Ok, so what has been going on? We've had a busy few weeks, with even our "low-key" weekend being filled up. It has all be so much fun, though. I really love it when spring time is in full swing and everybody is out and about.
Ok, so let's recap the last few weeks:
We've been to three birthday parties in the last three weekends. We'd be going to a fourth next weekend if we weren't going out of town. 'Tis the season (for the next 15 years, I'm sure! :) Besides neighbors and family, Sydney really hasn't gone to many "friends" birthday parties. These three girls were either friends from school or from church.
Party #1: Princess party, including big bouncy princess castle in backyard, princess jeeps, princess cupcakes, and tons of princess stuff in the goodie bags. My little princess loved it.
Party #2: Another princess-themed party, where the girls played dress up and had a tea party. I had to miss out on this one, so Stephen took both girls. I'm sure he bragged about that to his friends. (haha).
Party #3: This was held in a cute "diner" type restaurant in downtown Monroe. They have a separate room that they rent out for parties. The kids could pick their flavor of ice cream and choose their toppings. They could color and decorate plain Varsity-style hats. They also had a chance to hula-hoop and play hop-scotch. Very fun!
OK, so that's it for the parties. In the mix was Mother's Day weekend. That Saturday afternoon (day of princess party #2 where I was MIA), me, my mom, my sister, and my two nieces went to my mom's church for the annual Derby Day/Mother's Day luncheon. We are supposed to make our own hats, and they have a contest with different categories for hats. (my sister was jipped this year!) The husbands all serve the women. It's a lot of fun! Here are some pics:
That night, my sister, her hubby Matthew, me, and Stephen went to the Zac Brown Band concert. It was a ton of fun, and they are a very good live band!
Grandmom and D-Dad brought my two nieces down to our house and watched all 4 girls that night. This is what we arrived home to:
Sleepover party, falling asleep to princess movies.
Mother's Day was great- Stephen cooked a huge breakfast for everybody before we all went on to our own churches. I got a beautifully carved frame with one of our family pictures in it, along with a sweet card. I got lots of arts and crafts from Sydney and Taylor. I also got the stomach bug that day that Taylor had a few days before. So, sadly, my Mother's Day afternoon was spent asleep in the bed. I had to take two days off of work, too. :(
This past weekend was a lot of fun- neighborhood Bunco, birthday party #3, and my friend Allison came over for dinner Saturday night, which was a blast! It's so neat- Allison and I have known each other since we were both two. We grew up across the street from each other. It's funny to look at Sydney and imagining us at that age, playing together! And speaking of Allison, do you remember that mysterious gift Sydney got from Amazon.com? Yep, that was from her! (although she had requested for it to be gift-wrapped with a card, and they did neither... LOL!) Sydney loved hanging out with her "Aunt Ali".
Besides that, we've just been hanging out around the house, working, and counting down the days 'til summer vacation! For me, it's 8 more days with the kiddos, and 10 more days of work! I'll leave you with a few more random pictures from the last few weeks. These blog posts wouldn't be so long if I'd just post a little bit more. :)
Starting to sit up on her own!
Oh yeah, and I got my braces on! Hard to imagine Taylor will be TWO when I get them off...
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You are so funny! Thanks for catching us up!
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