carnival and birthday party

 Carter and Audrey's school had their annual carnival fundraiser. The kids always have to make a stop at the balloon guy.

 Audrey never turns down an opportunity to get her face painted

 Carter doesn't normally get his painted.  This year there was an incentive.  The kids were given a card with all the different activities to do.  If they completed all of them their card went into a drawing for a prize. That is the only reason why Carter ended up getting his face painted.

 Fairy princess Audrey

 The next day, Evelyn had a birthday party for her friend Brendan.  Not only did they get cake.  They also got to decorate cookies.

 This is such a great group of kiddos!

 It was a beautiful day so they played outside a lot!

 This was her first drop off party.  Kelly did an awesome job taking pictures and sharing them with us.

 Love these kiddos!

 They all play so well together.

 Tackling Brendan's dad

 Happy birthday, Brendan!

 Since it was so nice outside we took Carter and Audrey to the driving range while Evelyn partied,  They were ready to veg and cuddle with Sasha when we got home.

Partied out and balancing on the edge of the couch

wrapping up Feb.

 I don't even remember what they were doing but I love this sisterly moment.

 3 year old Evelyn wearing her size 9 month Snow White costume.

 After being home from Mexico for a couple of days, I got back on a plane to travel to Virginia.  I love my time with these cousins.  I just hope next time is for a happy occasion.

I was supposed to be a guest reader for Audrey's class while I was in Virginia.  Thanks to Grandma for filling in for me.  Audrey picked the book, The Book with No Pictures and didn't let Grandma read it before coming to her class.  Ha!

Sasha's turned 11!  The kids once again put candles in her frosty paw and sang to her.

 Evelyn insists on holding the cup

 Sasha's always a good sport

 Girl Scout cookie time at the Dunlap High School basketball game.

 We got a few days of spring like weather

Little Diva supervising Carter and Audrey.

A Sunny Day

My friend invited Evelyn and I to attend the A Sunny Day Fundraiser benefiting Children's Hospital of Illinois. This year the theme was pirates and pixies. So cute!

 Pirate fairy Evelyn with her friends Brennan and Sienna.

 Even the lunch followed the theme.  The kids got treasure box lunches that included, fish sandwiches, pirates booty and cute cookies decorated like treasure maps.

There was a fashion show and dance performance during the lunch.

 The kids enjoyed checking out the silent auction items.

 There were decorated areas for photo ops

 These cuties always start out shy and quiet.  They were holding hands taking it all in while everyone else was dancing and singing with Julie K.

 We managed to get a smile out of them

 She's never too shy to get her face painted

 It was a really cute event for a great cause.

Cancun Part 2

The resort not only had adult bath robes and slippers, they had them for the kids as well.  They looked so cute!

relaxing after a full day in the sun

This guy

 How can you not love this view!?

Pure joy

 I can't handle how old this picture makes her look!

 This girl lived off of chips, guacamole and virgin miami vices.

 Simple pleasures in life.  The kids loved the foot washing pool and shower in the middle of the stairs on the way up from the beach.

 They flipped for hours

 More flying Evey

 Carter and Audrey made some friends and played mini golf with them.

 Sunset family pic outside one of the restaurants

 We can't get through pictures without goofy faces

 At the end of the week none of us were ready to go home. They were asking to go back before we even made it all the way home.  I think this winter break is going to turn into an annual trip.