Alaina's tooth.

Yay! Its out! Well, its been out for a little while, but I'm just now getting these online! What an ordeal....but its done. :)

Birthday cake

We had a fun filled day for Erik's birthday. It was great having Pupsi and Nana here! As you can see from the pictures below we went to Pump it Up and he wanted a Pump it Up cake. Well, its not exactly what he wanted because to get that exact one you have to buy it from the place! But, this worked out good and he liked it. It just has the logo man on it! And, with Pupsi around even blowing out your candles can be challenging!

Pump it Up!

Erik turned 6 on Januray 19th. 6 already??! But, its exciting to see him grow up and mature each year. :) He wanted nothing more than to go to Pump it Up for his birthday. But, a party there is $300 plus and I just could not do that! But, I did find a sweet deal where we could have 10 kids for $100. That would give us the place to ourselves for 1 hour....1/2 hour in each jumping room. And, hey, if we get the rooms to ourselves them I get to jump! Oh yeah, and Nana, too. :)


Nana in her element! All Erik's friends thought she was pretty cool!!


Alaina hoola hoopin'.


Nana heading down the slide!


WHhoop! Slide gave Nana a wedgie!!


Issy slide! She didn't like it very much. I guess she is not as adventurous as Annika at this age!


Alaina heading down!


There goes Annika!


And, the birthday boy!


And the MAMA!


Here's the whole party. What a fun time. :) I know we will be doing this again.

Pancakes

Here she is taking Girl Scout Cookie orders from Papa Bob. She had originally had him down for 4 boxes of each cookie, but after some clarification it was 4 boxes total and Alaina could pick which ones!

Alaina has really grown a lot the past few months. She got a new Paula Deen cookbook from my sister for Christmas and she LOVES it. She loves to cook and bake. I just wish I had more time and patience to do it with her more often! I was her age when I'd go to Grandma Berniece's and we would bake up a storm all day and play Skipbo or other games when the cookies were baking! She would have so much fun with her right now!! But, I guess its up to me.

Alaina has really been into making pancakes. She does it by herself from start to finish...and they turn out perfect! Erik is excited because he could eat pancakes for every meal!!

Crackers Anyone?

Sometimes I don't think I am going to make it. Ever feel that way? Right now I would consider myself in survival mode. I love the kids ages....they really are fun, but Issy's age is the most challenging. When the other kids were this age I felt the same way. Will they ever be able to talk? Or, is it always going to be point and scream? And, into everything. It seems I am always telling the kids to shut doors!! Ahhh!! But, this season will pass soon enough, right? I've been through it 3 times. Surely I can do it once more!

But, they are cute. I walked into the kitchen the other day to this. She was having a good time and wasn't making a "hard" mess, so I just let her continue.