LUKE'S 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY

Today was Luke's 3rd Birthday Party
(His actual birthday is on Sunday)
Jake took the day off, and we had a 'playdate' party with some his (and my) friends.
I was able to borrow a small bounce house for the kids to play on which was a BIG hit.
Other than it being REALLY hot, it was a great party, and I think everyone had good fun.

The Spread

The Cupcakes - the frosting was already melting. lol

What a LUCKY boy

We were really lucky to be able to borrow a bounce house from a friend. It was a BIG hit...
So much so, that I'm almost tempted to buy our own for parties and special occasions when there will be lots of kids around...it kept them entertained and with just about no fighting. lol

A 'mouse' - the birthday mouse to be precise got into the food before we were ready. LOL

A missing bite out of a sandwich

The 'mouse' himself. haha

Blowing out his number 3 candle

My STAR friend... here an hour early, helping with set up and kids :)

Baby Sister... she happily sat in the pack 'n play and just hung out, playing with her toys.
She was SO good :)

LOVE that sweet face, and those kissable cheeks

Julie (who helped with clean up), Amber and Scarlett

Little Miss Ava

The first gift - a WHOLE BOX of trains for his tracks

Ava and Kate sporting their animal print outfits :)

Time for gifts (it got REALLY chaotic, REALLY fast...hence the lack of pictures. lol)

Remote control car

My other two loves... so good looking

On to another gift - it was a tractor with a wagon attached (Jake picked it out)

Thomas wooden puzzles

More train tracks to go with his now big Thomas & Friends train collection

Our HOT and Sweaty family picture. Aren't we good looking ;p
LOL

 

I wasn't able to get as many pictures as I had hoped of his gifts and opening them - What was suppose to be a few minutes of calm, with him opening his gifts, showing them to the camera and smiling for me, LOL (yes, I have high expectations), turned into a whirlwind of chaos, paper and loud kids. haha...

More pictures to come after his ACTUAL birthday on Sunday

EASTER 2012

This weekend has been a whirlwind of chaos, fun, too much sugar, and not enough sleep. LOL
I just uploaded exactly 430 photo's that we took between yesterday afternoon and today.
So I've selected a much smaller handful of photo's to show what we've been up to with the kids.

We headed to church this morning, then had lunch and naps after church. By the time everyone was up, it was nearly dinner time, so we held out on giving the kids their Easter treats until after dinner.
Luke got a bubble gun, because he LOVES 'dubbles' as he calls them.. unfortunately it was a dud and wouldn't work - back to the store tomorrow.

Inspecting their loot.

The Easter Bunny's delivery... he was crafty and used buckets with shovels attached, instead of Easter baskets, because he knew that Luke needed new sandbox toys. lol

 

 

 

Luke went straight for the candy. haha

The biggest chocolate he's ever had, and will have until at least this time next year. lol

YUM YUM

"All Done" - now for clean hands.

"Now HOW did Big Brother get the candy out of these?"

Yesterday we had a fun BBQ and Easter egg hunt at a friends house.

Easter Egg Hunt

Counting my eggs... got to make sure I got ALL twelve. lol

Kate and Scarlett hung out while the big kids hunted for eggs :)

After the hunt, Luke disappeared to the front yard where he could 'safely' open his eggs without anyone snatching them from him. lol

And THAT is our Easter. Cute kids, chocolate, church and chaos. LOL...

JUST LUKE

It seems that in the last year or so, it's become harder and harder to get Luke to 'pose' for photo's etc, so I haven't caught too many of him actually looking at the camera and smiling recently.
Yesterday, while hanging out on daddy's lap at the dinner table, he was happy and smiling, and very willing to let me take a few photos.
I decided to dedicate a blog post solely to the photos' I got of Luke with his handsome, sweet face :)

Yesterday while playing outside with Jake,
Luke was trying to blow dandelions.
Here is a cute video of my 'no pants' boy blowing them. lol

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