4th Birthdaypalooza

In honnor of Maddie & Aidan's 4th birthday, we celebrated four times!!  On the day of their birthday, we spent some quality time together just the 4 of us swimming at the indoor pool and eating cupcakes. 

The day after the official birthday, we had their playgroup friends over for a pirate lunch/party.  Maddie & I spent the morning decorating while Aidan was at school.  And we picked Aidan up to find that his class had decorated a tshirt & crown for him.  The tshirt says "It's Thumbody's birthday" and all of his classmates/teachers put their fingerprint in paint.  Very cute!  You can also see Maddie decked out in her pink pirate hat ready to greet her guests...

 We took a short break that week from birthday celebrations.  Then this past weekend we held celebration #3 on Saturday.  We had all of the Willners over for a pizza party for the kids and a sit down dinner for the adults.  Maddie & Aidan really enjoyed the time with their cousins and we had a family photo shoot too!

We got some sleep and woke up bright and early for celebration #4 - which was a trip to Davis Farmland with the Maas/Lance side of the family.  Nothing beats seeing all of your cousins in one weekend!  Maddie wasn't too keene on the pony ride, but did enjoy relaxing with Peepa.  And we ended the day at Auntie Deb's house for even more cupcakes before Morgan had to head out for rehearsal for the Nutcracker.  And of course Vivie modeled her Kung Fu outfit for us too :)

Such a fabulous birthday for such wonderful children!  We're so grateful to all of our friends and family for celebrating with us and for all of the fabulous gifts we received.  I do have to say that next year there WILL NOT be 5 parties.  PHEW, we're exhausted...

First Days...

Maddie & Aidan both started preschool this past week.  They are attending the same school, but on different days.  This way I can have one-on-one time with each kiddo!

Aidan started first and looked like such a handsome little man.  He got right back into the swing of things and was so glad to see Miss Laurie and Miss Ashley.  His class is all new students this year and he couldn't understand what happened to TJ and Dillon.  He decided they must be at the dentist :)

While Aidan was at school, Maddie has her first gymnastics class.  I was so proud of her for trying everything and listening so well to the teacher.  She wasn't in love with the high bar, but can't get enough of sommersaults and 'walking on the wall'.  

Their school runs a 'car line' which means the teachers come right to the car and take the kids out.  This makes it important that the child attending school that day be on the curbside of the car.  Maddie was a bit perturbed to find out Aidan had to sit in her car seat!

Here is the photo of Maddie's first day.  She said she 'loved it' at school, though the bathroom is far too loud.  And Aidan & I ran some errands and then visited with Peepa. 

So excited to go, she ran to the car!

So far so good with the school thing; let's hope this keeps up!!!