The House of Helrings

Ava's 5th, Charlotte's 3rd and Natalie's 1st Birthday Celebration

Ava's 5th, Charlotte's 3rd and Natalie's 1st birthday celebration at Scooter's Jungle.

We booked a combined birthday party at Scooter's Jungle in September (before Charlotte's leg incident) since the girls' birthdays are all within 40 days. Plus, Ava's birthday is the day after Thanksgiving this year and the weather is a lot cooler and sometimes rainy in November to host it a a park. Hopefully, our next home will have enough room to be able to host a birthday party at home. The party was on Saturday, November 9th from 11:00- 1:30PM. The kids got about 1 hr and 45 min of playtime and about 45 min at the end for eating pizza, drinks and birthday cake. It was a real good time and even our niece and nephew came with my sister-in-law from Las Vegas. Ava got a little woozy in the dining room though. I use to get the same way when I was her age in large crowds. The heat in the dining room and it being close quarters kind of got to her a bit. But she felt much better after she got some fresh air. It was a really nice birthday for the kids and we hope all their friends and family also had a good time.

Thank you to everyone for making their birthday party so much fun!

Happy Halloween 2013

Happy Halloween 2013

This year we attending the Hometown Halloween event in Mission Viejo again. We went with my family, the Hawkins and the Maakar family this year.

It's held the Saturday before Halloween night. And on actual Halloween night we went trick or treating with our friends, the Maakar family, to a nice neighborhood up the street from where we all live. This year Ava and Charlotte both were princesses and I attached some LED lights to their dresses so that they would light up and Natalie was a cute little unicorn.

Bat Kitty

                                                         Roasting our pumpkin seeds. Yum!
                                                             Happy Halloween Everyone!
                                                                                 2013

Charlotte's 3rd Birthday

Charlotte's 3rd Birthday! October 20, 2013

We celebrated Charlotte's 3rd birthday by taking her and her sisters to Build A Bear Workshop at Downtown Disney in Anaheim,CA. It was our first time going to this store and we thought it would be a nice idea for Charlotte to be able to pick out, stuff and dress up a stuffed animal of her choice so that she could take the toy with her as a companion to her follow-up doctor's appointments. She picked out a rainbow tie-dye colored teddy bear that she named Rainbow Bear and Ava picked out a brown and white horse that she named Princess Horse. A month and a half later they are both still sleeping with their teddy bear and horse. They love stuffed animals to begin with. I made a small cake for Charlotte and she opened up a few gifts from Grandma Evelyn, Omi and Grandpa Claude. She had an awesome day.