Purdue Game with a Friend

 Tommy's friend Bode was at the game and we asked his mom if he would want to join us where we were sitting.  She said sure and the boys were so excited.

 They had a great time! The whole time they were either talking about Purdue basketball (surprisingly) or just saying potty words.  Haha!!

Charlotte wanted to be a part of it too so she was throwing in words at will.  Too funny.


You can see in the video how jacked up they were for the game. Actually they were just talking about things that STINK.  What?? I don't know.  Six year olds.  Good times though!

Tommy's Many 6th Birthday Parties

 Tommy was excited for weeks about ALL his birthday parties.  He knew he would have one at school.  He would also have one with his family and another one with his friends.  He basically thinks his birthday is a week long. :)

For his school party, he didn't want cookies or cupcakes as his treat.  I looked on pinterest and found something he got really excited about: Treat Robots! He thought these were super cool and it involved me purchasing a hot glue gun so now I was excited. ;)

 The kids loved their treat robots at school! Their teacher always talks about how they shouldn't have too much sugar and she really likes to give them slightly healthier snacks.  So these were pretty perfect.

 As a birthday treat, she has the kids make birthday cards for the birthday kid.  The one on the top left is from his best friend Bode.  Can you tell what he drew for him? (Psst... it's Captain America.  I love it!) But what a neat idea.  I love what each kid contributed.

 The morning of his family party, Andrew went to the store for me and got party supplies.  I was NOT prepared for this party at all.  As I was making his cake, I realized I didn't have anything to really decorate it with besides a candle.   So I got creative.  I had some Christmas Oreos that I made into "volcanic rock." Then I mixed up some powdered sugar frosting with food coloring for the river.  We always have dino and shark dummies on hand so they were a perfect addition along with Tommy's mini dino toys.  (Tommy made sure to point out that the stegosauruses would definitely be in herds and to keep them together :).  It all came together PERFECTLY. How fun is this diorama dino-rama?

 I also made a cake with eggs as per usual. Both pretty delish!

Obligatory candle blowing out picture! Happy Birthday, Tommy T!

 Cousin picture!! A picture in a picture!

 After the party, Uncle Adam helped Tommy put together his marble run for the first time.  A little more difficult than I realized it was going to be but now that we have the hang of it, we are rocking it!

 On Sunday, Tommy had his super cool movie party! We planned to see Moana.  We decorated like it was a red carpet event.  Oscars, perhaps? :)  It was awkward in the room because it was so quiet but once the kids ate snacks and cake and starting playing, it was much better.

Here's a pic of all the kiddos.  His two besties, two of his other friends that are boys, and two friends that are girls. And Charlotte of course.  It was too cute.

 The kids were all keyed up on Gatorade.  I was really nervous about how this was going to go because the movie was nearly 2 hours! Yikes! But they did amazing! There was one kiddo that got pretty antsy but he didn't bother anyone too badly.  Maybe just Andrew and I.  Ha!

It turned out to be a super fun birthday party WEEK.  Happy Birthday to my wonderful kiddo.  I hope you enjoyed your birthday parties and felt super loved on your 6th birthday.  :-)

Girls Weekend in Nashville #OCGsDoNash

 We always talk about getting together for a girl weekend but does it ever happen? Well this time it actually did!

 I hopped in the car and drove down to Zionsville, where I hopped in Megan's car and we took off. 

 We drove down to Louisville to pick up Krissi.  We had caramel apple suckers to pass the time (even though Meeghan though they were chicken on a stick, haha). 

 We finally arrived in Nashville.  I would like to say I won the farthest traveled award but Brittany flew all the way from Oregon so she definitely wins that one. We got in late but still stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning looking through our senior yearbook. We laughed so hard.  Love it.

 The next morning we got up and headed to the spa! Time to wrap up in robes and get beautified.

 IT WORKED.  Don't we look gorgeous? HAHA!! Just kidding.  No treatments just yet.  Hopefully the treatments will fix all this. :)

 There was a lovely waiting room where we drank mimosas and wine and prepared for our spa treatments. 

 We had to get a group photo before heading back.  We are lovely.  Why are we even in this spa? We look amazing!! :-)

 After our facials/massages, etc, we ran out of mimosas and started in on the wine.  Yikes!

 Can you do a duck face? Me neither.

 Then we stole the community golf cart and drove it around Meeghan's neighborhood.

 We had so much fun cruising around with our wine on our golf cart.  It was hilarious.

 We came home to find Meeghan's boys stabbing pumpkins with knives.  Seems normal to me. :-)

 Then in true slumber party fashion, we wore diapers on our heads, danced to Britney Spears music videos, then watched Rock of Ages. 

What a wonderful weekend with my girlfriends since the 90s.  (Holy crap, that's a long time)  I love that we have stayed friends all this time.  Love you girls and love that we have shared our lives for all these years. 

You're My Best Friend!

We have heard throughout the year that Charlotte has a best friend.  She talks about her a little but I had no idea how intense this friendship really was until she was invited to her birthday party. 

Charlotte's best friend, Lakynn, turned 3 and had a party at My Gym.  It was the cutest thing ever! Charlotte was a little shy at first because she didn't know 70% of the people at the party but once she saw her bestie, the party was a GO!

It was a perfect party for 2 or 3 year olds.  Look at that trampoline action! Can you imagine all the giggling that was happening here?

They had this funky swing that they rode on together.

They also had this funky swing that they rode on together too.  They couldn't be separated!

I promise there were other kids at the party! You couldn't really tell with the two of them attached at the hip though.  They loved this ball pit at the end of a slide the most I think.

They had pizza at the party which is Charlotte's favorite.  Andrew looked at this picture and asked if they all had their own personal pizza.  Ha! Not quite but Charlotte did have 3 pieces!! She was hungry after all that play.

At one point during the party, they took Lakynn to another room and dressed her up to bring her back out for a birthday parade.  Before they brought her back out, they asked the kids where Lakynn went.  Charlotte jumped up and starting frantically looking for her and calling out for her.  Then they brought her out dressed like this.  They sang happy birthday and posed for pictures.  It was adorable.

Here's the birthday girl with her cake.  Both girls wanted pink cupcakes.  Lucky for them, there were exactly two!

Charlotte was the last one at the party.  She didn't want to leave.  I had to pull her out of there!

They are just two peas in a pod, aren't they?


Here's a video with all the party action.  Have you ever heard so much giggling in your entire life?? So much fun!! Happy birthday, Lakynn!!

People Let Me Tell You About My Best Friend

These two do everything together. 

 They brush their teeth together.

 Have outdoor picnics together.

 Sit in chairs together...

 Make funny faces together...

 Ride in Target carts together...

 Watch Land Before Time together...

 Relax in the tub together...

Did I mention relax in the tub together? ;-)