The Littles at the Duck Pond

Sidewalk Cafe

Sometimes Benji and Sadie get some creative ideas. On this particular evening, they wanted to eat dinner out in the front yard. At first the table they took out was in the driveway, and then it got moved to what they thought was an even better place. The sidewalk.

They carried dinner out on a tray and took care of all the details themselves.

Right by the mailbox and the big yellow sign.

Lou-licious

I just. I just don't know what to say.

We get the privilege (and workout) of living with this little somethin'-or-other every day.

The kids take turns helping with breakfast prep. Sadie Lou was in charge of smoothies on this fine morning.

You can see she rocks the p.j.s and apron-wear.  (Apron by my friend Coleen of Sew Happy Together.)

Eager recipients awaiting said smoothie...

Someone already dumped her water...

Totally. Sadie. Happy Monday!

Bounce House Bonanza Birthday Party

As I said in the previous post, we tried this year to celebrate the kids' birthdays efficiently. The January through April season in our group of friends is one that could conceivably have a party every weekend...which gets exhausting. Plus, Benji suggested we get a bounce house for his next party.

While pondering all this, a thought occurred to me - what if we did one party to celebrate all three of the kids? Better yet, what if we combine efforts with all the other families who have kid birthdays this season? Good for us, we have wild and crazy friends.

In the end, we celebrated SEVEN children's birthdays!

Cameron and Benjamin turned 7.
Sadie June, Caleb, and Noah turned 5.
Sadie Lou turned 4.
Oliver turned 3.

And this silly party was a SUCCESS!

So here are a few pictures from the day:

Playing in the fort

This guy - before losing his two front teeth

Two of the birthday boys (and their mama taking pictures)

A table full of birthday kids and their friends

Sadie Lou inspected her "4" candle.

He didn't like Red Velvet cupcakes after all.

Oli takes cupcakes VERY seriously.

Noah had his mama bring ocean-themed cupcakes.

Speaking of cupcakes...each birthday family brought their own type of cupcake - something their kids would love!

Sadie got an Elsa dress that day - of course she put it on immediately.

See Bella in the back?  This little guy is one of her buddies from church nursery. They are only five days apart!

No P-Pod party would be complete without cousin Caleb and his hoop shooting.