Toast 2 Mom

Let Summer Begin!

Today was Sydney's last day of Kindergarten. And let me tell you, these kids went out with a bang. Their school, among hundreds (more?) of other schools entered a Dannon yogurt contest at the beginning of the school year to win a new playground. And out of schools across the country, Sydney's school won!!! So today Dannon put on a huge party for the kids. We're talkin' bouncy this, water-slide that, all the snack food you can eat, face painting, vertical bungee cords, hamster balls and more! It was a par-tay! If that wasn't enough, the kids also got a classroom party this afternoon. I hope they don't expect this kind of gig every year. 

Here are some last day of school/party photos. Luckily Syd has the summer to catch up on her sleep. It's been a very eventful year!

 

Party Party Party

This has been the weekend of the party. We had four, count them four parties to attend this weekend. 

For our girls, Saturday went like this - wake up, go to a pajama birthday party, come home, change, eat some lunch, have about an hour of downtime, get in car, drive to a crawfish boil party, play in the pool, take a boat ride on the lake, eat crawfish, go back to friends'  house, play, eat pizza, play some more, drive home way after bedtime and go right to sleep.

And today, Sunday, went like this - wake up, play, help Daddy in the yard, chase lizards with Penny, help wrap birthday presents, go to party number one at a bouncy house, eat pizza, eat cake, drive straight to party number two, bowl, eat pizza, eat cake, drive home, eat something healthy, play in the yard, release ladybug in the yard with Daddy, whine, complain about upset-cake-and-pizza-filled-tummies, shower, read books, get in bed by 7 o'clock.

Wheew!! 

Cheekers is Four!!

Today Miss Natalie Cheekers is four! It's been birthday party extravaganza this weekend. Yesterday we had Natalie's party here at our house. We had an "animal" themed party. We couldn't decide between her love of squirrels, cats, dogs and other furry things - that we just went "animal". The kids wore noses. We had animal "foods" and did animal art work and games. This morning it was time to open the oodles of presents that got shipped her way over the past week and delivered by the "present truck" or the UPS truck to others. After that, we were off to another birthday party at a classmate's house. There were no issues in this - having a party on her birthday. Why would she be upset? This party had pony rides! So parties, presents, cake, more cake, games, balloons, art, ponies.Yeah, turning four is pretty awesome!

I simply could not pick and choose my photos very well today. So here are many that captured our weekend!

A Nose By Any Other Name

We spent the day at the doctor today. Sweet Cheeks has an ear infection. We had to get that taken care of before the birthday girl's big weekend. 

Our party theme attire accessories/favors arrived in the mail. A brief teaser to our party theme is below. It was hard to come up with an idea this year. Cheekers has so many different loves and interests. We think the one we're going with will be lots of fun!

You Just Can't Not Have a Cupcake

Even though the Daddio isn't really that much into birthdays.....you can't have a birthday, and a big milestone like this one, and not have a cupcake! We've had a lot of fanfare leading up to Hubby's big day (and it's today), but having a birthday on a Monday takes some spark out of it. But the girls always make birthday celebrations extra, extra special!  We hope it was a great birthday Hubby/Daddio!

Hike

We decided to take a family hike this morning. The girls are taking a nap now before the rest of our festivities begin today. They each have a birthday party this afternoon. Then they are going to a Girls Night Out event tonight at their dance studio - pizza, dress-up, dancing, music. Yes, I hope they are resting well now. 

The Hubby and I, therefore, have a date night tonight. And this will make two date nights in a row! We got a sitter last night. We went rock climbing and then to see the new Mark Wahlberg movie at the new plush movie theater. It was fun - and I really like that new theater....but's it's expensive. 

So, so far a pretty good birthday weekend for the birthday boy! Not sure what's in store for tomorrow yet. 

Gotcha Hubby

The Hubby is approaching a big milestone this year. With the help of some great friends, we managed to have a great surprise party this weekend to honor the birthday boy. Let me tell ya, it is no easy task throwing a surprise party. With party details and little kids and invitees with big mouths and all that "stra-teg-ery," it takes some careful work. He did end up finding out a party was going to happen. But I managed to keep the date, place, time and details under wraps. 

The party went down last night - and was a lot of fun! With all of that planning, it was definitely celebration time! The sad part is I forgot my camera. My only pretty shot is of the dessert. 

So happy early b-day to Hubby!! I loved having a night and planning an event to show you what you mean to us!