14 Things Summer (my 2 yr. old) Loves to do...

14. Blow kisses with her hand and say "mmmpwahhhh"
13. Call herself cute, her clothes cute, her shoes or boots cute, her stuffed animals cute, every puppy she sees cute, the bunnies in our backyard cute, kitties cute...you get the idea.
12. Say no when she really means yes.
11. Wake up completely naked from her naps.
10. Yank out her hair clips the second I put them in.
9. Arch her back and scream REALLY loud when being buckled into her carseat.
8. NEVER sit in the front of a cart. It has to be the back of the cart or walking--and you know how that goes!
7. Wander around the house in the middle of the night to find another bed to sleep in other than her own.
6. Pull out every single baby wipe in the package.
5. Hand me LOTS of toilet paper.
4. Take showers with one of her sisters. It's like saying the word "walk" in front of a dog. We have to spell the word "shower" or she starts stripping right then and there.
3. Wear her Princess dress-jammies all day long. Even over her regular clothes.
2. Say "I wike it, I wike it Mommy, I wike it" over and over again.
Translation: wike = like.
1. Be incredibly adorable, sweet, funny, loveable and a complete and utter joy to our entire family. We love you Summer!

Ainsley's Birthday!

Ainsley turns 7 on Monday so today we celebrated with a Birthday Party!
Here are some pictures from her party... Ainsley with all her new Webkinz friends.

Bragging rights!

[Warning: If you are unfamiliar with Webkinz then this next post won't make much sence, but your welcome to read it anyway!]

It's my blog so I get to brag a bit right? I worked so hard on this Webkinz birthday party for Ainsley. And even though I'm exhausted now, I know she had a blast and I guess that makes it all worth it. So here goes the bragging part...First of all you can't buy Webkinz party supplies or games so I had to get creative with everything. For the games I made 10 Webkinz bingo boards by copying the Webkinz clipart off of their website. And we taped pictures of webkinz on the kids backs and they had to guess which webkinz they had by clues their friends gave them. I had all of Ainsley's friends bring their Webkinz and they hid them around the house and played Hot/Cold. And the last game was doing a gem hunt (Thanks Nat for the idea!) I got a bunch of different colored rocks and stones from Michael's, hid them around the house and they had to find them. They got different kinds of candy for each different kind to gem they found.

Now for the cake....I really was afraid this was going to be a disaster but somehow I pulled it off.
And one last brag... the goodie bags. I decided to use my new QuicKutz Silhouette Machine and make my own bags. I spent 1/2 a day on them and here's how they turned out...

Another month, another Birthday!

Whew! I'm done! No more birthday parties to plan until next year! I thought I was being so smart by having my kids in the springtime. But, this once a month thing is wearing me out. Kenzie's birthday is in February, Summer's is in March, Ainsley's is in April, I am in May and Bart is in June. Bart doesn't like a lot of hubub so I won't have to do much for his birthday and I'm STILL hoping for a suprize birthday party (I'm not holding my breath though). So, tell me--is it better to get it all done with at once or is it better to have them spread out throughout the year?

Summer and Stew's Birthday!

Summer was born on a very special day...the same day as her Grandpa's (March 27th). So this year my dad celebrated his 71st birthday by having a Dora the Explorer Birthday!

Summer is giving Grandpa his candle to lick off the frosting.

We had some of our very wonderful friends come celebrate with us and go swimming too. It really was a lot of fun!
Summer & Grandpa.
Summer was anxious to get to the swimming part.
Here is Summer with one of her friends in their matching swimming suits.
I KNOW!!! I'm freaking out! But she LOVES it and he catches her everytime!