Cupcakes for the birthday boy.....!!

Following from my previous post, the night of Ian's birthday, we had just a little family party for Ian at home. (It wasn't big, because we were having a Big Family party in a few days, pics of this to follow in the next post). Ian picked out chocolate cupcakes, so we celebrated with these, and three candles on top. We also opened the presents from his little friends, since we didn't have time at the party. It was a great end to a great day celebrating our little guy turning 3! Thanks to all our friends for the presents!!! Everything was a hit!

Ice Cream for the birthday boy.....

Our little guy turned 3 last week! It is amazing to me how time really seems to go by so fast. We had a little mom's group party for him, so he could celebrate with all his little friends. He loves all his little friends so much. We celebrated at chick-fil-a on NW Expressway. Perfect indoor play center for the kids to play. We bought all the kids ice cream to celebrate, so a lot of happy faces! Thanks to everyone who came out to help us celebrate Ian's birthday, and making him feel special!! The gifts were a special surprise as well. Thank you for being such great ladies in my life, and your kiddos for being great little friends for my kids!

OKC Arts Festival 10'!!

Sunday afternoon, we headed to the OKC Arts festival! We usually go every year, and Sunday was the perfect day to go. The kids were so excited to go, and check this Arts festival thing out. Of course we go for the food, but it is fun to walk around and look at the art, and check out the kids activities. This year, we headed to the food, which our pick was fried pickles, a chicken Gyro, and pizza for the kids, so... good. We then headed to the perfect place to sit/lay in the grass and relax, while the kids play. The grass on the hill was so green and soft, shaded by trees, perfect! We sat on a little hill, Izze had fun rolling down the hill as well. Down the hill they had set up three domes with ribbon all over them. They were handing out ribbons to the kids to play with or put on the domes. The kids played tug-of-war, and ribbons were everywhere. It was so relaxing and fun! Such a great time, even some friends joined us for this fun time.

Ladybugs, Ladybugs....

Our mom's group went to the Botanical Gardens for their traditional "bug-out" event. This time they were releasing ladybugs on the plants, so that the ladybugs can eat the bugs that will eat on the plants. The kids and I each got a container of ladybugs, and I ending up releasing them with the kids looking on. They would hold one or two, and Ian even stepped on one. I was hoping that no cameras got that. There were all kinds of news people there, so...... After the ladybug release we explored the beautiful gardens, then on to crafts. Isabelle was all about the crafts. She colored three ladybugs, traced a butterfly, stickers, and on... it was such a fun time with our friends!

Cookie Monster/Vist From Family!

Easter Sunday at PC, the kids got to see Elmo! Elmo was walking around the children's wing at church. The next week at PC, was cookie Monster. The kids were so excited!! Easter they hugged and hugged on Elmo, and Cookie Monster was just the same. They wanted to know who was coming the next week. Such a fun time!!

We also got a visit from Uncle Mike, Aunt Sunny, Jackson, & Goldie the week after Easter! The kids were super excited to see Jackson & Goldie. Jackson and Goldie got to see Cookie Monster too! After the experience we headed to Papa Jack's for lunch. It was a short time, but a nice time with them. Hope to see them again soon. Love you guys!

Mom's Group Bricktown water Taxi ride!

A couple of weeks ago, our mom's group went down to Bricktown to explore/ride the water taxi's. The kids were super excited to check this out, and so was I. We have always wanted to do it, so I thought this would be a great adventure with our mom's group! I learned a lot of history I didn't know, it was very fun to ride and learn about our state, and the downtown area. The kids were just excited to ride on the boat. They did get to see some fun stuff too. The tour guide did fun stuff when we went under the bridges, Ian is holding his ears in a picture, because it was loud. We even got to sing Happy Birthday to Ian and Malcolm, such a fun time. I would definitely like to do this again.
After the exciting boat ride, we headed to Falcone's Pizza for lunch. Izze's choice, she is a pizza girl. The kids got to play a little bit around the fountain area as well, this is a favorite for them too. We had so much fun. Thank you to our friends who came out to enjoy this adventure with us!!

More Easter Pics.

We had a great Easter, with great experiences at PC, and then dinner with family! We headed over to aunt Jessi's, Darrin & DJ's house. We are glad they live closer to us now. Aunt Jessi made all the great stuff for dinner, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, and the list goes on. After the second plate full was gone, we headed outside to watch the kids hunt Easter eggs. They were super excited about finding the eggs, and the treasures inside. We had a nice, relaxing time together. Hope to have more times together as well. Thank you Jessi for having us over and cooking such a great meal, and for loving our kids so much.

(The pics. are of the kids in their Easter attire. Then the rest were taken at aunt Jessi's house on Easter day. The kids were hunting eggs. Izze and I had matching outfits)

Easter baskets from Nanny!!!

The kids got some special Easter baskets from Nanny Carol. They are always so excited to see Nanny, just not enough time sometimes. The baskets were filled with lots of goodies, bunnies, jump rope, race car, water gun, bubbles, & lots of candy. Thank you Nanny for such a great Easter basket surprise!