Packing for Our Move in a couple of weeks

The girls and I packing up our apartment a couple of weeks before our moving day. Ava was at school and Charlotte and Natalie were having fun with the large boxes.

T-K Birthday Celebrations!

All of the children in Ava's transitional-kindergarten class turned five years old in October and November. The parent volunteers and their teacher coordinated a day before the Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate all their birthdays. It was quite a party with cake, balloons, pinatas and relay races. They had a blast. I got their just in time to see Ava have her turn hitting the pinata.

November 29th, 2013- Ava's 5th Birthday!

Ava's 5th birthday was on November 29th.  She had a big combined birthday party earlier in November and on her actual birthday she wanted to make her own cake (with my help of course).  This is the cake that she made and decorated herself. She had a fun day with the family and she was on break from school too.

She also wanted to practice slicing and serving the family slices of her cake. They were giant triangle slices! Hehe. She had a fun day and the cake was great.

Happy Thanksgiving 2013!

                                   Happy Thanksgiving 2013! Natalie was born the day before Thanksgiving last year. This year we spend our Thanksgiving, not in a hospital of course, but at Grandma's house. Yay!

Charlotte gets her brace off! Nov 26, 2013

Charlotte had her last set of x-rays done to confirm that her leg had healed nicely and was ready for the leg brace/ walking cast to be taken off . She did well at her appointment and doctor stated that she should take it easy on her legs till at least April 2014 to help build up her muscle and bone strength. So, no bounce houses, trampolines, jumping off things or gymnastics till at least then. She was such a trooper during this whole ordeal. I hope that she never has any major injuries the rest of her life. God bless our sweet Charlotte.

                                                           Hurray for Charlotte! No leg brace.

Natalie's First Birthday- Nov 21, 2013

Natalie's First Birthday!

We had a small and simple birthday celebration for Natalie on her first birthday since we had had a big birthday party for her and her sisters about ten days prior. These are a few of the pics from her special day.

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!