Lucky Strikes Again

This St. Patrick's Day, Lucky the Leprechaun had another trick up his sleeve for evidence! In addition to the green toilet water, the green milk, and the messes, Lucky left his footprints.

He is so clever that Lucky ;)

The girls were in awe when they discovered that Lucky had indeed visited Fir Avenue!

They were ready to start their day in their green and very festive outfits (thanks to Bubba and Casey)... Charlie even said, "And now I won't get punched!"

I replied, "It's pinched, not punched Chuckie!"

LOL... It didn't matter she said "punched" all day and I didn't have the heart to tell her again. It was just too cute. I guess she'll have to learn next year!

We hope everyone had a safe and fun Leprechaun Day!

Just a regular ol' Tuesday Morning!

This week the girls wanted to experiment with curlers in their hair so on Monday night we got all curled up and ready for bed. I swear... the girls started in their own bed but... typical in this house...

They ended up in mine!

I was sneaky and got up to take a shower. No one woke up while I was in the shower.

As a matter of fact, this is how they were sleeping...

Right on top of each other!
They really love each other, don't they?

I can't believe they didn't wake up with my taking pictures!

On this particular morning I had to actually wake them up for school... I never have to do that!

I blame the time change.

But... once they were up, the girls with curls could not have been happier!

I said, "Smile!"

And they did this...

"C'mon girls... give me a real smile!"

"Thank you! That's better!"

They were so excited to show their friends their new do! I wonder if I will have to do this all the time now.

Softball: Take 2

Softball activities are abundant these days... and we're lovin' it! We've got practices, games, parades, picture day, and carnivals comin' up one after another! This week we had a Thursday night game and 7:30 a.m. arrival time for a Saturday morning parade/Opening Ceremonies! LAGSL (Los Al Girls Softball League) is so well run! I have to admit that I got teary at the Opening Ceremonies watching this many girls in our community participating in the league. They make so many special moments for the older girls to be role models for the younger girls in the community! We say it often but really... we feel so lucky to live where we do!

Papa was able to make it down for Thursday night's game... surprise, surprise...

it was a tie: 24 to 24 (2 innings with 12 players on each team!)

Saturday morning (the morning after the rock out bday party) was the parade and Opening Ceremonies! The Ice Breakers walked with attitude in the parade from Rossmoor School to Rossmoor Park... where the ceremonies would be held!

"LET'S GO ICE BREAKERS! LET'S GO!"

Donuts, coffee, hot chocolate, noise makers, and other props... every parent's dream Saturday morning!

Hi Kendie!

Ice Breakers rule!

Have I said lately that Charlie LOVES to be on her very own team!!! She does!!!

Charlie and one of her besties... Addie!

Getting all situated for the parade stance!

Here we go!

Opening Ceremonies!

Look at all these girls!

This is such a great experience for our girls... I can't say enough how proud we are to be a part of it all!

Go Ice Breakers!

Game this Thursday, 3/10 at 4:45 @ Rossmoor Park

Hope to see you there!

Happy Birthday Rockstar Ryan!

Can you believe Ryan is 7 already?

We can't!

What we realized about this birthday... our little girl is really growing up! The theme she chose for her party certainly illustrated that fact for sure!

JAMMIE JAMS!!

I know, you say, "huh, what's a Jammie Jam?"

Well, this is how it started. Ryan wanted a pajama party AND she wanted a dance party... so mommy put the two ideas together to come up with "Jammie Jams!"

I was a little nervous... but it turned out cute! I love a party theme "challenge." It makes it more fun for me!

The favors...

Every girl got a Jammie Jams CD with the playlist from the party...

Justin Bieber, Hannah Montana, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez... and even tracks from The Sound of Music. Ryan picked all the songs and then mommy went online to read all of the lyrics to make sure we picked "appropriate 7 year old tunes." The Justin Bieber songs were "iffy" but oh, I would have not lived that down if I didn't put the #1 heartthrob on the CD!

The favor bags also contained jammies for each girl... somehow I had to connect the two concepts of the theme! I even found jammies in the colors of the party... black, pink, and turquoise!


Favor bags lined up and ready to go...

We also had a candy bar as part of the party fun...

The cupcakes were crafted by our favorite cupcake vender

"CUPCAKES BY AUBREY"
In the picture, the hot pink ones look orange but they were actually the perfect pink! She even incorporated the zebra print that I had in the decorations!

I can't believe I didn't take pictures of the all the decor... you'll have to imagine the Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, and peace sign posters that graced the walls along with the Hannah Montana and Selena Gomez cut outs!

Don't worry... they are now adorning the walls in their bedroom, so you can see them anytime...LOL!

Ryan first guest arrives... Kendall!

The girls started getting out the props... hats and sunglasses to get the party started!

The rest of the girls started to show and immediately started dancing the night away!

About a half an hour into the party, we stopped to serve dinner! We continued to take turns on the Wii Dance while the girls ate their dinner! Perfect dinnertime entertainment!

After eating... no time was spared before getting back to the rockin' out!

To keep the attention span of 1st graders... Mommy kept changin' it up! We had a freeze dance with glowsticks, strobe light dancing, karaoke singing, and lots of instruments for the full rock band effect!

Oh, there's Justin...

We took another break to sing happy birthday to Ryan and eat some cupcakes!

The craft table was a continuous part of the party fun... at any time the girls could head over and create a peace sign key chain with best babysitter in the world, Aubrey!!! Here is Hannah making her key chain...

Candy Bar time...

All the girls got a popcorn cup to fill with candy and popcorn!
We ended the party with snuggly movie time with our "goodies." Somehow, we had to incorporate the "pajama" part of the party.... haha... it's a stretch I know but they were cute and think, all rocked out and needed the break!

Ryan is so lucky to have such a sweet group of friends!

What a great time!

A party that I hope Ryan will remember and one that Charlie will want to copy in the future... this one was a really fun one to plan!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BIG GIRL! WE LOVE YOU RY-RY!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOTS OF ROCKIN' OUT WITH YOU FOREVER AND EVER!