CLAYTONS BAKUGAN BIRTHDAY PARTY

BAKUGAN BRAWLERS BIRTHDAY

Clayton turned 7 a couple of weeks ago and he had a Bakugan party. For those who don't know what Bakugans are (you probably don't have boys) they are these round balls that you roll over a magnetic card and they open up to look like different creatures. There is an actual game but I'm not convinced he really knows how to play.

Clayton got to have a few friends and family over for his Bakugan party. We started off with pizza, chips and juice. After we ate we had bakugan competitions.

The first game the boys had to guess how many Bakugans were in the jar. Easy but they had fun!!! The second game the boys had to get the bakugan ball into numbered buckets and the person who got the highest amount of points won a prize. The next game was stick the Bakugan ball onto the Bakugan card, the one closest to the middle got a prize. The prizes were actual Bakugans. (there was enough for everyone, don't worry I was fare)

Then the boys had a blank circle out of poster board and they had to create their own Bakugans. They were all very creative and had a lot of fun with it. Then we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Clayton had a lot of fun and is already planning his next birthday!!!

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Clayton received student of the month for December. We are so proud of him. He got to go up in front of all 1st and 2nd graders and get an award. He got a free kids meal to Mimi's Cafe.

This is where my happiness ends. I have been able to see many minivans in my lifetime and now those big SUVs that all get to parade obnoxiously that there kid is student of the month. Now that I have a child in school don't I get to be obnoxious don't I get to paint my bumper in stickers.

I thought one day i will get my chance I want to be the obnoxious parent. Did Clayton get a bumper sticker NO!!! No sticker for my car, tear tear!!! I guess I will just have to take one from the minivan in the Target parking lot that has 10 bumper stickers on it and put it on my car.... They won't even notice it is missing.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST WRESTLE HIM???

My little and feisty Ella has always made me laugh. She can be so stubborn then turn around and be so sweet and witty. This morning as 3 of our 4 children had managed to get into bed with us, Ella asked,

"Why do you sleep on this side? You used to sleep on the other side?"

(side note, when ryder was born Robert and I switched sides because his side had more room so i could put the pack n play near me.)

I told Ella in a joking manner, "Because daddy won't give it back."

She got that serious look on her face and said, "Why don't you just wrestle him?"

I love how she thinks if you want somthing you get it by wrestleing. You just take it back!! She then pounced on Robert trying to defend my side and get it back for me.

Flower Clips

Flower Clip Mom

I have been making Ella bows and flower clips for awhile now and so I thought i would start selling the flower clips. (I'm not that good at the bows yet) Check out my facebook store.

http://www.flowerclipmom.com


Let me know if there i something I can specialize for you. Thanks for looking.

Here are a few

Ella Turns 5

Ella 5th birthday, A Garden Party!!

Ella had her very first all girl party. It was a garden theme party. The girls first came over and were able to pick out a dress up outfit and hats or scarves. Then they got to make their very own pizzas, any way they liked!!! After pizza making and eating the girls got to paint frames. Then came the cake. I attempted to make her a flower cake since that is what she requested, it turned out ok just don't look that close!!!

After cake Ella opened up her presents, she got a lot of great things from family and friends. Her daddy even got her, her very own pet fish. She loves well a little to much we are worried for his survival in this household but we hope she can learn to be nice and that the fish doesn't like to go everywhere she goes.

Classic Ella, NO PICTURES!!!

Ella insisted on getting a pinata, when I say insisted I mean she threw a tantrum minutes before her party so Mima( my mom) went and got her the pinata. I know I know not good parenting, giving in to the tantrum is not good I KNOW!!!

So the girls took some whacks at the pinata and of course know one was able to break it open. So i tore into it and dumped the candy on the floor so the girls can jump, dive, sprawl for all the candy they can get their little paws on.

After the pinata it was time to go home. The girls had a few gifts to take home. I made gift boxes that had tons of candy in it. With homemade flower hair clips on the top. The place mats, plates and cups were also theirs to take home.

Ella had a lot of fun. I still can't believe she is 5 the time has gone by so fast!!!

FREE GIFT CARD

FREE FREE FREE Gotta Love it!!!

sorry to my facebook friends who have already heard my rant about my free gift card I received from this website. All I did was some surveys and I earned points to get a free Target gift card. You can choose any place but I thought well I am at target every other day so I might as well get a gift card that supports my habit.

Check it out http://www.surveysforgiftcards.com/

Time To Catch Up

I know I have been horrible about updating my blog, but here it goes. A whole month of no blogging so lets see... we finished soccer, then thanksgiving, attempted family pics, class partys, class programs, family friends and fun. Clayton and Ella finished their soccer season. Clayton loves soccer and he is excited to find an indoor league to keep playing. He played 8 and under so it was a bigger field and more competitive. He played forward most of the time, he did not get his speed from me that is for sure. Ella also played but she would get shy when certain people came to watch her play so she would run off the field. I never thought she would be the running child but she was. We got to see a glimpse of her competitive nature the first game before she realized there was an audience. She played aggresive scored goals and she would throw the ball in to herself so she could get it faster.




Then Thanksgiving. We had a fun day. Robert, my mom, my aunt and I woke up early and ran a 5k in a turkey trot race. Robert smoked us but I came in after him at a good time well good for me. We eventually made it over to my parents house where there was a lot of neighbor kids and friends of ours for the kids to play with. We ended up renting a bounce house, the kids loved it. We had a great dinner and enjoyed family and friends.



The day after thanksgiving what else is there to do but shop all day. It actually started that night. My friend Shelly, my cousin Nia and myself headed to Toys r us that night to stand in line. I know CRAZY. We finally got into the store and it was chaos. I was going for little things but my friend shelly was going for a major Lego set that was crazy cheap. She spotted the set and strarted walking toward it. She then felt a nudge from another lady, irritated but didn't bother her to much until that lady bent in front of her and grabbed the last lego set. We then went to the line to check out when we saw this lady again, she was mad at something and was cursing at the toys r us worker and she had 2 of those lego sets in her cart. We were very annoyed. We were about to check out and behind a lady paying with a check so that took forever when I saw this crazy lady fiddling with her lego sets, so I had this feeling, call it intuition, the spirit, a little holiday inspiration, I toldmy friend to go check over there I think the lady left the lego set. So she walked over and the crazy lady DID leave one. She was so excited it made the wait totally worth it. We shopped for many more hours but nothing felt as good as getting the lego set.


Then the kids had their christmas programs. First Clayton and the rest of the entire first grade. He did so good and those kids are so cute. Ella had her very first performance with her preschool class. She sang every song maybe the words weren't right but she sang her heart out and they both looked so adorable!!!

Now we are finishing up christmas shopping and enjoying the first weekend of christmas break or winter break whatever you want to call it. We love this time of year and I am always looking for great ideas to teach my kids about the true meaning of Christmas and giving service at a level they would understand, so if you have any great ideas let me know???

Sorry for the length!!!