Happy 6th Birthday, Blake!

Blake ended up with a very mild case of the flu this week, which also happened to include his birthday. He had a fever and sore throat on Wednesday, but was feeling much better by Friday (his birthday), so when he couldn't go to school, we took him out for a fun day in Amarillo. I had to run a bunch of errands and the kids were so patient! We went to lunch at Chuck E. Cheese (which included a huge tub of Clorox wipes and a big bottle of hand sanitizer). Then we went to see "Where the Wild Things Are." We ended the day with free birthday ice cream at Cold Stone. We got Blake a bike this year - his very first one! He's doing great so far and loves being able to ride a big boy bike. Happy Birthday, Blakers! We love you and love that you're part of our family!

Fairy Tale Day

Today was Fairy Tale Day at school. I had originally decided for Brody to wear Blake's Prince Charming costume from last year, but I didn't really have all the pieces and it was kind of too big. So then I decided that they could both be Mickey Mouse. But then in the middle of the night, I decided that Mickey Mouse wasn't really a fairy tale character and thought that they could be THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. I took Blake to school, came home and made 2 pig noses out of a toilet paper roll and pink construction paper. Brody was the pig who made his house out of bricks and Gavin was the little pig who made his house out of sticks. I went in the back yard and got some sticks and put them in his back pocket. It was hilarious, but neither one of them were overly interested in wearing the nose, so this is about as good as it gets.