Brookie's Bake Shoppe Birthday Party

For the longest time all Brooke wanted for her seventh birthday was to do a big birthday party with all her friends at Build a Bear Workshop. After looking into it and finding out that the cost would be several hundred dollars to host such a party I tried planting other ideas in her head. Brookies Bake Shoppe Birthday party theme stuck! It was adorable and so fun! She helped me decorate our kitchen into her bakeshop with pink crepe paper, yellow napkins with white polka dots, a lace tablecloth, and hanging tissue paper balls. We did cute designs on cupcakes for the centerpiece of the table. For the party she and all her friends got to decorate a pair of cupcake high heels. They all had a blast and the cupcake stilettos turned out beautiful. Each girl got to take their pair home in a bakers box with a bow on top. After they finished decorating their cupcakes they all wanted to take turns holding baby Jenni. She was great entertainment for them. Brooke had a fabulous time and got lots of fun new presents.

My 7yr old Brookie bean!

I love that she is my tom boy and my girly girl all rolled into one.

The End of Summer

On our last adventure Wednesday before school started we went to Chick-fil-A and the Museum of Native American History. Ty loves the Chick-fil-A car to play in and we all had a fun time in front of the wavy mirror distorting our image.

 The kids love going to the Native American museum because after the tour they always let you go in the front and search in the rocks for arrowheads.  Then they let you keep one of them. Fun day! We will miss our adventure Wednesdays.  School starts soon and we'll have a whole new routine.

LOL!! Ty looks like baby Sloth from Goonies in this one!!  "HEY YOU GUYS!!"

In the mind of Brooke

"I really do wish that magic wands were real because if they were I would turn Jace nice."

B: Can we put the sprinkler underneath the trampoline again today?

Mom: No, we can't do that every single day because the water that you use costs money.

B: What?!? Water costs money?

M: Yes, what did you think it just magically appears? ;)

B: I don't know I never really thought about it before. I guess I thought it just came from like the ocean or something.

M: No, it comes from the city and we have to pay for it. We get a water bill every single month.

B: That is so weird I'm going to go tell everybody about that.

M: I'm pretty sure that most people already know about it. :)

She hates having her hair combed and would rather run around having it look like a rat's nest.

She stomps her feet when she gets mad.

She loves to snuggle stuffed animals at night. 

Dishes...

What would you do for a pan of brownies??  Craig HATES doing dishes but he'll do them for brownies. This had to be documented lol!

Jace

Jace is nine, how the time flies. His best friends are Kaden, Israel, and Cody. They have the best time together. He is very into collecting Pokémon cards, playing Minecraft, watching Minecraft videos on YouTube, playing tag with his friends, playing Nerf gun wars with his friends, and putting together Star Wars Legos sets. He just finished all of the requirements to get his wolf in Cub Scouts. If only mom would remember to take him every week. He loves helping me with little Jenni and has a very soft spot for babies. He loves cheese pizza, hamburgers, chicken, steak, chips, popcorn, watermelon, blueberries, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and cupcakes. But he's outgrown sprinkles on his cupcakes. They are no longer cool. He's also outgrown cartoons and/or cartoon movies except for Pokémon and Star Wars the Clone Wars.  Any other cartoons are for babies. Lol! Mom and dad are also the no longer cool list. He likes reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and relates to Greg Heffly. He still gets in trouble for beating on and teasing Brooke and Ty, backtalk, arguing, being negative, losing his temper, and doing the opposite of pretty much everything we ask him to do ... His goal in life right now is being a prankster. He loves mischief.

We went to jump zone for his birthday party. The boys had a blast! They chased each other around, raced through the equipment, played rough, got all sweaty, stood in front of the big fans while making faces at each other,  and called each other suckers. All I had to do was make sure that they didn't hurt each other seriously and laugh at them trying to impress each other.  After overhearing conversations of teenage boys while we were at Lagoon, Craig and I decided that the brain of a teenage boy is the size of a pea ... and after overhearing nine year old boy's conversations in the car to and from scouts we decided that their brains are only half the size of a pea. They still love talking about poop. When do boys grow out of that? After jump zone we drove back to our place and had a cheese pizza dinner and cupcakes. Jace tried to light his Pokémon cupcake topper on fire while we sang happy birthday to him. What a nut. He opened his presents and then Craig gave all the kids a ride home. Cody lives half a mile away and was already back to our house before Craig finished dropping off the one after him. It was a pretty relaxed birthday party. My favorite kind. Jace had a blast and was up until two in the morning thinking about all of his new Pokémon cards. Lol! We love Jace!!!

Katie's Wedding Pictures

What a beautiful wedding, and a beautiful day, and a beautiful bride!