Busy Saturday

Yesterday we had a super busy and super Fun day...

 First we went to a "littlest Pet shop" 6th birthday party

 Here are all the kids pretending to be puppies, then we had a contest where they ate Coco puffs out of a bowl with NO hands (like puppies)

 And here is Andrew waiting for CAKE!

 After the party we went to the Swifts for lunch and then went to the Apple squeeze festival! We played a few games, toured the Meeker Mansion and squeezed our very own apple cider!

 Then we went to the pumpkin patch ....

 Malachi REALLY wanted to do a Corn maze this year so we did and it was really fun....

We did the corn maze, bouncy house and apple sling shot- and we decided to buy our pumpkins at the Grocery store!

The rain has officially returned to Western Washington...oh well! It was really great to spend some time together as a family (because Malachi has been working A LOT) and great to spend some time with the Grandparents!

Just a few...

Pictures of our cute kids

 Here is Mallory doing Ballet again with her friend from church

 She is now the oldest in the class...I cannot wait until she turns 5 so that she can move up into the older class and learn new stuff

 Sometimes we get ready for school early and need to take pictures of how cute we are before school

 Cute Andrew boy- we just had his conference at school and he is doing great! They start reading groups next week and he will be reading books before we know it!

 He LOVES his computer(s) and is in a "rock, paper, scissors" phase- I think I play it about 100 times a day!

 Just waiting at the bus stop

 Mallory had her conference too and she is doing well too, they think she will be able to get off her IEP (individual education plan) in March!!

 The both love going to school so I miss them a lot and I love when they come home so we can spend time together!

 Andrew is getting really good at Coloring. They do a lot of coloring in Kindergarten and he is starting to be a real artist.

We are loving this fall weather..... cannot wait until Halloween!

Andrew's 6th Baseball Party!

Andrew's Birthday was Tuesday but we had his party on Saturday!

 Thank you so much to everyone that came, it really meant a lot to Andrew (and me) that so many people love him!

 I think everything turned out pretty well- although I officially am checking off cake decorator from my list of possible careers- but the cupcakes were yummy anyway!

The Center pieces turned out great- but it was a little too windy for Balloons

 Lots of food- I think this is the last picnic we will get in this summer!

 After we ate everyone went over to the baseball diamond and played a little recreational game of baseball- they must have all had a REALLY good time playing because they were all so busy no body took pictures!

 After Baseball we did a Pinata- This was lots of fun- all the kids got a chance to whack the ball....

 And the "watcher kept inching closer and closer...and we would have to back them up so they didn't get hit

 But after we went though all the kids the stupid thing still wouldn't break ( I love this picture Anika is completely in mid-air)

 

When it finally broke Everyone was SO excited and jumped for all the candy

 Then we all had a piece and got ready to watch Andrew open his presents

 Oh but we had to sing Happy Birthday First- even though we had already eaten our cupcakes

 Then we opened presents- Andrew got LOTS of really cool stuff, but it was a lot to take it with all the people and the excitement...

 But this morning was when he really got to enjoy all of his gifts. We went though the basket one by one and would open it/put batteries in it and see how cool it was and talk about who gave it to him!

 I had been praying for good weather for Andrew's party since it was outside, but now that it's all over Fall can come- so I put my Fall wreath on the door!

Two quick things...

Really quick I wanted to show you the great deal I got on Apple Juice!

 Only $1 each for 100% apple juice- so we bought all they had!

The other day Malachi was giving Mallory a bath and when I came in to wash her hair this was on the tub- I thought it was super cute!

Happy Birthday Andrew

Yesterday was Andrew's Brithday! Since we are having a HUGE Birthday party this weekend we kept it kind of simple on his actual day!

 

 In the morning we had ORANGE sprinkle pancakes and he got ONE present (he LOVES his baseball mitt chair) and went out to the mailbox to get his birthday card from the Haney's with $1 in it- Lucky duck!

He brought treats to school and they sang him Happy Birthday. I decorated his lunch box and filled it with confetti  Andrew got LOTS of calls and Happy birthday wishes...I think it was a pretty fun day for him, but he is really excited about his BASEBALL PARTY, we are counting down the days!

New Van and Art show!

 Our Daddy got a new Van at work so we needed to clean out his old van.... The kids were a BIG help!

 Malachi is pretty excited about his new van- His company has new logos!

 Saturday we went to Good Will and while I was looking for shoes Malachi, Andrew, and Mallory were looking for Halloween costumes!

 Then we went to am AMAZING Art show- we were lucky enough to get a picture with the artists

And afterwards we went and got Ice cream!

Our Andrew boy!

Our Andrew boy is almost 6!

Andrew has a birthday coming up at the end of the month. We are having a "Baseball party" and anyone who would like to come is completely invited, I just wasent sure who would be around and would want to come....So if you would like to come send me an E-mail, we would LOVE to have you come. We are going to play a Baseball, do a Pinata, and lots of food, treats and cupcakes!

So  I thought I would provide a small list of Andrew's interests to provide some guidance if you would like to get him a gift.

Our Andrew loves "Cars", "Toy Story", and Spider man/Batman/Wolverine. He is wearing 6T-7T clothes and size 13 shoes. His room is decorated in SPORTS... mostly baseball! He loves Baseball! He has a Twin bed. He just started Kindergarten and his favorite color is Orange!