A Jolly Holiday

Today we celebrated Riley's birthday "Mary Poppins" style.

Invitations

kite decorating table

I made most of the decorations myself, but did purchase a few things off of Ebay and Etsy. It was so much fun creating everything.

Chalk drawing!

The Great Pumpkin

Jaron has been determined to grow a "giant" pumpkin for a few years now. This is the fruit of his labor from our garden this year!! It is huge! He cut it off the vine and placed it on our front porch today. Let's hope someone does not steal or smash it. :)

A sweet pic of Turtle, who celebrates his first birthday this month!

Oh, my bursting heart!

This beauty has learned to read, has a loose tooth, and so many other little things that are causing her to grow up too fast. My heart is so full of love and pride for this little girl.

Avery came home one day last week and wanted to make a robot. This is what she and Daddy came up with.

Riley is 3!

Ready for presents!! She woke up and immediately needed to put on her red "sparkle" shoes from Grams and Papa. It really is a chore to get her to take them off!

Birthday girl shirt from mommy and daddy!

"icecream money" from Aunt Kathy, Uncle Mike, and cousins Melissa and Kelci

Jessie lunchbox from Grandpa and Grandma and the Jessie costume from Aunt Kari.

Daddy took Riley out for a special birthday donut. Yum!

Riley and I got to spend some time together that night since Avery went to a birthday sleepover and Daddy had a football game. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday treat and she wanted a slurpee! After that we went to the Harker football game for a bit then home to watch the new Tinkerbell movie, a gift from Grams and Papa. It was a great day of celebrating!

A post for Grandma in Africa

So far...

I just had to re-post this pic. I absolutely love it.

Well, the first 2 days of Kinder are done and Avery is having a blast. She cried when I picked her up on Friday because she did not want to be away from school over the weekend. She said she would miss it too much. It made me so happy that I thought I would join right in and cry with her.
She had music and PE on Friday. One of the things I am most excited about with Harker is all of the extracurricular activities they offer. Plus, she still gets music, art, and PE every week. I guess, unfortunately, you get what you pay for and at 25,000 buckaroos a year that gets you a lot of great stuff. (We, of course, did not pay that! Only $2500! Jaron is never going to be able to leave Harker.)

She absolutely loved PE and when she came home, she changed out of her uniform into her exercise clothes. She came out and asked me, "Mom, can I have one of those things that you wear on your top for exercising? You know, the thing that covers your boobies." I was trying so hard not to laugh hysterically. I had to blog about it so I would not forget. After I explained to her that she really had no need for one of those she happily chose a tank top to wear and proceeded to jog around the house and instruct Riley on the art of exercising. She has been "teaching" Riley everyday and it is so funny to listen to all the things that Mrs. Wallace tells her throughout the day. Man, I love that girl!