Lil' C is Two Months Old

Grandmoochie and Big K celebrate with dancing....

...and high kicks!

Lil' C using the powers of her cuteness!

Festivities last through the evening with a family movie night.  Who's excited to watch Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue?!

Farmer's Market Menu and Lil Ton of Fun goes to Church

This weekend we celebrated Grandmoochie's birthday with a farmer's market inspired dinner.  Great idea Aunt A!  It was a delicious meal and fun celebration.  We were in stitches over Grandpa's 45 question quiz to find out how well each of us knew the birthday girl.  Ton of Fun was declared the winner.  What a good son!

Lil TOF telling Mad Dog how excited she is about the first birthday party she's attended!

 Here's the menu from our dinner.  Be prepared to be jealous...

pita chips with artichoke bruschetta
baby carrots and ranch dip

roasted corn and edamame salad

green bean and fingerling potato salad

tomato cucumber salad

crispy chicken

lemon meringue pie

Also this weekend, TOF and I decided we needed to be more conscientious about documenting Lil TOF's firsts.  Well, last Sunday was Lil TOF's first time to go to church.  After feeding and clothing, ourselves and the girls, we completely forgot to snap a picture.  So in an effort to document Lil Sis' life at least half as well as Big TOF's, here (drum roll please) are pictures from this morning.  Lil TOF's 2nd time to go to church!

Birthdays and Mothers Day!

Abbey recently celebrated her 8 year old birthday!  Katie helped out with putting a crown on her, reading her card, and giving her some cake!

On May 4th we celebrated Carrie's birthday who wished for the picture on the blog to exclude her.  K was, well not quite sure what she was doing while I was serving cake and coffee!

K and I went to get some presents for Carrie.  We gave her some flowers tonight!

Yes the baby is near!

K having fun outside!  She is sporting her Big Sis shirt.  Earlier today we went to a sibling class which she loved!  Baby will be here soon!

3 years old

3 years ago today, we met this little cutie for the first time.

We love the little girl she has grown to be.

Saturday, we celebrated three years with a princess party for our princess, family, and friends.

Her love for princesses and fanciness is only rivaled by her love of sweets!  Put the two together for a very happy girl.

Today, we celebrated the official b-day with birthday traditions!  

Tradition #1

Take a picture of the birthday girl 1st thing in the morning.  I imagine this will be more and more fun, at least for Jon and me, as she gets older.

Tradition #2

Eat birthday cake for breakfast!  Yum!  

Tradition #3

Do something really fun - like go to the zoo with your friend that shares your birthdate.

The Ides of March Girls in very cool shades.

Forget the animals!  The best part of the zoo is the candy store!

So tired, but her grip on the lollipop holds...

And last, but certainly not least, the newest tradition for birthdays at our house is...

Tradition #4

Birthday girl selects the dinner menu.

Katie's Choice Menu

Bug Shaped Mac and Cheese

Strawberry Applesauce

Baked Cheetos

Garlic Bread

French Fries and Ketchup

I have to admit that it was a pretty awesome dinner and maybe the first time EVER that Katie cleaned her plate ;)

Birthday Bash

Birthday Celebration for Jon, Angela, David, and Granddad!
Katie was having a great time! Granddad was making her laugh



Great Family Portrait - They were all excited for the new coffee maker as it makes hot chocolate as well.



First time ever - we had a birthday bash while watching the Rangers in the World Series. Not football season yet in Texas (especially since our teams stink)



Pumpkin Woopie Pies!



The night ended with a game of bingo after all the food, presents, and Rangers win!

Happy Birthday to Daddy!

We hope the best Daddy and Husband ever has the best day ever!

Love your Guts!

XXOOXXO!

C & K

Next Food Network Star

Making a lemon poppy seed cake for Grandma's belated birthday celebration, Katie uses the mixer for the very first time!

Do you watch the Next Food Network Star? It's my favorite show! For those of you that do not watch it, each contestant is required to concisely express their culinary point of view. Katie's culinary point of view is, "I can do it myself. Mommy, you don't help." She yelled at me when I tried to help. She can do so much by herself these days.



Yes, the mixer is on. Katie's whole body was vibrating from it's power, but she takes her baking very seriously and would not let go.

The second picture is included so you know how close by I was and so you can wonder about my outfit. Yep, it's a tank tucked into soffe shorts. It's my Saturday style. I rock the fashion world!

Ides Girls

If you share birth dates, your name starts with k, you've got a green gingham dress, and are super duper cute, you can be in this picture.

Katie and Kennedy the Ides of March Girls.

Wardrobe provided by Katie's Meme.

Lucky 7

Abbey is 7 years old. Her birthday was Thursday, but we celebrated on Friday. She chose to go to Double Dip for a poochie cone. Her she is waiting for her cone.
CrAzY eYeS!

Yes, I forced the dog to wear the party hat I made for K's birthday. It is nice to have one child that can't reject your handmade craftiness. And now the cone is gone!


Party guests included:

Granddad



Grandma


Daddy


Mommy (not pictured - which may be the best thing about being the photographer.)

and Katie


Love these pics. Grandma made a comment about how ladylike and careful Katie was while eating her cone.




Things did get a lil' bit unladylike at the end. It was a night I was glad I carry around a 200 lb. diaper bag with a spare outfit in it. Being prepared finally pays!

Party Girl

We celebrated K's 2 years with a party yesterday.

Before the guests arrived she practiced blowing out her candles.



I love the look on her face here. It is if she is daring anyone to take that cupcake away from her!



Grandma and Grandpa with the party girl.



Katie and Bryce (the only guest in the toddler stage) enjoyed playing with all the open gifts.



I think the thing Katie enjoyed most about the party was everyone sitting around watching her play.



How lucky is Meme?!

She was chosen, by Katie, to be in the dancing show.