June 11 2014

Seven

We have a seven-year-old in the house!

Brooke made a chain to count down to her birthday:

As usual Brooke had grand plans of what she wanted to have happen on her birthday. We did a friend party last year so this year we decided to keep her party a family affair.

We started off waiting anxiously for Dallas to get home from work so we could start the celebration.

First, presents:

She has been dying for an umbrella. Dreams come true:

Oma got her a book to teach her how to draw. She’s been loving checking books like that out from the library so this was perfect:

Brooke really wanted to go to Seven Peaks to swim but it was a little too chilly for that so her second choice was going to Hollywood Connection. The kids love that place.

We began with miniature golf:

Then we went up and played the arcade games for a while. After that we did the rides including the carousel:

Then we rushed home so I could make it to a Relief Society activity. We didn’t have time for cake so the next day we did the candles.

Brooke wanted cake and chocolate covered strawberries and cookies and congo bars and popsicles and more for her birthday. I made her choose two treats. Upon much deliberation she decided on chocolate covered strawberries and congo bars. Yum!

Congo bars meant I got out of having to decorate a cake. Hallelujah! I did put some ponies on her congo bars to make them a little more fun.

Happy birthday my wonderful Brooke!

Brooke, Caroline, Dallas, Holidays, Madison, Rebecca, Spencer

Santa Pics

It was time for the ward Christmas party and Rebecca asked me to take the pictures again this year.

Brooke, Caroline, Family Fun, Madison, Spencer

Golden Art

I’ve been storing up kid artwork for a while, so here’s a post dedicated to our aspiring artists/graphic novelists.

Brooke’s school papers continue to be used (for better or for worse) as her sketch pad:

Holidays bring out her creativity:

She saw our bananas and couldn’t resist giving them a little personality:

And then we have the endless doodles and comics she draws on every scrap of paper she can find:

Caroline isn’t quite as prolific of an artist, but she does do cute drawings as well:

Spencer enjoys drawing also. Here we have a self portrait:

Another child who can’t resist doodling at school:

Spencer went through a phase where he was really into flags. He’d look up pictures of different flags and recreate them in miniature:

Lately Madison has been joining the artistic ranks.

Madison drew this one in church. Her friend Norah is sad, so she’s giving Norah a doll to make her happy:

This princess got caught in a rainstorm and wasn’t happy:

Madison brought this paper home from preschool. I was shocked at the adorableness of that zebra and had to text her preschool teacher to see if Madison actually drew that. Turns out she did draw it all by herself. It’s especially surprising how good her zebra is when you compare it to the other two animal blobs beside it.

One day we played Pictionary as a family. We told Madison she could draw whatever she wanted. The category was “animal.” She drew this:

After guessing every animal we could think of we finally asked Madison what it was. Her response? A giraffe. I continue to chuckle to myself every time I think of her neckless giraffe.

Brooke, Caroline, Dallas, Family Fun, Madison, Rebecca, Spencer

Silly People

One application that doesn’t get enough use in our house is Photo Booth. Whenever it’s used raucous laughter reigns. I’ve included both the original picture and the Photo Boothed one. It’s up to you to figure out which one is real life…