Hayden's 5th birthday

Hayden had a great 5th birthday. The elf on the shelf got special permission to come help with his presents. 

On his actual birthday It snowed and he was so excited that it snowed just for his day. We did some sled riding and built a pirate snowman.

The went to his choice mcDonald's for lunch. We also stopped at lattitude for some bowling and video games.

Then later we had vanilla ice cream with Reese cups.

He loved his special day. 

After thanksgiving I let him invite a friend and go to chuck e cheese. We just took $10 and when we were out of tokens we were done. He took his friend Aidan and they had a blast. Then we stopped for free Frosty at Wendy's. 

We also had a family party after thanksgiving at our house.  Hayden wanted cookie cake. He was excited to pick it out at giant eagle. He got a ton of great gifts and has played with them all. 

The kids made gingerbread houses as a fun little project.  Amelia lived licking the icing of course.  And she kept the tradition of carrying hers around and licking it. It didn't last too long. Ha ha. 

Christmas

Christmas has come and gone but here is my post About it. 

Christmas Eve was at Doug and Megan's this year. Kids had a blast playing together and dancing with the wii. They were so excited for presents. Hayden had so much fun he never ate anything. Oops!

We got our family picture on the first try this year. 

Christmas morning our doorway to the living room was all wrapped up with wrapping paper by our elf on the shelf "Kermit". The kids get to bust thru it to get to their presents. Fun!

Pap and grandma barb came to visit for breakfast and the kids got their favorite presents. 

Hayden got a tablet. Just what he wanted 

Amelia got the doc mcstuffins work area. She plays with it every day. 

Later it was off to my aunts house to see the rest of the family. Amelia was a wild thing. She conned her way into everyone giving her pop or cookies. 

It was a great christmas. No hospitals or throwing up this year. :)

 

sorry all of the pictures are at the end and out of order.  I have limited computer time right now.

Cleveland rocks!

So who in there right mind would willingly want to go to Cleveland  for a few days in the winter???   These kids.

We went with mike on one of his business trips. They love to go to hotels and swim and jump on the beds. They also get to be lazy and watch tons of cable tv which we don't have (and their tv. Time is limited at home ). 

I enjoyed sitting around and reading a book. Not worrying about cleaning or making dinner.   Good times. 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Kids stayed up until midnight. First time ever.