Saturday, October 6, 2007

Over-the-top Birthday Party

Ok. So it is common for us parents to want to go a little overboard on our child's birthday party. But I will absolutely say that we went to one on Friday night for a 4 yr old little boy named Alex that would trump anyone's birthday party....Maybe even Donald Trump's!

First, Location: They rented out the art museum on a Friday evening! And the whole family was invited. Neither Kyle nor Landon were excited about going. (But both really enjoyed themselves once there!)

Second, Dinner: Ok, so they had a private sit down dinner for the children and adults. No party plates or napkins! Fine China, white napkins, and glass goblets. There was a table in the center of the room for the children with place cards telling everyone where to sit. Each plate had a printed menu on top (that of course matched the invitations that were sent). The children dined on Baked Maccaroni and Cheese with Home Made Applesauce. The adults were served a Mixed Green Salad with Wild Salmon and Rice. The children were served milk in their goblets while the adults had access to an open bar! Further, they hired college age baby sitters to take care of the kids while they ate so the adults could eat in peace.

Third, Entertainment: After dinner, the children were taken upstairs to do an art project by the 4 babysitters that were on hand while the adults were left to finish their dinner. Then, at 7pm, the adults headed upstairs for a private concert by Ralph from Ralph's World on the Disney Channel. I am not sure what you have to do to get Ralph to play at your 4yr old's birthday party, but I am sure it is not cheap. The kids had the best time dancing, singing, crawling on the floor and hopping like a frog!....and frankly so did the ADULTS. He played for about an hour, then we had cake.
The goodie bags had personalized candy and a 2 Disc signed CD from Ralph! So we listened to it on the way home! And the next day we were listening to it again, and a song came on and Landon said, "He played this for us last night at the concert!" Too Cute!
In the pics, you can't tell, but I am actually wearing a dress and heels to a 4yr old's birthday party!!
Anyway, we had a blast....even Kyle and Landon! Enjoy the pics! I tried to download his songs so that you could listen to his music, but I must be an idiot because I could do it. Maybe later.

Pumpkin Patch




Laurel's Class went to the Pumpkin patch on Monday. It was quite chilly especially considering that it was October 1st! We had a really good time and got some cute little pumpkins thanks to Laurel's excellent picking skills!
Oh! And she also got a cute little haircut!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Go Redskins!

Ok...Landon had a soccer game and a flag football game today. His flag football team is the Redskins. He did really well. He played RB some and on the offense line some (my little boy on the OFFENSIVE LINE!)! He loved it! He had a really good run as running back with lots of yardage...I wish that I could say that I got this run on video, but I had some technical difficulties!
Then we headed straight from the football game to the soccer game where he changed jerseys and put his shin guards on in the car! He scored a goal and had an assist in the soccer game! He is such a little athlete! Not that I would brag on him or anything!
Both his football and soccer teams won...although, TECHNICALLY they do not keep score at this age.
Our friend Sarah brought Gracie and Drew to the soccer game. So he had a crowd cheer when he scored his goal!

Here are a few pics from the day! Soccer, orange jersey...Football, blue jersey.


Sunday, September 9, 2007

Random Pics

Cheerleaders with an Attitude!



Farrah...This girl has gotten busy!

Aren't they cute?

Soccer again!

Laurel enjoying the game!



Ouch!











Landon started his fall soccer today. And he did awsome! He scored 4 goals! Even though they do not technically keep score, he let us know that his team won 11-2! I stopped counting after 7-1...so he was probably right! I didn't know if I was going to be able to get "into" soccer, but as he gets older, and there is more of a GAME being played...instead of the 10 kid pile-up, I am finding that I am enjoying it more and more. Anyway, here are a few pics of the game.