Happy Birthday after day after day...

You know, as much as I hate to admit it, Tyler's birthday is sometimes an after thought after Olivia's.  Hers is usually right after school's out, so I'm excited about being home with the kids, and I spend a little time planning for her birthday celebration.  By the time Tyler's birthday rolls around, we're in the full swing of summer, and with them going to their mom's every other weekend, we only have them one weekend in between their birthdays, so I don't realize its his birthday until its almost too late!
Well, this year was a different story! Tyler's first birthday celebration, LEGO LAND!!!

His favorite part was where you could build cars with legos and test race them down several different ramps... I think Daddy enjoyed this one as much as Tyler!

On the way home, we let Tyler choose where he wanted to eat.... I was really enjoying the days of McDonalds being his most favorite restaurant, but I have a feeling those days are fading fast.... his choice this year? The Ninja! Expensive as it may be, we love it, and Tyler really enjoyed the special treatment :).

And for his "real" birthday, cupcakes with his daycare friends at the Laurel Park Sprayground!

He doesn't look very happy in this picture, but he did have fun. The cupcakes are supposed to look like legos, but my icing was too runny and the M&M's slid around...

And for his family and friends.... a POOL PARTY!!!

 

Now I feel the need to explain this cake. Tyler has been totally loving legos lately, so I got some lego candles for his birthday cake, thinking he'd love them! Well... little did I know, Tyler is also starting to love Beyblades (which I'd never seen until he picked some out for his birthday), and decided that he wanted a Beyblade cake! So, I did my best with the Beyblade brownie cake....  (yeah, I used the same runny icing from the lego cupcakes to decorate)

Lights, Camera, Action!

The lights come on, and out walks this beauty! She's dressed in a green shirt and green socks, with black sparkly leggings and a black tutu skirt, then she begins her dance recital!!

Totally made my morning :)

She Listens?!?!?!!

Olivia and I were watching Joyful Noise with Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. Latifah was singing a song, and Olivia asks me "What's her name?" I tell her "Queen Latifah" and she says "Do you want to name our baby that?" I laugh and say "Uh, No!" Her response: "Why? Is that inappropriate?"

HA.... well, sort of, I guess??? Good vocabulary Girlfriend!!!

Strike a Pose!

For several mornings, now, Olivia has wanted to dress up in my clothes and show off her creations. She is TOO funny!  Here are some samples of her designs ;-)

 A zebra print tunic top (worn as  a dress), a purple scarf as a belt, and 4 inch patton strappy heels. With this look, she has chosen a loose, low, bun for her hair.

 A purple sequin trimmed tank, matching glitter flip flops, chunky bracelet, double necklace, and large beaded earrings. With this look, she has chosen a sleek twisted up-do.

And for her finest creation, an oversized cap sleve tee with one of the sleeves tucked in the back to go for that one shoulder look, polka dot wedges, and a matching scarf as a belt. With this look, she has gone with a wild, unbrushed hair-do.

She is SO much FUN!!!!!!

Another great check up!

I'm so proud of my pretty little sweety!! She has to check in with her neurologist every 4 months, and at this check up, as usual, she is doing just great. She did well in second grade, and is looking forward to 3rd. She makes friends easily and works hard to do a good job.  She also goes to every doctor and is the best, most cooperative patient you've ever seen! She's an amazing little girl :).

And for an added treat, while we were in Atlanta for the appointment, we met one of my best friends from college, Lindsey B, and went to Yeah Burger for a delicious organic bison burger and some out of this world sweet potatoes.  Tyler had his burger with regular fries, and Olivia chose a beautiful salad that looked amazing!!

Great day all around!

Fun no matter where we are :)

Taking full advantage of living so close to the lake :)

 

At home in PJ's working on model cars with Daddy :)\

 

Morning Movies :)

The movie theater in Gainesville has a summer program where they show kids'  movies twice a week for a dollar admission. We've gone twice so far and taken my sister-in-law's kids with us and had a blast :).

http://georgiatheatrecompany.com/gtc-promotions.asp

Field Trip

Olivia and Tyler's daycare takes several field trips during the summer. Usually, they prefer to spend the days with me over the daycare field trips, but on this day, it was rainy, and our plans fell through, so we met them at Stevie B's Pizza for a tour and to make their own pizzas.

They got to walk through the freezer and the kitchen...

Played with some dough balls...lol

And surprise, surprise, guess whose daughter ran straight to the racing game while they were waiting for their pizzas to cook?!?!?!?!

And now for the fun part.... putting as much parmasean cheese as you want because there are 2 daycare workers to supervise about 25 children, and your mama's not right beside you at your table telling you "that's enough." Okay, so maybe I was at the table, but I wasn't going to make her stop when everyone else got to put as much as they wanted!