an easter bust

we got the kids ready early sat. morning for an egg drop at the airport.  it sounded so cool - thousands of eggs to be dropped out of a plane at the airport . . . i guess everyone in g'town and the surrounding towns thought it sounded cool too!  it was crowded, hot, and delayed.  we were separated into 4 different age catagories . . . yikes!  and waited more than an hour to rush the field only to find . . . NOTHING.  my four kiddos didn't find a single egg.  the crazy thing is, toting their empty buckets over to where we decided to have a picnic and wait out the crowd, not a single kid complained.  they were bummed, but really good sports.  uh.  what a disaster!  but it wasn't anythign a trip to the dollar store and an ice cream at mcdonald's couldn't fix!  think we'll stick to backyard egg huntss next year!

st. patty's day!

green milk and lucky charms for snack today . . . happy kiddos! :)  (b opted out of this pic. . . but did get the snack!  he is not into picture taking these days!)

ken's sleepover party!

ken invited three friends to see a movie (in their pjs) and spend the night!  they girls had a great time playing, hanging out, eating junk food, and just being silly girls!  it was a perfectly simple celebration!

kennedy turns NINE!!!!!

how is it possible?  ken turned nine this afternoon at 3:06 p.m.  i am still wondering where the time has gone.  she is so mature, smart, talented, and such a good big sis.  what lucky parents we are!
after a couple weeks of not sleeping in her room, we revealed the big "room makeover" this morning!  she was in heaven!  aqua blue with a touch of funky zebra!  looks like a teenagers room!  i don't think she wanted to leave!  she opened her birthday outfit and book, ate her birthday donut, and sadly, was off for school!  we celebrated in the evening with an amazing italian meal at a new fav place and then ice cream cake and gifts!  this year was extra special with a few new traditions . . . a birthday photo book . . . and balloons filled with money ($1 for each year!)!  not sure birthdays can get much better than that.  happy birthday sweet girl.  we love you!

girl scout campout 2012

this year's campout was great!  we even got to have hot dogs and s'mores over a real fire!  the weather was cool, the girls were happy, and the stations were awesome!  we even finished the campout with a jungle breakfast . . . where the girls had to hunt for their food in the "woods"!