Blake's Birthday

Blake had a sleepover on Friday with a few of his friends. I think the key to success was keeping it small and it helped that Blair spent the night with her friend which is one of the boys little sisters. There were no tears, no one got mad and no one got hurt. I think this is the best group of little boys around! We had a bouncer on Friday evening and they all played outside until dark. When they came in they played upstairs and then went to sleep about 11. They were up early and after breakfast they watched cartoons and played outside more. Blake was pretty exhausted Saturday afternoon but everyone seems to have recovered.

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We have celebrated Blake's birthday all week! We celebrated on his actual birthday, just the four of us, by going out for breakfast and opening presents. On Sunday, mamaw, papaw and nana came and we celebrated again with Blake's favorite meal of fried chicken and vegetables, opened MORE presents and had nana's super yummy cupcakes.

Blair's Recital

Blair loves ballet! She had two dances in her recital this year that was called "Feathered Friends". SHe was a duckling and an indigo bunting. She is already sad that it is over and wants to know when it will begin again.

Easter

Fishin'

Dad and Uncle Charlie took Blake and Blair fishing-on the boat! Dad said they did great! And, they even brought home dinner.

Blair Birthday Part 2

Blair had a great 5th birthday! She took donuts and milk to share with her pre-school class. At 12:30 6 of her little friends came over for a party. We ate Blair's favorite lunch of pizza and had Hello Kitty cupcakes and ice cream. We played games and did crafts. I think they all had a good time. The cupcakes were nothing fancy and certainly NOT as good as Nana's. Oh well, 5 year-olds don't really care. I think this might be the best bunch of little kids around! I love every single one of them!! Blake was especially excited to get to come home from school early to be at Blair's party. We played outside (after Ballet) and Blair opened some presents from Mommy and Daddy. I am exhausted and so is Blair (I for see a birthday hangover tomorrow) but I would do every bit of it again to see that little smile on her face. I am so proud of my little girl. She is sweet and spunky, smart and fun. I am sad to see this phase of her little life come to close but I'm also excited to see what God has in store for her.

Blair's 5th Birthday part 1

We visited family this past weekend and celebrated Blair's birthday. We had a great party on Saturday with our family. She loved being the center of attention! We had her favorite-pizza, salad, Sunkist, birthday cake, ice cream and chocolate covered strawberries. Nana made her a special ballerina birthday cake. She received so many nice and thoughtful gifts. It is such a blessing to have so many people who love her. She got a new bicycle which was good thing as she had outgrown her little one. The new one is pretty fancy!

A Visit From the Tooth Fairy

Blake lost his first tooth on February 1st. He didn't want to put it under his pillow that evening because he wanted Blair to get to see it and she was already asleep. He also thought it would be a good idea to wait until all of his baby teeth came out and put them all under his pillow so he could get a lot of money! I convinced him that wasn't a good idea. The tooth fairy brought him $5.00. I guess the price of teeth have increased since I was a child!

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas with our family!

Blair received her very own personalized letter from Santa. She thought it was very neat that Santa knew exactly what she had been up to! Blake also got a letter, but wasn't very interested.

We visited with Aunt Becky, Uncle David, Aunt Harumi and Taylor over Christmas.

Christmas Play

We had a long but good day. Went to church, lunch, Blair's pre-school program and a church Christmas play. By the end of the day I had one snarky shepherd and one disgruntled angel. They were cute though!

A Few Pre-Christmas

We have been busy along with everyone else this holiday season. Last Sunday we visited Santa. Blake is really starting to question us about Santa. He just doesn't buy it but he's too afraid not to believe. Hoping we will know the right time to level with him. It's tough when you don't want to feed a lie and REALLY make it into something it's not and still not spoil it for a younger sibling. Which leads me to Blair. She is totally sold on Santa; Even though, she wouldn't tell him what she wanted for Christmas which makes it tough since she won't tell me either!! Blake had his Christmas music program at school. It was really cute. They wore their pj's and sang Christmas songs. I couldn't really get any good pictures or video. It was so crowded and I felt like I was in other people's way. Will have more to post soon.