The Bug Party!

SUCCESS! 9 Boys and 1 Girl at the 5th Birthday Party could possibly be a disaster, but luck was on my side yesterday because the party went SO WELL! No messes, no fights, and No caios! Riley had a blast with all of his friends which was the goal! We made our own bugs and pinned them to styrophome {like they do with real bugs}, Drawing & examining bugs and the real ant farm {like Sid the Science Kid}
played the Cotton Ball Game {Getting as many cotton balls into a pie tin with a spatula-a tradition at birthday parties growing up}
Blowing Bubbles and Jumping on the tramp outside
eating chocolate bug cake and icecream
opening & playing with presents!
Sounds like a fun party to me!!

Happy Birthday Riley!

Riley had a wonderful birthday! It started out with pancakes and opening presents! He got a new big boy bike which Regan is in charge of teaching him how to ride without training wheels! He LOVES "Jack and Annie Chapter Books" {aka-Magic Tree House Books} so he got a bunch of those and Lego Batman Game for the Computer {No we have not succumb to a gaming machine yet}
Sunny & Ellie matched the Bug Party festivities with their Green dresses as well!
Do you like his BUG CAKE?

From Mother to Daughter

This puffy white and red dress once was mine. That's right, it has lasted this long and now looks gorgeous on my little girl! I was actually looking in my dad's office basement for my sisters twinner dresses for Sunny and Ellie to wear, and instead I found this treasure that once belonged to me! Doesn't she look cute in it?

johnny jump up

Who is johnny and why do my kids think it is a swing instead of a bouncing devise? I have to really watch Ellie in the Johhny Jump up because Riley LOVES to swing her from side to side and for a little baby, that is kind of scary!!!

Determination

Riley got into a project last week and he showed some major determination to finish it. I had a piece of long cardboard from the bookshelf we got at ikea, and his little mind told him to draw hundreds of ALIENS! That's right, Aliens. I had no idea he even had a fascination with aliens until he would not stop drawing them on this cardboard. He told me that all of them were different, none of them were the same! He probably worked on this project for 8 hours and that is no joke! Aunt Ashley and Uncle Brett came over that night and contributed to the art work! Riley even got tape and taped it to his wall! That's my determined little boy!

Happy 5th Birthday Riley!!!

Today Riley is 5 years old? I cannot even believe it because it honestly seems like I just had my first baby, a scary c-section and only 1 baby just the other day! Oh how time flies when you are having fun! Riley is such a great boy! He is a nice big brother to his 2 sisters, he is a big helper to his mom, he is such a smart boy, and always knows how to make his mom feel good by his nice comments. He says the funniest things and he is always ready to have a good time!

He loves video games, pokemon, movies, starwars, sid the science kid, drawing aliens, Arthur, computer games, bugs, being outside, cars and guys, parks, the Mayan {his favorite restaurant}, and blow pops {his choice to share with his preschool class today}.

Happy Birthday to my big boy! Have a great day today big guy!

{He opened up his presents from mom and dad this morning: he got a new bike, a bunch of Magic Tree House Books and Lego Batman Computer Game!}