Andrew's pirate birthday party!

 Andrew was so excited to wear his pirate costume this morning! He wore it all morning and afternoon!

 I had a lot of fun decorating. I just am not good at keeping things simple, haha. My favorite were the banana pirate boats. But of coarse the kids don't care or even eat anything but cake so it was just decoration except for the few kids who actually wanted food.

 I dressed up as close to a pirate as I could too. Evie thought it was hilarious.

The treasure hunt was pretty fun! Andrew wasn't as in to it as I thought he would be but a few of the girls were really excited about it. Andrew just showed them around the house so they could find the clues.

 

 The kids loved the treasure. I had a box decorated like a chest with ring pops, gold chocolate nuggets, suckers, etc. And I filled my jewelry box with necklaces and coins and bracelets.

Andrew stayed behind to fill his sack to the top, haha.  

 The kids loved jumping together

I made a pirate ship cupcake cake! I made way too many cupcakes but everybody got to have 2 or more.

House decorating was fun. I cut up a ton of little dashes and X's to put on the walls. Andrew really liked the treasure map walls. 

 We played a game where the kids drop a coin into a bucket of water with a glass in it. The kids had fun getting their coins in the glass. Most just sat right by the bucket and dropped them in but it was good.

 I didn't have the kids bring any presents but we let Andrew open one fun game from Nanna. Twister was fun with everybody. We had a ton of kids but they liked stretching and playing.

 Andrew loves his little girl friend Ruby. They are so cute watching the pirate show together. The kids thought that was pretty neat to watch on the big screen.

The party was fun and everyone I invited came so that was great! We had about 8 kids and a few moms who stayed with their other kids too. It was a little crazy but Andrew really liked having so many friends at once.

New York Trip!

 The kids had fun doing their shapes envelopes again. Evie did pretty good learning her shapes :)

They love to be pirates! Andrew is so excited for his pirate birthday party on Tuesday!

 I take the kids with me to Young Women's every week. They really love it. They take the kickballs and run around the gym like crazy people. The other leaders usually bring kids too so they have a great time.

Layla's first time trying rice cereal. She liked it! She is always grabbing my food and shoving it in her mouth before I can take it away from her. Today she took my waffle and just slobbered it to death haha. Hopefully I will have one good eater.

 Andrew made daddy kiss layla a bunch of times until he got the right picture, haha.

 We went to Applebee's for our Anniversary dinner with the kids. We have been married 6 years!

 We decided Saturday morning to drive up to New York and do some exploring. The kids were pretty great. We forgot the stroller so it was a ton of walking for them!

 Central Park is so huge! We found a fun playground for the kids that they loved.

 

 We went to a huge toy store that had a ferris wheel in it.

 

 The kids love to stay at hotels. We stayed overnight and stayed to swim at the pool in the morning. It was Layla's first time swimming. She wasn't so sure at first but then she liked it and started kicking around.