Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Blake's birthday and Grand Geneva

After a day at school to celebrate his birthday (he had two friends in his class who also shared a birthday with him!) he came home to a little family party to continue the celebration.

 That weekend we had the Blake & Adelyn 3rd annual joint birthday party. This year we did a swimming party and we invited all of the Goddard friends. I only took a few pictures....


Blake had parent/teacher conferences last week so school was closed on Thursday and Friday so we took the opportunity to go with my parents and brother to Lake Geneva for a long weekend. Our home away from home.

At the beach (the weather was AMAZING!) with Papa looking for "gold"


We stayed at the villas at the Grand Geneva and they had firepits and the kids got to make smores

We took a walk one morning around part of the lake and this little one was excited to use Papa's binoculars 

There is a little project in Lake Geneva where people paint rocks and leave them all over for others to find. The kids found some on the path and got very excited. So excited in fact that we had to find about 100 rocks to paint back at the villa all weekend.

Since no trip to the Lake Geneva area is complete without stopping at Gordy's we had to take a picture


The kids attempt to "scare" the seagulls

Thanks Mom and Dad for such a fun and relaxing weekend. The kids and us had an amazing time!

Friday, October 13, 2017

Blake is 6

I know we say this every year but somehow this little boy of ours just keeps getting bigger and we don't know how to stop it!!

He is officially 6 on Friday the 13th. He woke up very excited for his camouflage themed decorations and was beyond excited for his presents and even said "you are the best Mommy and Daddy ever!!" We will take it!!


A little bit about Blake at age 6
- He is just slightly under 48 inches (47.5) and weighs 52 lbs (and I would venture a guess he grows another inch in the next month or so, he seems to be in a growth spurt!)
- He is a kindergartner and after a little bit of a rocky start adjusting to a new routine he is doing really well 
- He is into camouflage, legos, army trucks, WWE (but really only John Cena), Spongebob 
- He has his moments but for the most part gets along great with Brooke
- He is very inquisitive and wants to learn everything
- Has been a great helper around the house. He can legit help with chores and loves being Daddy's assistant on projects (he even helped paint the cabinets) 
- He is playing tennis and really enjoys it and is signed up for basketball in the winter and really excited for that 
- Misses Brady and Adelyn daily since they are all at different schools
- Has a great sweet side and will still entertain me with cuddles and Mommy time

LOVE YOU BUDDY!

Friday, October 6, 2017

Brooke's Musical


Every year Goddard has a musical and the kids all get parts and dress up to take the stage. This year was Brooke's first year participating and she was cast as "Oliver" from Oliver and Co (the Disney movie)

All of her friends were the dogs from Oliver and Co.
Ruth and Brooke

Brooklyn, Brooke and Piper





 She was a bit nervous on stage but did great and told me she had a ton of fun!

She also started soccer the next day. So far, little miss is NOT a fan and is just like her brother and refuses to participate....