It's BIRTHDAY week!!!!!

We had so much fun!!!  We did a small party at Chuck E Cheese for Mikayla yesterday.  It was so fun!!!  I think she really enjoyed herself too.  Granted it isn't conducive to a lot of visiting (I didn't get to catch up with everyone) but the kids all had a blast!!! 

Of course I caught Baby R in the middle of telling me something LOL!!

Ski ball... I love ski ball!!! 

Whack that mole!!!!  Tyler did a great job!

Brandon and Mikayla up there looking for Dakotah... (Brandon chose a prize that is the "best friends" necklace, necklace that two friends wear.... he kept half and gave the other half to Mikayla) (she is elated!!)

Stomping the table for Chuck E Cheese.... here he comes!!!

Cheese!!

Crowning the Birthday Girl!

This was our 2nd candle blowing..... (video to follow) (you'll see why it's the 2nd)

In the video below...at the end of the birthday song.... watch to see our sneaky candle blower..... ;)  it was hilarious.  Our party hostess quickly re lit them so Mikayla could make her wish :)

Then she got to go into the blower!!!!  She was actually catching tickets!  It was fun!!  I don't know who had more fun with it...her or me!  LOL  I think I want a Chuck E Cheese party!!!  They really did a good job for us!!!

Here's the blaster action!  It was SO fun!....  (sorry in advance for giddy laughter and mom voice LOL)

I can't believe she's almost 7!!!  AMAZING!!!!!!


 

Little Flowers and a house update :)

We had our Little Flowers meeting on Friday night.  I am so happy we're a part of this group.  We really have a big group compared to last year, it's so wonderful to see everyone coming and participating.

Here's a small house update. 

I can 100% say construction at your house sucks!

I can 100% say DANG DUST, it's everywhere!!!  It's bad when you have to vacuum before you can dust just to have to vacuum again.

I can 100% say we are going to love this house, more than we already do!!!  Here is a little bit of what happened last week.

                                           

The first day - they could only do 1/2 of the foyer floor because we still have to go up and down the stairs (that's where we're living, plus the dogs have to be able to go outside), then the next day they did the other 1/2.  The dogs are SO confused!  Abbie, has that nerve gene.... wow...she's such a scardy cat!!  She got herself so worked up about them taking the foyer floor up (I'm sure it was all the hammering they did to break it up) but she didn't eat for 2 days... YIKES!  She's better now but she is high strung!!!  Wow! So we're not the only ones that will be glad when this is over!

Next stop....master bathroom.

 

So in spite of the pretty that is happening .... there is still a LOT of the below....

And Allie left her paw print LOL she wanted to get involved too.

This week marks week 4 of this... I bet there are about three more until it's fully finished.... (lot different than the three weeks they said it would take). 

We still love it though!!!  :) 

Happy Halloween!!!

WOW!!  We have had some serious fun!!!  I'll back track a little bit by showing you how our Little Mermaid was dressed for the costume party at our neighbor's house.

We had  a GREAT time at the party, I've never EVER been around so many "professional" costumes for adults in my whole life...  WOW!  I wish I had taken some pictures because it was AMAZING!!!

Next, at school for Halloween, the kids couldn't wear their costumes but they could dress western, so here's our little cowgirl (dress western....but not hats, boots, spurs or weapons.... ) So this is what we came up with and didn't spend a single penny to do so!  (ignore the custom flooring we have going on.... it doesn't look like that any more hee hee!)

Next we had our Trick or Treats with Tyler the Tractor....  we had SO much fun!!!!  our little mermaid tuckered out before the tractor did...but I think that it was a costume issue (not being able to run) and not wearing running shoes.  She only fell once and Tyler fell twice...not too bad!! 

 

Here we are getting ready to go!

 

Katie's thoughts:  "Get off their grass"

Tyler's thoughts: "Mom, I want want to walk on the grass" 

RUN!!!

Walk.....

I got candy!!! 

RUN!!!!

*sigh*  pose for the mamaratzi's

and again.....

and again.....

During the course of the night - Mikayla's mermaid tail kept getting higher and higher so she could run to keep up with Tyler.  Then she just started saying...wait for me...then she said, it's my turn to ring the doorbell and poor Tyler had ran to the porch... then waited for her to catch up, then he graciously showed her where the bell was.  HA!!  It was a riot!!

Thanks for Trick or Treating with us!!!! 

Now switching gears..... Today is All Saints Day.  The kids at school can dress up as a saint - there will be a parade for all those in costume.  I did some research, looking for a way to do it without having to buy yet another costume.  So this is what I came up with - I follow a woman's blog and her daughter dressed up in her pink princess gown (check), they made an instrument (check) and a crown of roses (check).

Here is my St. Cecilia inspiration picture....

Here is Mikayla as St. Cecilia.

I think St. Cecilia is her favorite costume so far!!    She is St. Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music.

WHEW...... it's been busy (esp because I couldn't find her wreath of roses (from some play dress up clothes) so I made her head band of roses about 3 minutes before walking out the door this morning...HA!  She is taking her role seriously, she was calling me "your magesty"  all morning hee hee! 

So there we have it.  Halloween all wrapped up for another year.  WOW!