School Thanksgiving Parties!

Ashley had her Thanksgiving Feast at La Casa yesterday.  Her class dressed as Pilgrims.  How cute is she?

 After chapel time they move to the courtyard for their feast!

 Happy girl!

 It really is such a cute tradition!!

 Bunch of little turkeys, oops Pilgrims ;) 

 And then today Trevor had his Fall party.  Since Mommy is the Room Parent she organized it with the help of some great parents.  We came up with 5 activities for the kids to rotate around.  We tried to make them fun but some educational ones like this candy corn math!

 Christian's Mom Amber introduced us all to the Thankerchief which will become a tradition at our house too.  

Trevor said he was thankful for books when the Thankerchief came to him! 

 Ring toss!

 Another little Trevor admirer, Ava!

 Making turkey apples!

 And of course a class pic!  They are growing so fast!!

Ashley 3 Year Well Check

All was well and good until that mean nurse gave her the necessary vaccines.  

 Our sweet girl hid under the table just crying and crying.  Broke Mama's heart :(

But her stats are good:

Weight 33.8lbs (79th percentile)

Height: 39" (90th percentile)

Trevor's 6th Birthday Party

For Trevor's 6th birthday he wanted a sports party at the park.  No problem!!  We knew just the people to make it happen.  First, Jen Burrell with her amazing cake that incorporated all of Trevor's favorite sports at the moment - baseball, basketball, karate and football!

 And Trevor's basketball coach who ran his party!

Trevor really looks up to him!

 The kids were all ears when it came to Coach Marvin which was great!  Allowed for Mommy and Daddy to mix and mingle and capture all of these wonderful memories!

 The kids completed an obstacle course!

 Our babysitter Kat did face painting!

Even Trevor had some done!

 And Gabriella (er, Cinderella as Trevor calls her)

 Then it was time for kickball!

 Go Trevor!

 Trevor and Claire Feather....they are just too cute together!

 Ashley didn't want to participate in the activities...probably because she didn't want to be too far from the cheese balls!

 The parents said this was the best birthday party ever!  The kids were entertained and we brought beer and wine!  The party started at like 3 and the last people left after 9pm!!

 But not before cake!

 Trevor was excited to find this sparkler '6' birthday candle!

 Happy 6th birthday to one of the sweetest boys around!!

 It's tough to blow out a sparkler but he was sure going to try!

 Hmmm....

 After the party was cleaned up and he opened a few gifts (saved the rest for the next day because it was so late).  Boy did his friends spoil him!

 But his favorite part is still the cards and seeing what his friends said.  Such a sweet, sweet boy!!!  

Ashley's birthday party

Because Ashley is all about dance right now we had a little birthday party for her during our neighborhood friend playgroup!

Of course we had Jen Burrel make her cake...not only are they beautiful they are so delicious! 

 Birthday girl got a new birthday tutu and crown!

 Besties!  They are always so excited to see one another!

 When kids came in they could choose superhero capes ...

 ... or adorable leggings to go with their tutus!

 We had lots of snacks for in between the kids activities along with chicken nuggets and peanut butter sandwiches!

 One activity was making fruit loop necklaces

 Ashley loved stringing the fruit loops on!

Go Remy! 

 Even Gracie could do it!  Although eating the Fruit Loops is just as much fun!

 Another activity was making princess crowns!

 Nora preferred her crown to be simple!

 Claire got hers all fancy!

 Grandma Pauline and Papa John stopped by for a little bit.  

 Papa's version of fun doesn't include 20 some kids running around so they made it a quick visit.  We understand!!

 Before cake time we tried to get a quick pic of everyone.  Well, tried is the key word.  We got some in the pic and we missed some but we understand it's hard to stop coloring pictures for a picture!

When it came time to sing Happy Birthday Ashley hid under the table.  This reminded Mommy of when Trevor turned 3 and we were singing to him at Grandma and Papa Hillins with his cousins when he got off the step stool and ran around crying.  Must be sensory overload!

 But Mama got her out from under the table and held her while her friends sang.

 She wanted no part in blowing out the candles so we all helped!

When the cake was being served and everyone was eating our birthday girl was all smiles again!

Onto presents!!

 She was so excited about each and every present!

 And she had lots of help opening so it went pretty fast!

 Ooooh!

 Ahhhhh!

 We think Ashley will remember this birthday, it was such a cute little party with all of her friends!!!