Natalie's Birthday

Natalie turned 7!  I would say I can't believe it but Nat is 7 going on 17 so seven doesn't seem so far fetched.  Nat wanted to have a penguin themed party this year with very specific ideas of how the cake was to look.  I hope I came close to making her visions a reality. She had a friend party with 9 friends that showed up.  That is a lot for our little house.  The party consisted of crafts, dance party, more crafts and eating cake.  I have to say when it was over I was relieved!  

 This was pretty much the only picture I took of the party while it was going on.  Hope our mental pictures of the party last.

I decided to spice her decorations up a bit and make a balloon arch.  It turned out awesome!

OH MY GOODNESS!

 

I originally had scheduled Lucy's birthday pictures to be taken before her glasses came but with an extremely chapped lip and a black eye that would not go away I finally got them taken yesterday.  She got her glasses last Wednesday and she has been a good girl wearing them.  These pictures turned out so dang cute.  Here is her photo shoot:

THREE

Lucy turned three!  Where did my baby go? This is a big girl.

A few months ago Lucy decided on having a "check up" party.  She was very cute all day with all her check up equipment and party supplies.

 

She is a pro at opening presents and would open one and go straight to another to rip it open.  Christmas should be lots of fun this year.

What is a check up party without a Doc McStuffins outfit?  

Happy Birthday LUCY BABY!  We love you!!

Older kids

Julia is not feeling well today.  As I was going through my medicine cabinet the thought struck me, that one of the many benefits of having older kids is that when they get sick I can give them cold medicine!  It is wonderful.  

School Pictures

6th Grade- Cedar River Middle School

4th Grade- Mrs. Bennison

1st Grade- Mrs. Hanson

My travels to West Africa

The first question I was asked when I brought Lucy in for her check up was if I have traveled to West Africa recently.  Ahhh.....are you kidding me?  No, no I haven't.  I think it is safe to say that we DON'T have Ebola at this time. Whew...

I took Lucy in for her three year old check up.  All of my kids have been almost the exact same weight and height at age three. So funny how that is.  Lucy loves going to the doctors. I mean LOVES it.  She brings her doctor kit and is completely enamored with everything going on.  She even got a flu shot and was pleased.  I wish I could have said the same thing for Natalie when she got her flu shot.  I was having a hard time getting an appointment through my doctors office so I took the other kids to a flu clinic at the school to get a flu shot.  We waited in line for more than a hour. When Natalie received hers she shrieked, "Mommy" at the top of her lungs.  It didn't help that when we stood in line for so long we listened to kids cry and scream about getting poked.  It totally freaked her out.

Here she is going to Julia's Dr.'s appointment this summer.  Loving every minute of it.

Glasses

Mom and Lucy spent the day at the pediatric Ophthalmologist.   Lucy liked the waiting room.  She was such a good girl getting her eyes checked but after about an hour and a half of getting checked out she was done.  When the doctor asked if she could look at his light one more time she told him NO!

 Lucy is far-sighted and is going to be sporting a new look.  Hopefully this will help with her right eye that is crossing and she won't have to wear a patch.  She picked out some purple glasses and we think she is pretty cute.  Her eyes look a little strange with the glasses on because they were still dilated from the eye exam.  Hopefully she will like them when we get them in a few weeks and she will keep them on! 

Happy Halloween

Last week was our ward Halloween party so we got to try out our costumes a week a head of time.  That also means that we have been on a sugar high for a whole week.  Just in time for tonight.  The kids look so cute in their costumes!

 

Frankenstein

Super girl

 Dorothy

An Elephant-- again...

I actually was going to have Lucy be something else but when she found the elephant in the costume box she insisted. I wasn't about to talk her out of it.  Lucy got a few costumes for her birthday that she is still might be tonight.  A benefit of having an October birthday!

 

 

Cheese Sammich

Turns out Lucy's Terrible Two's might be more like Thrilling Three's...if you know what I mean.  This girl is OPINIONATED!  Every day Lucy wants the same thing for lunch, a ham sandwich.  She calls it a cheese sammich.  It needs to be cut a certain way and and she eats it a very specific way.  Don't try to change the way she eats it.  It won't work.  Here is Lucy Baby eating her lunch in her very unique style.  She now refers to herself as Lucy Baby and I love it!

Sisters

Love this picture!

So fun to have so many of my sister's living close at the moment.  We had a fun lunch at Olive Garden before going to the Women's Broadcast.  Julia was LOVING the fact that she was invited to attend.  Natalie was NOT loving the fact she wasn't.  

Family photo

 The other day we found ourselves re-creating an old family photo.  A few of us are just a few inches longer than the last time!