Post party fun

 Carter had been asking to go to the Lego store to spend some of his money he had saved.  We took the kids after his party and they both found a lego set they had to have.  Carter picked out a new Star Wars ship and Audrey found a little princess set.  She loves it!

 

 Once we got home Carter opened his presents from his friends.  In one of the presents were these punching balloons.  The kids love them and are entertained for hours.

 

 They had a punching balloon fight until it was time to get ready for bed.  They were so funny to watch!

Sasha was smart and stayed out of the line of fire.  She was safe on the couch cuddling with one of Audrey's babies.  We'll see what she thinks when baby #3 arrives :)

Tae Kwon Do Party

 Carter had a Tae Kwon Do party for his birthday this year.  He invited all his friends from school and a good number of them were able to attend.  Master Scarcella and the other instructors did a wonderful job with the kids.  They all had a great time and the parents enjoyed watching the fun.

 They got to learn all sorts of kicks, punches and combinations.

 Carter got to demonstrate with Master Scarcella what they were going to do next.

 Audrey didn't want to participate.  She just watched from the edge of the mat.

 After they were done with the lesson they all got a headband.  Master Scarcella tied it on each of them then they bowed to their friends and they applauded them.

 They turned out the lights and brought out the lit cake while we all sang to him.  Carter thought it was pretty cool.

 The kids waiting for the cake to be cut.

 The party ended with the instructors doing a board breaking demonstration.  Carter got to start it off by breaking this board.  I forgot to change the speed on the camera so I missed getting a picture of the board breaking but we have it on video.

Group picture

I painted these chinese take out boxes for the goodie bags.  I filled them with tae kwon do stickers, tattoos, fortune cookies and other goodies, touchable bubbles and little ninja figurines.  It wasn't easy finding things in this theme but it worked.

Carter turns 6!

 Last week Carter turned 6!  Where does the time go!?  He went to the store with me and picked out Spiderman cupcake liners and toothpicks.  We made red, white and blue cupcakes (spiderman colors) with chocolate frosting with red, white and blue sprinkles for his school treat.  They turned out yummy and everyone in his class enjoyed them.

 He wore a birthday headband at school and brought home the class birthday bear.  Inside the birthday bear backpack was a journal for him to draw a picture of what he did to celebrate his birthday.  He got to share it with the class the next day.

 Later that afternoon we had his Tae Kwon Do lesson to get him ready for his party on Sat.  They got him a uniform and everything.  He looks so cute in it!  He's in his kicking stance here.

 Practicing his front kicks with a target

 Punches to the target

 The side kick.  This is the kick he will do when he breaks the board

 HI-YA!

 Daddy was able to make it home for dinner, which in our house is a treat.  After dinner Carter got to open his presents from us.  He was super excited about the Optimus Prime Kre-o lego set.  He got some other things from us too but I won't post all the pics.

 Time for cake!  He wanted a Dairy Queen cake so I took him the day before to pick one out.  He picked out this Sponge Bob one.  I don't let him watch that cartoon so I was surprised that's the one he picked.  He loved it though.  We can't sing happy birthday to him without him wearing his birthday hat :)

My big boy!

Water gun fights

 Carter's birthday presents started to arrive in the mail.  He got this massive super soaker from Tita Angela & Uncle Brett.  He's showing me his tough guy face in this picture.

 He had to take it outside to try it out right away

 That resulted in several days of water gun fights.  It's been so hot here it's been a great way for them to stay cool while playing outside.  We will not miss the Alabama summers.

 Audrey wanted to show me her tough guy face

 The kids have also been obsessed with touchable bubbles.  I have to admit that I even have fun with them.  Carter caught a bunch on them on his hand.  If your kid has not experienced touchable bubbles you need to get some.  They are so fun!

 Here are our latest house pictures.  The basement is ready for the floor to be poured.  Rain had delayed it from happening though.  It's so much easier to visualize the layout of the basement with these pictures though. 

Can't wait for the weather to clear up so they can pour the floor.  Then they can start the fun part, framing!

Field trip & Little Miss

 Last week Carter's class got to celebrate the end of the year with a field trip to the zoo.  Even though Carter's been a million times already he had a lot of fun going with all his buddies.

 Audrey continues to be quite the little miss.  She loves her sparkle lips and thinks these fancy dresses are every day wear.  She even sleeps with a tutu over her pjs most of the time.  She asked me the other day if baby is going to be a princess like her.  So cute!

She's also been getting into video games more.  She likes to try and play along when we play wii games and loves the mobigo.  We got her a princess game for the mobigo that is at a good level for her.

Toothless again

 Carter's 2 bottom teeth are coming in real nice and now he's lost his first top tooth!  He gets excited when a tooth gets loose and doesn't leave it alone.  This one got so loose that Chuck was able to pull it out before he went to bed.

 On the 17th of April we got the pictures of our basement walls sent to us.  It was exciting to see more than just a hole.

 It was a little hard to tell what's what without it all filled in and level.

 They were working on all the plumbing etc that needs to be done before pouring the basement floor.

We've since been sent the pictures of it all level and ready for the floor to be poured.  I'll post those soon.  Rain has delayed the actual pouring of the floor but hopefully that will happen in the next couple of days.

Easter

 Happy Easter!

We had a nice Easter.  Chuck was actually home with us so we enjoyed a big breakfast as a family before hunting for all the eggs.  As soon as Carter woke up he knew what day it was and immediately started searching for his basket.

 After looking all around the house he finally found it hanging in his closet.

 Happy to have found his basket filled with the things he loves.  Bubbles, legos, glitter glue, etc.

 Audrey found hers with Daddy's help.

 Her basket included bottles & diapers for her babies, glitter glue, bubbles, a princess ball, etc.  She had to feed her baby right away.

 Carter had to play with his Star Wars battle pods right away.

 Audrey stripped baby Stella naked to put on the diaper.  She did a pretty good job too.  We'll see if she wants to help with baby A3's diaper changes :)

 The lego master proud he assembled his Batman.

 After our big breakfast we finally got the kids dressed and put out all the eggs Grandma Debbie and Mike sent.  The yellow & green eggs were for Carter and the pink & purple ones were for Audrey.  They did a good job picking up only their colors.

 Daddy giving Audrey a lift to reach one of her eggs.  They were thrilled to go inside and find money in all the eggs!  Carter says he's rich now.

 Posing with the bunny ears and frog mask from Noah's party.  The ears were perfect for Audrey because there is a crown on them.  It's a little hard to see in this picture.

 The week was so busy with their parties and other activities we never got our eggs dyed.  We ended up dying some after lunch.  The kids always enjoy it.