Ben's 4th Birthday!

This weekend we celebrated Ben's 4th birthday at Deanna Rose per his choice.  We had a small group to join us and he had a blast.  He was very excited to wear the new shirt I made him.  He even helped sprinkler his cupcakes and hand out the party favors.

Swinging

 

The boys

Only pic I could get of both Ben and Ash

We played one game which was pin the sticker on batman and although most kids enjoyed it due to the younger ages there had to be a little parental guidance with blindfolds on for some.  Everyone enjoyed the cupcakes and ice cream.  I have to say this party was a lot better than the one two years ago, but I'm sure that's just my opinion since at the last one I was pretty sick and Ash and I had pinkeye.

Ben readjusting his sticker

Jack's turn!

Quick acting to stop Ash from hitting the posts (this time)

Happy Birthday!!!

More jersey's!!!!!!!

Look Jack - baseball guys!

a crowd for presents

Everyone got to enjoy the nice weather and see the animals.  We were able to have pony rides, play on the tractors, have a hay ride, feed goats and just have fun.  The kids enjoyed themselves which was great!

Mallory and Ashley watching everyone on pony rides

Pony ride

well my fish was this big!

Ashley, Isabella and Ben feeding goats

Ben's girlfriend, Isabella

Milo and Jack feeding goats

Mallory and Rory feeding goats

After his party we came home for a quick bite and we were off again to his last soccer game.  He proceeded to score three goals and had one assist!  I'm happy to see that he has made a huge progression from the first game to the last and actually understands how to play.  He's great at defense, but has started to do better at offense as well.  Between him and Jack they make a pretty good pair out on the field.  I'm pretty sure the reason he has done so well is because of Jack who is a stud at soccer.

Goal celebration for Ben and Jack

Overall it was a good weekend and he had a lot of fun playing with Deebo and Papa in all the spare time we had.

All the kids :)

Ashley is 2!

Today is my sweet baby girl's second birthday and already she's growing up too quick.  To start the day off she got to wear her new birthday shirt I made and was thrilled to have Nemo on.  In fact, I'm washing it now so she can wear it tomorrow to daycare to show off with her cupcakes and friends in her new classroom at daycare.

This morning Ashley helped mix and prepare the cupcakes for baking and she did a surprisingly good job without a lot of mess. 

Then we went to Grandma and Grandpas and she got Thumper (who's leg actually shakes when you press his foot) and a cute little doggy that says nite-nite when you press his hand.  Even though it was daylight savings last night she was still ready to go down for a nap right after lunch, but when she got up Ben helped her down the stairs so we could eat cupcakes and celebrate.  She was not a fan of the candles on fire so we had to blow them up pretty quick, but she did like my homemade icing.

Presents were up next and the mini dyson was a huge hit along with the gun that blows bubbles.  They weren't as excited about the castle at first, but ended up having fun playing in it and next step would be for them to color it.

As an impromptu outing we decided to head to a Mavericks game (the CHL hockey team) and of course Ben liked it.  Ash actually enjoyed most of it as well, but I think more for the fact that there was a lot to see and going on.  Overall it was a successful low key birthday.


I've enjoyed getting to see Ashley grow and develop into this little person who has a ton of personality, but is also independent, happy and just stinkin cute.  I can't wait to see what the next year has in store of us.