We Never Slow Down

Saturday we had another Easter Egg Hunt.  This time it was at our church.

Since it was a little chilly on Saturday morning, they had the egg hunt inside.

So it was more of a see how many you can pick up rather than a hunt.  None of the kids seemed to mind though, especially this little girl.

The rest of our Saturday was spent running errands and trying to get our house in some kind of order.

Sunday was a fun family day for us.  First we had church. 

Then it was off to SkyHigh with my mom's church.

Actually, my mom just invited C but since B and I have been DYING to go, we tagged along.   There was no way we were going to miss out on that fun.

It is by far one of the coolest places.  Trampolines are everywhere, they have a dodge ball game set up on trampolines and they have a foam pit you can jump into.

We couldn't get C off the trampolines.  She had so much fun, as did we, and had a meltdown when we left because she wanted to stay longer.  I'm almost positive you could have bounced all day.  We thought all that bouncing would have worn her out but it has the opposite effect.  She was wired and when we got home, she was going ninety to nothing!  We were so exhausted, it was all we could do to keep our eyes open.  :)

We are already trying to plan our next visit there.  Who knew a warehouse full of trampolines could be so much fun?!

Social Calendar

C's social calendar keeps us busier than our own.  As if Friday night wasn't busy enough, we woke up Saturday morning in enough time to get C dressed and out the door for a day full of activities.

First up, Fruit of the Loom's Easter Egg hunt.

Fruit always puts on a nice Easter egg hunt for their employee's kids.  C always has a blast and its a fun family morning. 

C and her friend Peyton.

 Sadly, U and I stayed behind because it was a little too cool for him so he and I hit up Target instead.  :)

We all met back up and went to eat lunch "at that place that has the chicken and rice" (aka the Mexican restaurant).  C and I then headed to one of her friend's birthday parties.

They had two miniature ponies there for the kids to ride and feed.

I was super shocked C wanted to ride because she is usually so timid but girlfriend hopped right on.

Enjoying a little craft time.

She had so much fun running around with her friends and playing games, she nearly had meltdown #2 for the weekend when we left.

Sunday morning, we were off to church bright and early.

After church, B promised C we could go pick out her bike.

Not only did she walk away with a bike, she bought herself a scooter too!

We aren't sure where the scooter idea came from but she has had so much fun riding it.

After testing out her new bike and scooter, we went to her friend Lucie's birthday party (end of March is a huge birthday weekend for us if you haven't already figured that out).

It was at the gym where C took gymnastics last summer.  C has been begging to take gym ever since so I told her if she proved to me that she would actually do everything she was supposed to, I would let her stop dance and take gym.

She spent the entire party proving she would do what Mr. Gus told her.

HUGE improvement from last summer where she barely did anything.  Looks like if her summer class goes well, we will be spending one night a week at the gym.

FIVE

Five years ago, this day seemed like a lifetime away.  As I held my tiny newborn, her 5th birthday was the furthest thing from my mind.  I mean it was FIVE years down the road but sadly those five years passed so fast, my head is still trying to catch up with reality.  

I'm not sure why 5 seems like 18 to me but I've been a basket case over Cecilia turning 5 for a while now.  I think it has a lot to do with the fact turning five means you get to start school and to me, that's the beginning of becoming independent and no longer needing your mama as much.

Thursday as we were driving home, we were talking about her birthday the next day and she told me she was just sooo excited.  She then looked at me and asked, "Mama, aren't you just sooo excited for my birthday?"  There was no way I was going to let her know my heart was breaking so I put on my best happy face and told her I was so excited and couldn't wait for the next day.

And as the next day rolled around faster than I would have liked, we celebrated from moment we woke up til the moment we went to bed.

C woke up to balloons everywhere and her big birthday sign up.

She was so funny about her balloons.  I've done this a few times and I was debating on whether or not to do it this year but she had told Brent right before bed that she would love to have balloons all over like we did last time.  Well he decides to tell me this as I'm crawling into bed so I quickly got up and blew up some balloons and threw them all over the floor.  She woke up so shocked and excited the next morning. She looked at me and said. "Mama, how did you know I wanted balloons?  I told Daddy I wanted balloons but how did you know?  I'm just so excited!"  Day made.

She got to open her gift from B and I.  A bike helmet and a ticket to go pick out whatever bike she wanted.

At school, we took special cookies for her class to have and they sang happy birthday.

Then that night was our big bash.

This year, C wanted a bowling party with The Little Mermaid theme. So that's what we did.

These cookies made the party for me.  They are so cute and were so good!

All the little girls seemed to have a really good time bowling.  For some, this was their first time and they all were a hoot to watch.

Most were super focused on watching their ball.

And they loved cheering for each other.

Super focused face.

After bowling, it was time for pizza, cake/cookie and presents.

And as if the party couldn't get any better, we got to play games.

The picture above was about 3 minutes before the birthday girl had a complete meltdown and could hardly control herself.  It was an awesome way to end the party.  NOT. 

Girl drama.  What are you going to do?

She finally collected herself and we were able to go have dinner with my parents before crashing as soon as we got home.

Her 5th birthday will go down in the books as the most exhausting birthday, both physically and mentally, ever!

St. Patty's Day

Nothing like blogging about something that happened almost a week ago BUT I wanted to document the first time my kids wore matching shirts.  :)

Naturally, last Tuesday was wear green day and I wanted the kids to have festive little shirts, so I whipped up some four leaf clover shirts.

 

C was pretty excited about getting to match her brother.  Her brother could have cared less.  :)

After dinner that night, we took a trip to Barnes and Noble.  C had a coupon for a free cookie so of course we cashed that in.

This was U's first of many trips to B&N and he enjoyed himself.

But who wouldn't when you have big sister there to read to you, 

and to put on a show for you.

She will do anything to make her brother happy.  :)