Happy Birthday Teddy!

Last week we celebrated Teddy's 5th birthday with a party at Pump it Up in Peoria. This is the same place we had the girls party in the fall so they were excited to go back. It was kind of a nuts week with getting ready for the holidays and everything but the kids had a blast. It was funny to see Teddy interact with his little school friends. The kids burned a ton of energy and Teddy got lots of legos so it was a successful night!

Weekend in Review

This past weekend went by really fast and I have a feeling this week is going to go by just as fast. Friday night I had a soccer game and then got up early morning to go for a 10k run. I went early so Justin could go for a ride after me and still have time to make it to Everly's soccer game but I had to call him back early from his ride because Everly woke up with an ear infection after being sick most of the week. He did still get in 14 miles but we headed over to my sister's and she gave her some oils since no where was opened yet. She also had some ibuprofen and I think that helped with her discomfort. She said she wanted to go to her soccer game and was feeling better but she really didn't play well. We got her into a clinic after her game and got her a prescription for the infection and she is doing much better. Saturday night my siblings came over and we celebrated Justin's 34th birthday with pizza and cake. On Sunday I had a soccer game and then after I got home we took the girls over to my sister's house so we could go to dinner with Justin's family for his birthday. He wanted to go to Camp Social which was very cute and fun. It was good to see his family since we don't do Thanksgiving with them. We will, however, be hosting everyone for Christmas breakfast this year so that will be fun. I sure do love this time of year!

   

   

 

Dinosaurs in the Desert

Today was the last day we could go see the new Dinosaur in the Desert exhibit for free as members so my sister and I made the plan to go after Teddy got out of school around lunch. I had to take Everly out early but it is her birthday so it seemed like a good enough excuse. Sue me. It was pretty warm out but I thought it was pretty cool. As you are walking up they have Jurassic Park music playing and who doesn't love the Jurassic Park movies??? Aspen was a little scared at first but I think she was just tired and eventually she warmed up. I honestly thought it was pretty cool and would probably pay to go see it again...just when it is not so hot. It was quite toasty today. We knew it was going to be hot though, so we packed suits for the splashed. That helped the kids cool off a lot. The only actual exhibit we went to was the orangutans on the way out. Our sole purpose for that trip was to see the Dinosaur exhibit. I think it was a fun little way to celebrate Everly's birthday!

quick little video

Aspen had not warmed up to this yet....

baby wrangler

 

 

A little side by side since Nora was in Mae's hand me down. Mae was 3 months younger. 

Pump it Up Birthday Party!

Last week we had a joint birthday party for the girls at Pump It Up! in Peoria. We knew we wanted to have a joint birthday party for the girls this year and debated where to hold it before finally deciding on Pump it Up. It was a little more expensive than if we had held it at home or a park but it was a lot less work. This was also the first time Everly invited her entire class to her party. A couple of her other friends have had parties there so she really wanted to have hers there as well. The only thing we had to bring was treat bags and cupcakes which I literally put together the day of. It was nice to just have to show up. We also didn't even have to worry about taking pictures. They do all that for you and provide you with the pictures after. They aren't very good quality but they are fun. We had a pretty good turnout and the kids had a blast. Aspen even had one of her little friends come! She took a while to warm up but then she was following the big kids down the big blowup slides! Everly loved sitting in the chair and opening all of her presents and Aspen was just ecstatic to finally be able to eat one of her cupcakes. Everly's birthday is actually next week so we will do a little family pizza party but this night went really well and she had lots of fun.

 

These slides are pretty fast

 

 

Everly and 2 of her godparents

the whole group.

Cam had a blast too

Love celebrating my girls!

Apple Picking on Aspen's Birthday

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids apple picking before the season was over. We should have done it earlier in the month but better late than never. The farm we went to was Date Creek Ranch and was outside of Wickenburg and about 4 miles off the freeway. It was on a dirt road which was interesting, but kind of cool once we got close to the farm. They had cows and you had to maneuver the one way road as the cows just roamed. We were the first ones at the farm that morning so we had the orchard to ourselves. The kids had fun picking apples and even got to see some pigs. Aspen inherited my sensitive gag reflex. She started gagging just due to the smell of the pigs. It was kind of funny because she had no idea what was happening. After we finished picking apples we packed up and headed to the mall on our way home to spoil Aspen at her favorite store, the Disney Store. She actually calls it the princess store. Since it was Aspen's birthday but her party wasn't until the next week, we also treated her to dinner at Freddy's. That girl was happy with some French fries and chocolate custard. She also got some presents from her Aunt and Grandma so she was definitely spoiled. It was a great Saturday.

Had to stop at Starbucks to treat Aspen to a birthday cake pop before we hit the road.

Aspen picked out a tiny snow white house. She loves all things tiny.

I think she had a good birthday!