Happy Birthday, Jack!

This is turning into just a birthday blog. One day I will get it going again!!

I'm here today to wish my favorite boy a HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY!! How did that happen? Birthdays are such a reminder of how fast time flies.

Jack's 7 Year Annual Birthday Questionnaire: 

What is your name? Jack

How old are you? 7

What is your favorite color? camouflage 

What is your favorite toy? I like Legos.

What is your favorite food? Pepe's Pizza

What is your favorite fruit? bananas

What is your favorite vegetable? carrots

What is your favorite T.V. show? Tom and Jerry

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Peanut Butter Sandwich

What is your favorite outfit? jeans with a blue shirt and a red jacket

What is your favorite game? I like two-hand touch football. 

What is your favorite snack? Goldfish crackers

What is your favorite animal? Let's see. That's a tricky one. I like a lot.

What is your favorite song? Final Countdown

What is your favorite book? Snakes and Lizards 

Who is your best friend? Dad exclamation point

What is your favorite kind of cereal? I like Honey Nut Cheerios. 

What is your favorite thing to do outside? I like to sweat by running. 

What is your favorite thing to drink? Sprite

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Donuts

What is your favorite movie? Teen Wolf

Where do you want to work when you get older? be an engineer in Chicago

What will you do there? I will make some type of toys for children.

Do you like school? a lot

Who is your teacher? Mrs. Muir

Who do you play with the most at school? I would say Daniel. I mean Jayden. 

What is your favorite thing to do at school? Play catch with a football at recess

What do you want for your birthday dinner? cake and cheese pizza

What gift would you like for your birthday this year? Oh, that's a hard one. a skateboard!

What makes you really happy? Mostly just when everyone is nice to me I guess.  

What makes you feel proud? When I finish creating something without using YouTube. 

What makes you feel scared? I'm scared of waking up and finding Buddy (our Elf on the Shelf). It's creepy. 

What makes you feel excited? I get very shocked when Christmas comes. 

What makes you feel sad? When the Bears lose

What are you really good at? I'm good at inventing. 

What are your hobbies? What are you "into" these days? I'm into chopsticks (giggles) and Legos. Play. Basketball. Ride my scooter. 

It's hard to believe, but our "baby" is 4 years old today!! Happy 4th birthday, Erin Olivia!! She is the fearless, strong-willed, and fiercely determined one that gives me many gray hairs, but she is so incredibly passionate and sweet.  These days her artwork is her creative outfits. She puts together lots of unique outfits (daily) with her fashion skills. She tells me at least once a day that I'm beautiful and gorgeous.  She loves to climb into bed with us in the very early morning hours and snuggle up so close that I feel like she's going to push me off the edge of the bed. With her strong personality and passion, I have no doubt that this girl will change the world one day. 

I enlisted Grace as my assistant to help get some genuine smiles from her sister!!

We're sleep twins!!

Erin's 4 Year Annual Birthday Questionnaire: 

What is your name? Erin

How old are you? 4

What is your favorite color? black, no not black!! pink. light pink.

What is your favorite toy? my seahorse

What is your favorite food? pancakes

What is your favorite fruit? blueberries

What is your favorite vegetable? pickles

What is your favorite T.V. show? Peppa Pig

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? sandwich

What is your favorite outfit? this shirt (points to what she's wearing)

What is your favorite game? hide and seek

What is your favorite snack? goldfish

What is your favorite animal? dolphins

What is your favorite song? Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

What is your favorite book? Reading Log, then laughs hysterically. No, Goodnight Moon.

Who is your best friend? Evie

What is your favorite kind of cereal? the princess one

What is your favorite thing to do outside? ride my tricycle

What is your favorite thing to drink? apple juice

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? pancakes

What is your favorite movie? Dolphin Tale

Where do you want to work when you get older? Lost Lake Elementary

What will you do there? Teach my kids.

Do you like school? yes. love school, actually!!!

Who is your teacher? Ms. Charaleigh

Who do you play with the most at school? Lilly

What is your favorite thing to do at school? play with my friends

Do you take a nap every day? yes (lies...!!!)

What do you want for your birthday dinner? pizza

What gift would you like for your birthday this year? a kitchen. a dinosaur. a Peppa Pig stuffed animal. um...how about...an arm rest.

What makes you really happy? When me and Paigie goes to SeaWorld and see dolphins.

What makes you feel proud? when I pray

What makes you feel scared? when a big spider and a big snake comes in my room and gets me and bites me on the head

What makes you feel excited? when we start to go on my birthday. no, no, no, no. when we go see a movie theater. 

What makes you feel sad? (thinks for a good long while) Can you tell me the choices?

What are you really good at? When I make crafts with mom. 

What else would you like to say? Yes.When I give you a gift card on your birthday.  When I pull something down. Okay, I'm all done!!

catching up

I didn't mean to post those pictures yesterday without typing anything. I attempted to post around 400 pictures that I had taken between the last time I posted up to the present time, but I think it was too many pictures for one post! There are still quite a bit though. Enjoy!

Grace walking to church, all styled up with her leg warmers!

Erin playing at church

Jack's writing - I love my heart and my family. I have a heart full of love and kisses.

I'm not sure if I had already posted this, but it was Grace celebrating her birthday at school. 

Erin being Erin

Grace and her friend at centers

Sweet sleeping girl

Jack drew this picture around Easter time.

Some of Jack's kindergarten school work

Grace at her spring party dying Easter eggs

A piece of Jack's artwork from school

Road trippin' to Indiana

After being in the car sitting still all day, and then having to share a bed in the hotel did not equal kids who fell asleep quickly.

Hotel swimming

We made it to our destination!

Paige's birthday party

BFFs

Sidewalk chalk art

Haircuts in Indiana

I wish I could braid like this!! 

Never a vacation without a trip to the doctor!

 A trip to Fair Oaks Dairy Farm--

A very late night Steak and Shake dinner in the hotel room

Grace got so rough at school every day! She would come home with stringy and messy hair, food stained shirt and shorts, and sand-filled shoes DAILY. 

My favorite part about Spring Break was learning to ride my bike without training wheels.

Ready for a sleepover at Uncle Mike's!

I found Grace like his one night when I went to check on them before going to bed.

Grace drew a picture of us in the Suburban.

Michael Jordan Space Jam

This made me LOL.

We were testing out some new wood floors for our new house to replace the tile throughout.

An area in our new neighborhood

Craft time with empty cereal boxes

library

We moved out of this house, which was super bittersweet. We were more than ready for a change, but the walls of this home hold so many memories for us.

Grandma and Grace picking up trash at the beach for Earth Day.

Our first box packed!

A rare and fun morning SBux date.

My first field trip as a chaperone - We went to Publix.