Happy 5th Birthday Jack!

Five years old. I can not believe that my little baby boy is now five. I've been in denial the past few weeks and even, at times, have resorted to begging Jack not to turn five (just kidding him, of course). One morning, while cuddling in bed, he promised me that he will still give me hugs, kisses and lots of cuddles when he is five. I guess that makes it easier on momma! Jack, however, was so excited to turn five and has been planning how he wanted to spend his birthday for the past few weeks.



We started celebrating on Saturday with a small party at The Little Gym. Jack and his friends had a great time running around the gym, playing games and jumping on the air track.

Matt is on vacation this week so Jack enjoyed having a "daddy day" birthday. We let Jack decide the menu for all the meals today. For breakfast, he wanted egg pizza and for lunch he wanted to go to Curly's at Lambeau Field and have lunch and play games. He enjoyed his first bottle of root beer at lunch and was on a sugar high the rest of the afternoon! For supper, he requested meat pizza (he is quite the pizza lover!) and to once again drink out of a coconut. We enjoyed ice cream sundaes for dessert since we had cake on Saturday.

Of course, the highlight of his day was opening presents and he received a lot of fun gifts. He told me that today was his best birthday EVER! Happy birthday buddy we love you to the moon and back!

"It's amazing mommy!"

When Jack saw this on Thursday in our back yard his first words were "It's amazing mommy!". I don't know who is more excited about our splurge, the kids or myself. I am envisioning many days spent reading a book on the picnic table under the play system while the kids play and even better, I am envisioning many picnics on the picnic table so I don't have to do dishes and clean the kitchen after lunch!

Ready to ship?

This is what happens when two curious two year olds find the priority mail stickers.....(I apologize, I forgot to rotate the pictures and I am too lazy tonight to re-upload them to blogger!).

Shoes

I love how she can now put her shoes on by herself; it is even cuter when she puts them on the wrong feet.

Snapshots of Jack

Here are a few pictures of Jack from the past few months. Since he was busy going to school each morning, our afternoons were filled with classes at The Little Gym (he loves his new karate class), playing in the snow (he perfected the art of making a snow angel), helping me make (and eat) cookies, practicing writing his letters and words, building every imaginable boat, rocket, missile launcher and castle with his blocks, playing pirate with Elizabeth, and doing various art projects on days it was too cold to go outside. He is probably the happiest out of all of us that Spring has arrived so he can ride is bike around the circle again and is anxiously awaiting the day we take of his training wheels.

One more

Missed this picture in my previous post...it's one of my favorites so I wanted to make sure to share it.

Snapshots of Elizabeth

I'm back....here are a few pictures of Elizabeth from the past few months. We have had a lot of fun playing in the snow, doing art projects, playing pirate, cooking and just being silly (and oh so sassy!). After successfully crawling out of her crib and finding her momma in the morning and during nap time, Elizabeth has graduated from her crib to her big girl bed and is sleeping so much better at night. We are happy Spring has finally arrived and with it, the warmer temps and longer days mean we can spend more time outside.