Friday, February 9, 2018

Five on Friday

Happy Friday!
Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!


One
Jackson made this sweet little pinch pot in art class at school. He painted the inside blue like the ocean, the sides green like the grass and the bottom yellow like the sun. He brought it home Wednesday and while I was at work, he wrapped it up, put it in a bag and then wrote me this note that he even put in an envelope and taped up for me. It was SO sweet that I even got a little teary-eyed. He put so much thought and effort into it. I love him and his sweet little gift so much. It's perfect to put my wedding ring in at night. ♥

Two
Avery and I are going to see Pinkalicious the Musical tomorrow afternoon and we're both so excited. It's her favorite book series.  We have checked out almost all of the different Pinkalicious books at the library and she owns Pinkalicious and Purplicious. We usually read one or the other of them just about every night before bed. It should be a fun afternoon and we are both going to wear pink of course. ;-)

Three
After seeing Natasha from Hello Happiness share these shoes, I ordered a pair while they are on sale!! They are so darn cute and at 40% off, they were hard to pass up. They should be perfect for Spring and Summer.
Four
The other night Avery had her Elsa dress on with her Elsa shoes and was singing "Let it Go" into her Frozen Microphone. Obviously I had to get a picture. Ha. She cracks me up. I absolutely love this age. I tell her all the time that I want her to stay 3 forever, and unlike her brother who can't wait to grow up, she says, "okay!" She knows being little has it's benefits. ;-)

Five
Jackson has been bringing home books from school to read every night. They started this much earlier in the year, but I'm just so impressed with how well he's doing that I wanted to document it here on the blog. When Jackson first started Kindergarten, he knew a little over half of his letters and that was it. He was a wiz with numbers and knew them all and could count to 100 with no problem, but when it came to his letters, he just wasn't interested in learning them. I tried and tried but he just didn't like writing or learning his letters. In just the 6 months he's been at school, he's mastered his letters and has gone from level 1 to level 6 of his sight-words so far (there are 7 levels so he is right where he should be.) He's even reading books and has been for quite some time, which is just amazing to me. There are different levels to the books he's reading and he just recently moved up a level. I'm so proud of him for all the hard work and effort he's put in at school.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.


Thursday, February 8, 2018

Simply Enchanting Princess Ball

I took Avery to the Simply Enchanting Princess Ball this past Saturday and it was so much fun. It was at the St. Louis Carousel at Faust Park. It was the perfect location and Avery loved getting to ride the carousel multiple times. We got the VIP package so that she could get her hair and make-up done beforehand by the princesses. Sleeping Beauty did her make-up and Cinderella did her hair. She was in heaven. She even got a tiara to wear!










After getting her make-up and hair done, she went over and listened to Belle reading a story.




Then we went for several rides on the carousel, had a few snacks, did some dancing and listened to a few of the princesses sing songs.

I love this picture of Avery so much, I just wish she would have been looking at the camera. :-(









Can you tell her favorite princess is Belle? Ha. We had such a fun night together!


Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Basketball

We got Jackson's basketball pictures back this past weekend and I also brought my camera along to get a few better pictures of him playing. He really seems to love basketball and I really enjoy watching him play.







Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Super Bowl Party

We decided to have a Super Bowl Party at our house this year and it was so much fun. We had a group of around 40 people, many being kids. It was a house-full but so much fun. Everyone brought their favorite appetizer and drink of choice, so we had a ton of food. It was all delicious and everyone had a great time. And bonus, the Eagles beat the Patriots! Yay! Not to mention Justin Timberlake performed at the half-time show!

The day before the party I had the kids help me make some brownies in the shape of footballs. They loved helping.





I also spent a majority of Saturday cleaning and decorating for the party!






Everyone had a great time!





Friday, February 2, 2018

Five on Friday

Happy Friday!
Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!


One
I've been wanting a map to hang in our living room so that we could pin our travels and Jake got me a really cool one for Christmas. I finally got it hung on the wall this past weekend and pinned our travels. The yellow pin is home (St. Louis, MO), the red pins are where Jake and I have traveled together and the blue pins are where we've traveled as a family. I can't wait to continue to add more pins to our map. ☺

Two
Santa brought Avery a Frozen sleigh for Christmas. She LOVES it and was able to get it out a couple weekends ago while it was warm outside. She's gotten the hang of driving it pretty well. It's really cute!!

Three
Last Friday was Jackson's 100th day of school! I can't believe he's a little more than half way done with the year already. Everyone in Kindergarten had to make a 100 days of school shirt and have 100 things on it. Jackson and I did a little research on Pinterest and he decided to do 100 sports balls on his shirt. I found these stick on foam sports balls at Hobby Lobby along with some foam letters to spell out "Having a Ball for 100 Days". It turned out really cute!

Four
I thought I'd share a few pictures I've taken of the kids lately. Right after Christmas is my slowest time for Storybook Photography. It's cold outside and everyone has just had family pictures taken. So I don't have too much going on usually. It always gives me a chance to get my camera out around the house and take pictures of my kids in their own element, which I always enjoy.

Avery eating lunch last Monday while I was off. She LOVES peanut butter and often asks for a spoon full of it for a snack.

Jackson loving on Max. Max looks less than thrilled, but he tolerates the kids well. ;-)

Jackson and Avery have your typical brother/sister relationship. They often annoy each other on purpose and don't always play well together or agree on much, but this day I caught them playing well together with Jackson's Bat-Cave that he got for Christmas. It was a sweet moment and I'm glad I was able to capture it.

Five
If you haven't seen it yet, please make every effort to see The Greatest Showman at the theaters. You will be so glad you did. It's SUCH a good movie. Probably one of my top 5 movies of all time. In fact, I loved it so much I'd pay to go see it again in the theaters.