Lenses on Our Faces

 I cannot get enough of these lenses on my phone.

Seriously, they are ridiculous.

 They terrify Charlotte though.  She refused to look at my phone for a long time after this.

 Tommy, however, LOVED them.

 He could not...

 get enough of them!

And neither could I.  Seriously, scariest thing ever.  But so fun! In the top right and bottom left, do I not look just a teeny bit like Missi Pyle?? Ha!

Purdue Game for the Family

 We haven't been to that many Purdue basketball games as a whole family.  It seems we attend a couple a year. 

Our very first family picture at a Purdue game! Tommy had no clue what was going on! :)

 The following year we went to a couple.  Tommy grew hair and we blocked out a memory.

 Tommy got to sit in the fancy black seats a couple months later.  It's not a whole family picture but I LOVE the thumbs up. 

 This was the first one all four of us attended in 2013.  Look how little and yet how big Tommy was.  Awwww.

This picture is from a game in 2014/15 season.  Our family pictures are getting crazier!

And crazier still, 2016!!! Lots of fun! This picture was near the end of the game.  The kids were getting restless.  Despite the look on Tommy's face, we did have fun!!

 Charlotte just wanted to play games on my phone. :)

 But she did do a LOT of clapping! She wore her cheerleader uniform.  She loved it! She loved the basketball and the cheerleading.  It was all very exciting.

 Tommy enjoyed his snacks.  Andrew enjoyed the win. Oh, sorry, Spoiler Alert. :-) We won. 

GK was there!  Hey Gene!

 Gene Keady and his 3-Pete Team were at the game being honored at half time.  It's been 20 years since that team won the Big Ten Championship 3 years in a row. Very cool. 

 Speaking of Pete, Charlotte got restless so we did two laps around the concourse.  She wanted to stop at every spot and get her picture taken.  It was so dang cute. 

 Charlotte was sporting her #wcw even though it was Saturday. :)

 There was a LOT of cheese for the b-ball picture.  Not sure why. :)

 Then it was Tommy's turn to run around the concourse.  We got our picture taken with Gene Keady.  We made good Keady faces, I think. 

 Tommy measured his foot against Isaac Haas.  It. Is. Big.

 Yep, he's a big dude. 

 Hey Tommy, can you put your hand over Haas's handprint on the basketball? No way, Jose.  ;) He's FIVE. More independence than the original colonies! He's growing up! ;-)

 Charlotte is also in the "I do it" independent stage of a two year old.  Lots of independence around here.  Battles everyday, everywhere! Fun! :-) By the way, a 2 year old has a better attitude at a late basketball game than that lady that is photobombing us in the back.  Yeesh!

The kids had a good time no matter how restless they were.  Tommy didn't really want to go since Grandpa and Grandma weren't going to be there.  But he did come around and enjoy his soft pretzel a little. :-)
I think even Baby Princess Aurora enjoyed the game too! We would like to thank everyone around us for putting up with our wildlings.  Good memories made that night!

Quick Visit to the Children's Museum

Andrew lucked out with tickets to a Tool concert last Friday night in STL so the kids and I were home alone.  Not wanting to be stuck at home on a super cold day, I decided to pack the kids up and take them to the Children's Museum Saturday morning.  Annnddddd I really HAD to because you mention something to Tommy once, he will NOT forget it.  "We're still going to the Children's Museum, right? Right??"

 It was VERY cold that day.  I decided I didn't want to lug my coat around so I left it in the car and just walked really fast from the parking garage to the museum.  We made it to the elevator and took a breath.  Phew.  So cold.

 We walk into the main atrium and lo and behold-- a Star Wars display!!! Tommy was sooooo excited!  So was Charlotte, actually!

 ERMAGERD! DARTH MAUL!!

 We went to the Ninja Turtles exhibit for the first time.  We have been meaning to go since it opened in September.  It was really cool!


What's better than skateboarding!?!? Totally Tubular!

HIIIII-YAHHHH!!

The Pirates and Princesses Exhibit is not going to be open for another week.  Totally egregious, dude! (Oh wait, that's more Bill and Ted than Ninja Turtles, ha!)

I didn't get any pictures of us going down the Chocolate Slide but I think that was my favorite part. 

You can see what Charlotte's favorite part was. HORSIES!!!!!!

 In each picture....

Her smile gets consecutively BIGGER!! Boy does she love those horsies!!

We would have stayed longer and played more but Mama got a migraine out of NOWHERE and we had to go home.  It was rough. I haven't had a migraine since high school! What the heck??  I had a blind spot (medical term: aura, I think?) in my central vision and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to drive home. But I went outside once again without a coat and that helped a LOT. Cold usually does.  My blind spot went away (I still felt like crap) but I was able to drive home.  Phew! Ugh, kinda scary. 

I felt so bad for the kids because they were soooo good that day but we saw everything we wanted and they both got a little something from the gift shop before we left.  It was a great day! We'll have to go back before our membership is up at the end of February.  We can't miss Pirates and Princesses! :)

Charlotte's First Haircut!

 We finally had Charlotte's hair cut for the first time.  Officially, that is.  The first cut was just me snipping off her ponytail.  That doesn't count.  So we took her to the Haircut Corner which is actually a Barbershop where we take Tommy.  Probably should have taken her to a salon and did it up all fancy-like but we opted for this instead.  Her hair is going to do nothing but grow so we'll have many more chances. :)


I didn't take an official before picture so you can just watch this video of her morning hair craziness.  You can also watch the trampoline park video below.  It is pretty crazy in that video too. 

 Here is Charlotte during the haircut.  She was a CHAMP!! She let her spray it, cut it and use a hair dryer on it! Impressive! Girl is ready to be pampered!

 I was a little unsure of how it was going to turn out because it looked a little Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music when she first cut it.  But Charlotte can pull off any look. :)

I have yet to take a decent picture of her haircut but I promise it's super cute.  She's gotten lots of compliments at school too.

This is a pretty good one of the back. She has the most beautiful color(s) of hair.  I call it Jennifer Aniston color.  It's awesome and she didn't pay thousands like Aniston probably did! Love those natural highlights! She's a lucky gal.
Don't you love the Daddy Daughter Dancing picture? I think I have a better one.

I wish I got more of Dada in this picture but the look on her face is priceless.

Happy First Haircut, Baby Girl!

Cooper's Birthday

After Tommy had his birthday at the trampoline park, Cooper decided to have his fifth birthday there too! Yes! We get to go back! Tommy was excited!

 The crew has a blast.  Tommy is in blue, Charlotte is trying to keep up in the back and Cooper is in trampoline green! ;)

Charlotte was having trouble hanging with the big boys.  But she had a GREAT time!

We all jumped in the foam pit again and came out covered in foam pieces, of course. 

 Hey it's the birthday boy!

 Time to slide! WHEEEE!!!

 Then it was birthday party time!

 Everyone had delicious cupcakes.  Tommy had oreos.  He doesn't look happy but I promise you, he was keyed up about the oreos.  I think he had about 17.  HA!

Before we left, we had to pretend to play video games.  Charlotte's still working on her grip.

Here's a quick video to show you the fun that was had. HI-larious!

It is such a heart warming thing to see Tommy develop friendships in his life and he picked an awesome friend in Cooper.  He's a great kid.  Happy birthday, Cooper!

Thornburg Christmas on New Year's Day

 Holy Moses! Sorry, Readers! You have nine posts to read.  Good luck to you! But hey I got caught up all in one night. It's a new personal record. Nine posts in one night!

Anyway, we held Thornburg Christmas on New Year's Day.  The first Thornburg Christmas got cancelled due to a little man being sick.  Poor Wyatt Charles! But he was better for the second scheduled date. 

 Uncle Andrew was excited to snuggle with baby Wyatt.

 Everyone was actually! He's the snuggliest!!  He's getting so big!

We tried to get a picture of the grandparents with the grandkids but Charlotte stopped that from happening.  She wanted to be by Mama or Dada.  So instead, we did a three generations picture.  It turned out really nice! My favorite part is definitely the light saber though.  We had an awesome Christmas with our traditional Outback meal which was deeeeelish.  Christmas with family is always too short.  Seriously, Tommy is right.  Why can't Christmas be everyday? ;-)