Happy Birthday Nicholas and Addison!!

We had a joint birthday party today for Nicholas and Addison and it was great!!  We had friends and family over to spend the afternoon enjoying good food, great conversation and LOTS of cake!!

The kids had an AWESOME time and were spoiled rotten by everyone!  We are so grateful to everyone who was with us today and showered our children with love and generosity!  THANK YOU!

This was Addison's Cake

And Nicholas' Dinosaur Cake

 

 Getting Ready for Everyone to Arrive!

Goodie Buckets!

The Prince and the Princess

We Ended up having to beat the living crap out of the Elmo pinata!

 

Can you tell they are mother and daughter?

  

Goodies!!

 

Cousins

 

Pop-pop and his Princess

 

  

Arggggghhh!! I had a GREAT birthday party!

Snowicane 2010

We've been "snowed in" for the past two days as we've been experiencing Snowicane 2010.  As of right now, we're looking at about 2+ feet of snow outside and they are calling for a few more inches over night!

Truthfully, it has been pretty fun being snowed in!  I haven't had to work and I've had friends over for the past two days.  Last night we had a snowed in party and ate, drank and played games.  Today, we headed outside and played for some time in the snow. And then we ate some more!  This Snowicane has definitely been marked by lots of food!!

We're hoping the snow moves out of the way by Sunday for the kids' birthday party!  We wouldn't want Snowicane 2010 to cause the cancellation of our celebration!!

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Elmo's Birthday Party

A good friend of mine recently put together a playgroup for moms in our area and the surrounding areas.  Today was our first meetup and we went to Elmo's Birthday Party at a local Border's Books.  The event was actually pretty fun- at least for the kids!  They played pin the nose on Elmo and Pass the Elmo (similar to hot potato) and then had storytime.  After storytime all of the kids were able to make a present for Elmo and then we picked out books for the kids!

The kids had a lot of fun getting to run around and dance and hear all about Elmo.  And the parents had a lot of fun watching the kids and socializing! 

Waiting to 'pin' the nose on Elmo!

 

Dead Center!!

 Addie's Turn

In a circle for Pass the Elmo

Addie's prize!

Getting all three, Logan included, to look at the camera was impossible!!

Brrrrr Bikes!

We've been hanging out at home today courtesy of the President's Day Holiday and I decided that today would be the perfect day to tackle the large bike sitting in my living room!

Addison received a Princess Bike from Grandma and Pop-pop for Christmas and the box has been sitting in anticipation of warmer weather.  Today was not really all that warm, especially considering we're waiting for more snow to get here, but it was "nice" enough out to warrant a new bike being built!  Plus, we HAD to get out of the house!!

First Time Out

LOVES the Princess Bike!

Nicholas is a PRO and took off!

My Biker Gang

We did "costume" change at one point...

Back to the Basics

I LOVE MY BIKE!

Happy Valentine's Day

After spending Saturday night with good friends watching the Olympics and enjoying tons of food, we were all ready for a low-key but lovely Valentine's Day!

Sunday morning we woke up and went out for a lovely brunch, as a family.  We had some yummy food and got to spend time together as a family before Daddy had to go to the restaurant for the night.

We exchanged cards and small gifts and then I was given the lovely gift of a few hours alone at the mall.  And those few hours were QUITE beneficial!  The deals were INCREDIBLE!

Valentine's night was spent with Aunt Meaghan and more delicious food!  The kids got to give Aunt Meaghan her Valentine and then were off to bed and Aunt Meaghan and I enjoyed more Olympics watching.

While I would have loved to have Pat home for the day, it was definitely a lovely Valentine's day and Valentine's weekend with wonderful friends and my special Valentines!!

Mmmm....FOOD!

Don't you just want her to be YOUR Valentine?!?!

Two of my Favorite Valentines!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Birthday Dinner

Tonight we headed out for dinner with grandma and pop-pop and Aunt Jessica to celebrate Nicholas' 5th birthday!

We were supposed to all have dinner on his actually birthday but we were snowed in!!

Nicholas wanted to go to the restaurant where he could get the Black Cherry juice that he loves.  Luckily, it's also a restaurant that we all love!!

We celebrated Nicholas' 5th birthday at the same restaurant where we celebrated my 30th birthday-

David's Rumba Cafe!!

If you are ever looking for DELICIOUS Latin food THIS is the place to go!!

Nicholas, and everyone else, had a great time.

We ate and drank and rounded out the evening with delicious cake and a restaurant-wide rendition of Happy Birthday for our wonderful Birthday Boy!

Here are just a few shots from the day...

Goofing Off Before we Head out!

Posing with their Life size snow people

Aunt Jessica and Addie waiting for dessert!!

Birthday Blizzard of 2010!

Nicholas got to celebrate his birthday at home today!  We've been snowed in for most of the day courtesy of the Blizzard of 2010!!

We hung out around the house and cleaned and did some baking all while waiting for Daddy to come home so we could head out and play in the glorious white stuff.  Once we got out there the kids, and Daddy, had a great time working on their snow fort and throwing snowballs!!

After the snow we came inside for some hot chocolate- sans marshmallows- and then some dinner.  After dinner we moved right into the event of the evening- BIRTHDAY CAKE!!  Nicholas enjoyed blowing out his candles and making a wish to celebrate his 5th birthday.  Finally, Nicholas opened up his birthday present and was super excited for his new Nintendo DS!

All in all, I'd say the birthday boy had a pretty great day!!

Happy Birthday Nicholas, We Love You!

Plowing mid-storm

Ready to Go!

Pails and Shovels aren't just for sand!!

Everyone has on tons of layers...the wind is BITING!

Daddy and his snow bunny

Digging the Snow!

Catching Snowflakes

Cake Time

Make a Wish 

(One of my favorite pictures!)

LOVED his Scooby Doo Card!

(Great pick, Daddy!)

Enjoying some cake and waiting to see what Nicholas got!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!