Snow!

I love snow!!! Last winter we didn't really get to enjoy any snow. We drove through Colorado and saw some snow but we didn't get to play in it. And then we got to Washington we never had any snow... well, we got some this year! It started to snow Sunday night and pretty much snowed all night and all day Monday.
Ireland's school has been cancelled all week so we have had a lot of time to play!
Here is what it looked like yesterday morning.
The girls couldn't wait to go out and play yesterday! They had so much fun.

Ireland started right off building a snowman.

She got a little frustrated so Papaw helped. Then they got to make a really cool snowman!

We didn't have stuff for the eyes, mouth, and buttons. So we used baby carrots for the mouth and peppermint kisses for the eyes and buttons. It worked!

Yesterday we went to the PX and got a sled. We didn't get to use it yesterday but we did today.
There aren't any real hills around here that aren't covered in trees. So Chris put Parker to work and had her pull the girls on the sled. They had so much fun!! I wish I would have had the video camera so you could hear their laughs! But the pictures are fun too!

Chloe right after her first ride on the Parker Sled!

After Parker got tired Papaw started to pull the girls. What a good Papaw!

Parker LOVES the snow too! She wants to go outside all the time just to play in it.

We are so happy to have snow! It makes my winter!

A Whale of a Party!!!

Yesterday was Ireland's 6 year old birthday party! It was so much fun! It was a whale themed party... very interesting, let me tell you what!
She invited 8 kids from the neighborhood and her class... and all but 1 came! So needless to say we had a full house yesterday! Here are a few pictures to take you through the day!

It was a little hard to find whale party decorations and what not. So we kind of went in the way of sea-life. So the cupcakes had little gold fish on them. I think they turned out pretty cute!

Ireland drew a lot of whale pictures to hang up. She also decided she wanted to bring all her whale and dolphin toys from her room to decorate the table. It turned out to be a nice touch!

Here are the pictures she drew for our awesome decor!

The birthday girl next to her table of goodies!

When the kids started to arrive I had whale and dolphin coloring sheets for them to color. We had a fun whale craft to do but wanted to wait to start until everyone was there. So the coloring sheets were a good way to keep the kids occupied while we waited. The girls really liked it... the boys, not so much! :)

After everyone got there we started on the paper bag whale. I found the idea online and it was super easy! You just start with a white lunch size paper bag. Color or paint it however you want your whale to look. After it's colored you stuff it with strips on newspaper, leaving enough room on the end for the tail. Then you decorate it with fun eyes and fins. I added some pipe cleaners in sliver for the water spout.

Again, the boys finished before the girls but they all had fun! And the whales turned out so cute!!

This is Ireland's finished whale (I meant to get a picture of all the kids whales, but time got away from me and I forgot)!

The pink and purple on is Chloe's whale. Pretty fun!

After whales we did presents! Ireland got a friendship rose from one of the little boys! Her first flower!
She loved all her gifts and loved opening them all!

Then it was on to cupcakes! Ireland just loved being the center of attention, so she loved everyone singing to her!

When everyone was done eating we played some games. We played freeze dance, dolphin dolphin whale (like duck duck goose), and Whale says (like Simon says). The kids thought all the games were really fun!

After the games were done parents started to show up! A lot of them came early so I didn't get a chance to get picture of all the kids. But I did get on of the neighborhood kids!

This was our first birthday party where we had more kids than adults... and I would say it was a success! Ireland told me it was the best day of the year so far! :)

Now, on Wednesday it will be her real birthday... So stay tuned for some another birthday blog!

Halloween!!!

We had a really fun Halloween! We went trick or treating around the neighborhood and the girls got A LOT of loot!
Ireland was a bride and Chloe was Princess Jasmine. They both looked extra cute. :)
Ireland loved being all dolled up. We curled hair and put on some make-up!

It was a little dark when we started taking pictures... but they turned out pretty cute anyways!

I LOVE this picture of Chloe! Shows just how excited she was to start trick or treating!

Here is our very first house... they were so excited!!! :)

Parker came with us trick or treating... Chris even got her a little Halloween shirt. Yes, he dressed our dog for Halloween.

We met up with one of Ireland's friends from school, Aidan. All 3 of them had so much fun together!

I had to end with this picture... one of the houses had a guy in a really creepy mask, after that house Chloe did not want to go up to the doors anymore. So Ireland started to hold her hand so she would come with her! What a great big sister! Made my heart smile!

We had a wonderful holiday! Ireland decided that Halloween is the best idea ever! She is already talking about what next year is going to be like! :)