Somebody Turned Seven Today

We piled into two cars.
Teenagers in one car.
Seven-year-olds in the other.
(Mom and Dad were with the seven-year-olds.)

We formed a caravan all the way to Funset Boulevard.
It's what the youngest wanted to do for his seventh birthday.

They all played laser tag, road the train, played games, ate pizza, bashed each other in the bumper cars, drank Pepsi, played laser tag again, played skee-ball, cashed in their ticket for prizes, ate cupcakes, and talked non-stop all the way home. It was a very late night, but my little one said it was the best birthday ever.

Happy birthday to my seven-year-old!

~ Not a Baby Anymore

My little super-hero just celebrated his 5th birthday. 
All he wanted to do was go to Chuckie Cheese's.

 Well, that and get lots of presents!

My heart is a little sad these days. 

He refuses to watch Thomas the Tank Engine anymore. 

He's all about super-heroes.

That's o.k. 

He makes a pretty cute super-hero!

So does dad!

Apparently, his older brothers have not outgrown having a little fun!

Well, maybe this one has.

Best part of the night:

dancing with Chuckie!

I'm guessing from this smile, this 6-year-old had a happy birthday!

~ Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie & Chevrolet

Oh well, three out of four ain't bad!

Today, we're wavin' our flags and celebrating the all-American way because Ellison and Aidan are officially American citizens, finally!

When their citizenship certificates arrived in the mail, we knew we had to celebrate. And since today's their birthday, we decided to make a day of it!

So we headed to the city for some traditional American cuisine at the Dogg House.

And then we spent the day at a friend's lake cottage.

After a full day of family fun, we headed home, grateful for our country and for the two little Americans who have made our lives so full and interesting these last 10 years!

We never did find that apple pie!

(This is the sunset we followed home. The photo doesn't do it justice. It was a ball of hot pink fire. Occassionaly, the road would turn and it would disappear behind trees. When it would reappear, Bennett would scream, "There's another one!" I think he counted 10-15 different pink balls in the sky!)

Happy 10th birthday Ellison and Aidan - we love you!

~ Friends FOURever

These precious little angels have been friends since the womb.

Three of them totally caught their mommies by surprise!

There must have been something in the water at church.

(Zachary's 1st Birthday: Zachary, Emmerson, Bennett & Ansleigh)

Their mommies got sick together,

had cravings together,

and got fat together.

(Bennett's 1st Birthday: Ansleigh, Zachary, Bennett & Emmerson)

Recently, these four have all had birthdays.

Now their mommies talk about potty training,

which socks don't wear out (Puma if your interested),

and how to survive the day with a three-year-old.

(Emmerson's 3rd Birthday: Emmerson with mom Jackie)

(Zachary with mom, Heidi)

(Ansleigh with dad, Greg)

(Bennett with his mommy)

My how time flies!