Good Bye Kindergarten, Hello First Grade!

     It's May, which means school's out for the summer.  Well, not for all students, but definitely for Liam it is!  He recently attended his Last Day of Kindergarten!  I can't believe how fast the school year has pasted.  He's grown so much this past year, from meeting new friends, improving his math, spelling, reading, and writing skills.  He was even awarded the Reading Award from his teacher during his End of School ceremony.  We are all so very proud of him!

Look how much he has grown!

During his ceremony, the kiddos sang songs and even did a dance for the parents.

Kinley like hearing all the music....

but was definitely a wiggle worm when it came to sitting still during the presentations. 

Later that day, we took the kiddos to Chuck E. Cheese to celebrate Liam's "graduation" to first grade.

It's become some what of a tradition, we did the same when he graduated Preschool last year.

The had a lot of fun playing the games and enjoyed the pizza too!

 Having fun!

More tokens please...

Kinley didn't like this ride as much because it would jerk and lift up.  Liam liked it though.

She would rather take a ride with Barney.

After fun and games, we sat down for pizza and gave him a card and a little surprise.

A search and find Skylanders book.  He LOVED it!

Way to go Liam!  We are so proud of you! Love you,  Mom, Dad, & Sis

Liam's 6th Birthday

     The night before Liam's 6th birthday my mom and I set up a little surprise for Liam when he woke up!  He was pretty surprised!

I made some special Birthday Waffles for Liam and we all sang him Happy Birthday!

After breakfast, he got to open some more presents!

More Skylanders, of course!

After lunch we headed out to Chuck E. Cheese for some fun!

It was even more special since my parents,

 MeeMaw & PapPaw, were in town to celebrate his birthday with us!

After a long and fun day, we all enjoyed some leftover Skylanders Portal Cupcakes!

Happy Happy Birthday my sweet little Liam! 

I can't believe you are 6!

Wishing you many more fun filled years Big Boy!

We love you oh so very much!

Happy Angry Bird-Day Liam

     I can't believe my baby boy turned 5!!  Recently, Liam has been all about Angry Birds.  He loves all of them: Original, Space, Star Wars, Rio, and the Holiday, of course we monitor how much he actually gets to play them.  So with his love of Angry Birds he wanted an Angry Bird-Day party.  I found some Angry Bird invitations, plates, cups, napkins, tablecloths, table decorations, and balloons at Target and a party planning store.  To make it easier on us, we decided to have it at Chuck E Cheese, one of Liam's favorite places.  Only two of Liam's friends and their parents could make it plus Liam's Godmother, Lisa, and us.  It was a small party, but we all had a great time!

     The morning of Liam's birthday I made him a special Angry Bird breakfast and he got to open up a few presents before his party.

I got Liam and Kinley dressed in their Angry Bird shirts and we headed to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate his birthday.

I made him chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow frosting with sprinkles.

Each of the kiddos got some tokens to go play some games.

Then we sat down for some pizza & fruit salad

Then it was time for singing Happy Birthday and cupcakes!

And of course PRESENTS!!

After presents Liam and Daddy hopped in the Ticket Blaster, he was going for the 1000 Ticket

     Seems like yesterday I was riding in the back seat with my new little bundle of joy while the hubby drove us extra cautiously home in the snow.  We are blessed to have such an incredible, smart, and caring boy full of spunk, who's an awesome Big Brother and a Joy in our lives.  His thirst for knowledge and never ending questions amazes us.  We thank God for blessing us with such a Happy and Healthy baby who has grown into such a wonderful boy.  Oh how time flies.  We are Proud of you and all your accomplishments so far and look forward to watching you grow each and everyday.  We cherish each moment of your life. 

HAPPY HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY my Sweet Little Liam.  We Love you with all our hearts, Mommy & Daddy

1st Day of Pre-School

     I can't believe it!  Liam is officially going to school!  It's only three half days a week for now, we didn't want to totally overwhelm him.  First, with the baby coming, then with the move, and now school.  We are thinking next semester we will increase the amount of days and let him go the full day, because this time next year he will be in Kindergarden.

     His first day school started on August 8th.  He was pretty excited, I on the other hand was a little nervous.  I got up early so as to make sure he got up early.  Got him dressed, made us a great breakfast of oatmeal, fruit, and OJ to start the day off right.

After breakfast, brushed his teeth and we were off to his school.

He just had to show me his new Sonic backpack.

     When we got there, he was a little shy.  But eventually came around and started to play when I left.  I was so proud of myself, I didn't even cry, which I thought I would.  Since, it was his first day, we wanted to make it special.  So, when I picked him up I surprised him with a superhero balloon and then we took him to Chuck E. Cheese for some pizza and fun!  We called it his "1st Day of School Party."  Even surprised him with a little card and cupcake.  

He had an awesome first day....and we survived too.

Summer Bucket List

     May 1st is finally here and today is the day we get to start Our Summer Bucket List!!  We didn't have much planned and it was a little overcast today so Liam choose a Red - Half Day Activity out of the bucket.  He reached in and pulled out Chuck E. Cheese!

We loaded the car and headed to Santa Maria to Chuck E. Cheese.  

We invited some friends, Tori and her son Brendan, to join us in some fun!

Liam was all about the games!

Once all his tokens were gone, we headed to the ticket muncher.  Liam won a total of 183 tickets!! Whoo-hoo!  He picked out a few little prizes, a dinosaur, two spiders, and squishy ball.   We both had a lot of fun on our first day of Our Summer Bucket List of activities.  

Looking forward to what tomorrow brings!