Saturday, June 30, 2012

Always


Surprise!  Auntie Valerie is here for your birthday!
A very special present from Mamo, Alex's Great-GrandDaddy's pocket knife!  It is in our safe for now but it is something he treasures.
Daddy, what are you doing to our youngest child?
Summer birthdays are the best, you get pinwheels!
OMGosh, my son has bows in his hair, this dinner is slowly losing it!
After months of planning and learning a lot, the perfect Harry Potter Birthday Party is ready.  We had Cheesy Weasley Pizza, Potter's Perfect Popcorn, GillyWeed Salad, Troll Boggers, Chocolate Wands and Snapes Seedy Stew.
Elixir of Life, Pumpkin Juice, Butter Beer and Divinations to tell your personality.
Herbology Class
The Transfiguration Booth!
The best Harry Potter quotes all over!


Potions Galore!
It is Harry Potter himself!
Sweet Macie
Alex is sorting everyone.  Do you notice something though?   I think we have a mix up of Mama's and children!
Heather made this amazing Hedwig cake with baby Hedwig's!
Herbology Class is in session
Hogwarts Class of 2025
He got the snitch!
Weasley, Ron Weasley.  Wait, that is the wrong movie.
Parker and Heather
The crew
Family shot, I am tempted to use this for Christmas cards, it is so telling!
Of course, Hedwig attended the party

Sophie and Alex won the Magical Animal Scavenger Hunt.  Sophie received 10 extra points for finding the real cat, Blue!
Mamo, Aunt Nene, Aunt Valerie and Mama
See what I mean, Mama's are switched around here.  Could they look more alike!?
And now for the main event, Alexis is making sure he doesn't peek. Sophie is double checking too.

I think he likes it

Happy 10th Birthday Alexander!  We love you...
Always.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Camping out!

All ready to go!
"Wait, don't leave me!"
I feel like this is the kind of picture that strikes fear into the heart of a mother of boys.  I did not realize it when I took it but the second it came up on the computer it made me gasp.  It is the look of trouble, of growing up, of maybe not needing their Mama quite as much.
Before...
After.  I swear they grew in only a week and apparently they do still need me.  To tell them when to take a shower. Ha!

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Baby James' Sprinkle