Carson turns EIGHT!!!

My how time flies...  Carson turned EIGHT years old a couple weeks ago!  Per his request, I made a Pokemon birthday cake. To celebrate, he invited 2 friends from school over for bowling, pizza, video games, cake, ice cream, and a sleepover!  It was a fun {and noisy} night and everyone had a great time!  

Another Year... Another 25 Questions:
Here are the same 25 questions I ask my kids on their birthday each year. They love being "interviewed" and I enjoy seeing how their answers change from year to year.

1. What is your favorite book? 
A: Everything Minecraft

2. What is your favorite movie?
A: Diary of A Whimpy Kid: Rockrick Rules

3. What is your favorite food?
A: Pizza with hot sauce

4. What is your favorite TV show?
A: Pokemon

5. How did you like being seven years old?
A: I had a good year and I lost a lot of teeth.

6. What is your favorite color?
A: Gold and Silver

7. What is your favorite treat?
A: Cake

8. What is your favorite song?
A: Cool Kids

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: Scientist and Engineer

10. What is your least favorite food?
A: Eggplant 

11. What do you want to do when you're eight? (Goals?)
A: Start doing more chores. 

12. What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?
A: Snuggle

13. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?
A: Play video games

14. What is your favorite thing to do at school?
A: Play with my friends at recess.

15. What is something Mommy always says to you?
A: She loves me.

16. What is something Daddy always says to you?
A: He loves me. 

17. Where is your favorite place to go?
A: Toys R Us

18. What makes you laugh?
A: Jokes

19. What is your nickname?
A: Carsonian

20. What is your favorite toy?
A: Pokemon cards

21. What makes you sad?
A: If I get in trouble.

22. What makes you scared?
A: Stormy weather with a tornado warning.

23. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
A: Sledding in the snow.

24. What is your favorite fruit?
A: Clemintines

25. What is your favorite restaurant?
A: Five Guys

25 Questions

Here are the same 25 questions I ask my kids on their birthday each year. Kadence turned 4 on Saturday so it was time for her interview. I love seeing how their answers change each year.

1. What is your favorite book? 
A: Strawberry Shortcake

2. What is your favorite movie?
A: Frozen

3. What is your favorite food?
A: Macaroni and Cheese

4. What is your favorite TV show?
A: My Little Pony

5. How did you like being three years old?
A: I don't know.

6. What is your favorite color?
A: Pink and Purple

7. What is your favorite treat?
A: Fruit snacks

8. What is your favorite song?
A: Frozen - Let It Go

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: Doctor

10. What is your least favorite food?
A: Jalapeños

11. What do you want to do when you're four? (Goals?)
A: Eat gum.  (Update: We gave Kadence a piece of mint gum to try. Her eyes instantly got watery and she spit it out. She decided she wants to wait until she's 5 to eat gum. Hahahaha! :)

12. What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?
A: Paint

13. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?
A: Have a sleepover

14. What is your favorite thing to do at school?
A: n/a (Kadence starts preschool this Fall.)

15. What is something Mommy always says to you?
A: Go to bed.

16. What is something Daddy always says to you?
A: Time for hugs and kisses!

17. Where is your favorite place to go?
A: Chuck E Cheese

18. What makes you laugh?
A: Playing I Spy

19. What is your nickname?
A: K-K

20. What is your favorite toy?
A: Wishful - Her rainbow unicorn and her Disco Ball

21. What makes you sad?
A: Timeouts

22. What makes you scared?
A: Monsters

23. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
A: Riding my bike and blowing bubbles

24. What is your favorite fruit?
A: Strawberries

25. What is your favorite restaurant?
A: Aubrey's

Kadence turns 4!

Kadence turned 4 this weekend and she wanted to have an Ice Cream birthday party! We are so thankful for all our friends who came out to the party and made it such a fun afternoon.

For her ice cream party we had toppings galore! Peaches, strawberries, peanut butter chips, Oreos, mini M&M's, chocolate chip cookie pieces, marshmallows, Reese's peanut butter cups, teddy grahams, gummy bears, walnuts, cherries, whipped cream, chocolate fudge, caramel sauce, butterscotch sauce, and lots of sprinkles!

To go along with the theme, I made her an cupcake cake in the shape of an ice cream cone! The cupcakes came in three different flavors: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate.

Everyone had fun playing with ice cream cone poppers and then we played two games. Reid won "Guess how many jelly beans are in the vase" and Aidan won "Pin the cherry on the ice cream cone".

Everyone having fun!

Time for ice cream.

   

Time to open presents!!!!

We sent all of our guests home with a little surprise.  An ice cream cone dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, then filled with cotton candy. (Thank you Pinterest for the idea!) All wrapped up in a cute little bag with a DQ gift card for a free ice cream treat. 

This party was definitely a huge hit for ice cream lovers.  I love how excited Kadence was about all the details. This momma had such a fun time planning and organizing everything. 

Happy birthday Kadence! 

Carson is SEVEN!

Carson turned 7 yesterday so we had a big party to celebrate!  It was a Minecraft Lego party because those are the two things that he LOVES right now.  We invited his entire 1st grade class thinking maybe half would come and to our surprise we had an amazing turnout. The kids were very well behaved, the Bricks 4 Kids activities were super fun, and we had such a great afternoon. Here are some pictures from the party.

A Minecraft Creeper cake...


Creeper Juice... also known as water :)


Minecraft Cookies...


Lego "7" Sign...


Lego Utensil Holder (don't worry, I washed and sanitized these Legos)...


Building Motorized Lego Cars...






Playing Minecraft Games...


The Whole Gang...They were so much fun!


This kid has enough Legos for the next YEAR!!!


Happy 7th Birthday CARSON!

25 Questions

Here are the same 25 questions that I ask my kids each year on their birthday.  Carson turned 7 yesterday so I interviewed him this afternoon. :)

1. What is your favorite book? 
A: Ninjago The Green Ninja

2. What is your favorite movie?
A: Frozen

3. What is your favorite food?
A: Cheeseburger with EVERYTHING from 5 Guys

4. What is your favorite TV show?
A: Ninjago

5. How did you like being six years old?
A: It was a good year.

6. What is your favorite color?
A: Gold

7. What is your favorite treat?
A: Fruit Rollups

8. What is your favorite song?
A: What Does the Fox Say

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: Engineer

10. What is your least favorite food?
A: Eggplant

11. What do you want to do when you're seven? (Goals?)
A: Collect all three Lego Minecraft worlds

12. What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?
A: Legos

13. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?
A: Use the hammer and drill and work in the garage

14. What is your favorite thing to do at school?
A: Free Choice (play with toys)

15. What is something Mommy always says to you?
A: It's time to give hugs and kisses!

16. What is something Daddy always says to you?
A: Goodnight, I love you!

17. Where is your favorite place to go?
A: Toys R Us

18. What makes you laugh?
A: Funny things

19. What is your nickname?
A: Car-Car

20. What is your favorite toy?
A: Minecraft Plush Creeper

21. What makes you sad?
A: When mommy and daddy leave and a babysitter comes

22. What makes you scared?
A: Scary movies

23. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
A: Play with the snow and go sledding

24. What is your favorite fruit?
A: Mangoes

25. What is your favorite restaurant?
A: 5 Guys

Ryan's Birthday Present

For part of Ryan's birthday present this year, I gave him a one hour flight with a friend/pilot that I met from working at the bakery.  Doug is a captain for Spirit Airlines and has flown for years. Ryan has always had a love for flying so I thought it would be the perfect gift for him.

What fun he had!  Ryan called me from the plane and informed me that they were going to fly right over our house so the kids and I ran outside and waved really big to them! Carson kept yelling, "Daddy can you hear me?!?!"

Next they flew downtown Ann Arbor, saw University of Michigan's football stadium and also LLamasoft.



From there they flew to Dexter. Here's an arial view of our future neighborhood and our new house that is under construction.



Pilot Doug and co-pilot Ryan!



There were controls on both sides of the plane and Ryan even got to control the plane by himself. What an awesome experience. Happy Birthday sweetie!!!

Bye, Bye Tooth #2

Three and a half weeks later and Carson loses another tooth! I wonder how much the tooth fairy will bring tonight?!?!