Early Birthday Party

Once again, I decided to throw the boys an early birthday party.  I had to do this last year because I was pregnant but this year it just made since to get it out of the way before school started.  It worked out perfectly!  But planning 3 parties at once was a little crazy :)

Caden and Cole obviously had more of a say in the party planning than poor Crosby did, so we had a pirate party!  Cole really wanted a Peter Pan party, but there just wasn't much Peter Pan stuff out there.  Caden wanted a pirate party but I wasn't thrilled with all the skull and crossbones associated with it.  So I compromised and did Jake and the Neverland pirate invites along with a few basic pirate decorations.  It worked perfectly. 

I found someone online that did several personalized Jake and the Neverland Pirate graphics with kids' names on them...so I found a Caden and the Neverland Pirate logo and a Cole and the Neverland Pirate logo!  BINGO!!!  I personalized each kids' invitation, made it look like a treasure map on the back and it turned out great! 

Then I got to work on the cupcakes...Caden saw me searching online for ideas and like both of the ones I found, so I decided to try it out and see what happened!  It was pretty easy and fun to do!

The treasure map was cute but not as tasty :)

 The pirates were cute and sugary :)  Caden was a huge help cutting all the candy pieces for these.

Here is birthday boy #1 - Crosby James celebrating his first birthday! 

 He wasn't sure about the cupcake at first...

 Poor guy had been sick all week with a stomach bug, so I just let him taste a dab of the icing!

 He was all smiles if Momma had him! 

Birthday Boy #2 - Cole Jackson celebrating his 3rd Birthday!

Cole invited two of his little buddies and was so excited that they both came!  These three boys were just precious!  They all three kept running and jumping in the pool off the side yelling "CANONBALL!"  It took several parents to get this picture...we were each hollering at our kid to smile!  I pray these boys become good friends and stay that way! 

They really are too cute!

 Cole got pretty bashful when it was time to sing Happy Birthday and blow out his candle.

 Of course he was thrilled to open presents!  Look at that grin!

 He was so thankful and had to hug his buddy Jarrett!

 Momma and Daddy got him the movie Peter Pan - can you tell he was excited?!?!

Cole  had a great time swimming with his buddies, eating his cupcake, and opening presents.  He is still talking about his Jake party so I am guessing it was a big hit!

Birthday Boy #3 - Caden Montgomery celebrating his 7th Birthday...WOW!

Caden invited a few of his buddies and once they all arrived, they just all played in the pool until I got them out for cake.  We watched them, but they entertained themselves all evening.  He is getting so big!  This is really the only picture I could get of him and friends!

 Caden was also embarrassed when we sang to him!

 And he also LOVED all his gifts!  Legos are always a HUGE hit for him!  He was up by 7 the next morning putting this set together in the dining room!

 The dino gifts were also a big hit...we hatched the egg immeadiately.

 It was a great night and fun for everyone there!  Before you get worried about Carter being left out, never fear...his best buddy Ben was there and these two were having a blast too!  They watched Caden blow out his candle, at a bit, and then they got back in the water!  I am so glad these boys have each other!

So thankful for all our friends who came to celebrate our boys' birthdays!  You are all a blessing to us! 

 

Soccer Camp

Caden had a great time at soccer camp this summer and learned lots of great new skills! He improved several things including his attitude:)

The big group

Caden and his coach for the week, Andy

Fun in OKC

Friday I headed to OKC to shop on tax free weekend! I may be crazy but not stupid so I took Becca with me!

We hit the main stores then rewarded the boys with a trip to Chuck E Cheese. Becca grabbed my phone and documented the fun for me, love that girl!

Carter was loving this roller coaster simulator!

Cole and I played a mean game of air hockey.

Crosby was trying to keep his eye on everyone!

Caden won a ton of tickets.

It was a long but fun day! A huge thanks to Becca for going!!!

Backyard Fun

A huge thanks to Grammie and Papa for the new backyard toy, we are having so much fun!!!

Rodeo Parade

It is once again rodeo time in our town!  So Saturday we headed downtown for a shady spot to watch the parade.  We found a great spot, there was a nice breeze, and it wasn't too hot!  Perfect morning!  I again forgot my camera, so I had to use my phone again. 

The boys were ready...

Crosby had a great time watching the boys and the parade.

Old time fire engine.

getting the candy!

Waiting and watching.

The Shriner Clowns were great again this year!

The hubs and I tried to take a pic, this is the best one :)

At then end were the EVER POPULAR Longhorns!!!

My 5 guys had a blast!!!

Crazy Hair Day

Another fun thing about having boys...you can do wild things to their hair for crazy hair day and it will grow back soon!

Caden is attending soccer camp this week and Friday is crazy hair day.  So I was thinking we shave a mohawk and spray paint it.  Well Cory got home and thought we should step it up a notch and shave a star in it.

You can't tell too much from the front, but as you see each side view the star turned out pretty cool!

The back seems really CRAZY to me!

Then we had to get creative with the paint!  He wanted white because his team is white, but we convinced him to do this...

His team is also representing USA, the other teams are France, England, and Japan.  So I thought we could try this.

A big thanks to Mandy for the stencil idea!  It worked great!

Carter fell asleep early last night because he didn't feel good, so of course this morning he wanted in on the action.  But he didn't want his head shaved (thank goodness!)  So he got some spikes, some blue paint, and of course a USA!

Pool Time Again

We headed out to Boiling Springs today to the pool.  We have gone to the water park a few times and prefer it, but I had to go out to the pool to pay the deposit for a bday party coming up, so why not just swim for a while!  Of course I inlisted the help of Becca so I didn't have to do it alone!  We had a blast!

Cole usually puts on a life jacket in the pool and in our past experience, if he can't touch the bottom he doesn't like it.  He did pretty well in Branson, but not so great at Cory's parents.  So I knew it would be difficult with him because he was used to just walking all around the water park and being able to touch the bottom no problem.  He would not just float around in the life jacket today, just hung on my neck for what seemed like EVER!  Then he took it off and begged for Carter's floaties.  Carter wasn't using them so I said sure...

Cole became an entirely different child!  He was jumping off the side of the pool over and over, yelling "Batman to the rescue!!!"  It was hysterical!

Caden and Carter dove for rockets for a long time!

This little fish could swim all day!

My blessing, Becca and her little man Crosby.

Cole not only jumped off the side of the pool but went down the slides several times, he was EXHAUSTED!  He fell asleep in the chair as we were all drying off and getting ready to go.  Isn't he cute!

Another fun summer afternoon!  I am ready for school to start, but I am loving these relaxing lazy days too!