming to visit Auntie N and Sammy! Can’t wait to see you again!

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Pottery Fun

Here are some more pictures from Cousin Sammy and Auntie N’s visit! One day we went to the pottery place to do some painting. Peanut chose a small bunny after seeing Buggy pick a larger bunny.

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Auntie N made the sweetest plaque with Sammy’s hand and footprint. I helped get them on there…the footprint wasn’t too bad but the handprint was kind of hard!

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Boo chose a penguin. She loves this place! She’s already asked to go back there.

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Sammy was so good! He sat in the stroller and just chilled out: talking and chewing on toys. He got a tad fussy at the end, but he did awesome for being cooped up for over 2 hours!

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Noni made a platter with all four kids handprints on it. So cute!

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Sammy didn’t want to put his handprint on Noni’s! We got it eventually. :)

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Peanut and Sammy loved each other! It’s always funny how much babies/toddlers like other babies/toddlers.

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Sweet cousins!

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