3rd and 5th Birthday Party!

 Yay!  We had a great birthday party with our family and friends!

 As the girls left they got a tiara and a bag full of goodies.  Mimi with Addison and Alexis

 And what is a party without a little "dress-up" play.  Mimi and Natalie had a great time!

 As the boys left they got a Darth Vader mask...although Bryson was not having it so Jeff wore it for him!

 Present time!

 Thanks for the Luke Skywalker outfit Grandma Judy and the light saber, Mr. Mike!

 Grandpa Wayne taking a snooze (after you left Ben...so you can give him grief for this one!)

Hank and Grandpa Ed taking a break on the bouncer 

 Mimi would not go on the bouncer...and finally decided to Sunday night...and she had a blast!

 Grandpa Wayne trying to get grandma Judy into the bouncer :).....

 But it didn't work so well :)

 Grandma Judy and Mimi reading Princess Potty...which must have worked cause Mimi is going on the potty now!

 Some playroom talk with Grandma Mary and Grandpa Ed!

Sassy!  A vest that Mommy wore when she was little...is now Mimi's and she wears it well!

Thanks to everyone that made the trip for our birthday party.  It was a blast and Hank is already talking about what the bouncer will be like next year!

No Fun at the Allergist...

 We had an allergy appt again...it has been a year so we had to go back.  And the results were no different as you can see by Hank's arm.  The big welts are a reaction to the pricks Hank got from eggs, peanut, tree nuts and coconut.  Those guys still do not agree with Hank's body...poor guy!  We have to get some blood work done and depending on those numbers we may do a "baked egg" challenge.   For kids allergic to eggs, sometimes they can tolerate eggs that are baked into food like cookies, muffins etc.  So once we do the blood work and talk to the doctor we will let you know how that goes!

You can't really see Mimi's reaction because of the flash from the camera but her sunflower reaction was as big and angry as it was the last time she was tested.  So her's has not changed either.  Did not get worse tough so at least that is positive :)

So we wait...and continue the way we have.  And make sure that Hank's new school in the fall is as wonderful with food allergy kids as his preschool was!

Happy Birthday Hank!

 Wow! What a birthday!  I got to celebrate at school and at home!

 Mimi got to sit with at my school party

 This was a big Star Wars, Angry Birds birthday year!

 Yay!  Got my All-Terrain R/C car that I wanted!

 Yummy chocolate Darth Vader cake!

 Remote control angry birds balloon!  Awesome!

And my #1 requested birthday gift...a Storm Trooper costume!!

Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful gifts!  I had an awesome day and I can't wait to celebrate again on the 20th with all our family and friends!

Miscellaneous and Easter

 Not sure what is going on in here but the 2 of them are up to something...

 This is the world's largest tea party...and you can only see half of the guests!

 One word...Fashion

 I said let me take your picture...and this is the pose I got!

 My quick change princess!

 Apparently I have been under- dressing when i vacuum...is this the dress code?  And the use of the trimmer as the vacuum??

 A Rapunzel Cowgirl!

 Happy Easter!  I got Ruby in my basket!

 Hank checking out his bucket of goods!

 The Easter aftermath!

 Sweet face...

and another sweet face!!

FLORIDA!

Beautiful time in St.Pete Beach las weekend!  The weather warmed up nicely and we enjoyed a lot of fun in the sun!

 Pool time!

 The bird that we affectionately call Long Neck Bonnie was back and waiting patiently for some fish...

 And she was still waiting for that fish...

 Uncle Ben and Hank worked hard to catch some fish!

 The sun-bathing beauty!

 The one-eyed bathing beauty!

 LOVED the Cabana we had!!  Complete with a cabana boy and good food and drinks!

 Hank and Grandpa enjoying the cabana...

 Mimi and Grandpa enjoying a morning look out into the Bay

 Catching up on some reading with Uncle Ben

 The first shell haul.  And yes, Hank's leisure wear made the trip to FL with us!

Picnic in the park right across from the beach.

Great trip!  Good to see Grandma Judy and Grandpa Wayne.  A Big Thanks to Aunt Liz and Uncle Ben for letting us stay at their house.  We miss them and can't wait to see them here for our birthday party on April 20th!

Happy 3rd Birthday Mimi!

 The Birthday girl awoke to a princess set-up...and boy was she excited!  And she picked out her own outfit for the day....all polka dots!

 A lot of present time was spent wearing her new Rapunzel Dress from Gma Mary and Gpa Ed....she loved the princess cupcake game from her NJ cousins!

 Princess cake decorated by Hank!

 The whole Rapunzel outfit...complete with the hair!

 And the Minnesota cousins sent a make your own cupcakes felt activity...LOVE IT!  She has not stopped "serving" cupcakes to everyone since she got it!

And of course, Merida!  She got the costume, the doll and then the little brothers and bears.

The fun never stopped on this birthday!  Thank you to everyone!