Piece of my day

Today was Preston's 4th birthday and Chandler turned 6 months today! Big day for our boys. The one thing I want to take away from today is Preston's sweet heart. As he was praying with his daddy he listed off every person that came to his party and you could tell how grateful he was. He didn't even mention the gifts :)

Preston is 4!!!!!

Preston turned four today!!!

I cannot believe how fast time is slipping from my fingers. I remember when I first met Preston and how little he was and now he is my big boy.

We spent the day doing fun things to celebrate. After we dropped Taylynn off at school we met Kieren, a friend of Preston's, at the donut shop. Preston picked the biggest donut I think. He also got some chocolate milk. It was a fun morning date, these two boys are a hoot when they are together!

After breakfast we went to get Preston's haircut; he looks so different. He looks handsome!

We ran to the mall so Preston could spend the money his GG and Pawpaw sent him. He really wanted a Spiderman lunch box, so he went and bought it. Thank you GG and Pawpaw! (You can see the lunch box on the table pictures below). I also bought him a Superman shirt to wear at the party. I got myself one too!

After the mall we picked up Taylynn, then met Aaron at McDonalds for lunch. We hardly ever buy the kids a Kids meal and we never let them play at McDonalds, but today we did. It was a big treat for them.

After lunch Taylynn and Preston had quite time and Preston got to pick a movie, so they watched Peter Pan. I prepared for the party while they all rested.

Aunt Mollie came all the way from Wichita, such a special treat! It was great to see her and Jack. We had some pizza for dinner, then shortly after all our guest came over.

Since this is his off year we had a small get together. I try and hold back and do just a little amount. No mailed invitations, just a small amount of snacks, minimal decorations, no games or favors, but still lots of fun!

His theme was superhero and it was actually pretty fun.

I started working on it yesterday and in total probably spent 3 hours, not including cleaning the house for the party. And I only spent about $25.

I made the back drop out of wrapping paper, so simple and it looked great.
After I began setting up the table I realized I needed more things so at 4pm (the party was at 6:30pm) I got Preston dressed and ran outside and took some pictures and sent them to Wal-Mart's one hour photo center and had them on the table by 5:40pm.

I made the cupcake toppers myself and hot glued them to some red paper straws I had around the house.
I also made some labels for the cups and labeled the Juice, Super juice!
I also made some blue ice cream by adding food coloring to vanilla, kinda messy to make, but pretty easy.
I just put some chocolate syrup in a mason jar, covered the bottle of whip cream and set out the sprinkles I used for the cupcakes.


Preston had a great time and he is so thankful for everyone who came because he mentioned them ALL in his prayer's tonight. He sure was a happy birthday boy!
We are so thankful for those who celebrated with us and we know some grandparents and great grandparents who wish they could have been here. But you were here in heart!

Happy Birthday sweet boy!

Piece of my day

Today Chandler had his first food (other than cereal). He ate some sweet potatoes and loved them!

We also discovered a tiny white object coming from his bottom gum. :)
This might be the last toothless grin you see :(

Art Lab field trip

Taylynn had a field trip at the Washburn Art Lab last week. It was fun and crazy at the same time :) I got to bring Preston, and Aaron watched Chandler and Alayna.They were to make things that were out of nature. Taylynn made a panda bear and Preston made a snake.Preston didn't want me to do this to him.Here is a picture of Preston's work:Taylynn's work: After the field trip we met one of Taylynns friend/classmates at sonic for some play time for the kids and chit chat for the moms.

Piece of my day

I have changed this up a bit because I didn't think anyone would understand why I titled my posts with numbers. With this title I think it's clear that it's one special moment, saying or picture that I have taken from the day and want to remember. If I can have one memory from everyday I will feel like I have a better grip on my memory, so here we go.

No words needed for this photo!

Piece of my day

We spent the day outside, although I am a little burnt, it was a beautiful day. As I was preparing Chandler to be outside, I realized this is his first experience of a summer day (it was 90 degrees here). It's bitter sweet, so many of his first moments are my last

Vintage

So while in Wichita I went to this awesome antique store called Barely Making it Antiques. It's in Marion, KS and it was a bit out of the the way for us, but it was so worth it!

They were so organized and they had really great prices. I wish I would have taken pictures of the store, but you can find it HERE.

I bought four milk bottles, an old wooden draw, about 30 wooden spools, an old Alka Seltzer jar (I am turning into a tooth fairy jar) and a blue mason jar. I sat in the car before we left and realized I wanted a yellow phone I saw, but barely looked at. So glad I went back in and got it, it is my favorite of the day.

I bought this phone not even expecting it to work, but it does and I love it. And the truth is, when you have four kids it's nice to have something in your life that is stationary. I no longer will be searching for a ringing phone, Hallelujah!

I also swang by a garage sale on Friday and bought an old really rusty fan. I have been looking at these type of fans for a while, but never wanted to pay much. I got this one for TWO DOLLARS!!!! I had to sand off some old paint on the base and repainted it, but it was worth the work. It makes a nice touch in my living room.