A few more cute pics!

"A doo!" translation..."Boo"




Drew WALKING up and down the steps! Huge milestone.



Drew rolling Jack's Spidey car on the hearth.


Twins! Madilyn and Madilyn.


Madilyn's Red Robin dinner (free coupon for a kid's meal for birthdays).


Balloons!!!!!!


Notice how Drew has the doll's pacifier in his mouth.

Madilyn's last two CC races

She's a tough cookie! LAst week was her second race and she ran a mile!







And, yesterday...she had her final and fastest run. Another mile...in a little over 11 minutes.

Nana's Surprise Visit

Nana came out on a Friday evening after the kids were in bed and stayed until Monday afternoon. What a fun surprise! Even more fun...she was here for Madi's big birthday party.

Saturday morning she surpirsed the kids at breakfast! Then it was off to Madi's soccer game.

She got to play goalie and made a save.

Home for lunch and back out for Jack's soccer game! Jack got to play goalie, too. He was ready!

Date night for Mis and Andy Saturday...yummy Mexican food complete with margaritas!

Sunday was Madi's big party. After it was over we had Korean BBQ for dinner...MMMMMMM.

Nana surprised Jack with a Spiderman car and Drew with a Speed Racer Shake N Go car. Jack was reading the flyer from the Spider man box. So cute!

We showed Nana our Halloween costumes!

Fed the fishies...

She made us a hot breakfast Monday morning...

Madi said her good-byes before school.

The boys drove the Jeep around the cul-de-sac. Drew LOVES the Jeep.

We made Rice Krispie treats for Madi to take to school the next day,

What a fantastic whirlwind weekend. Thank you for coming, Nana!

Madilyn's 7th Birthday Parties

Well, Madilyn had a big 7 year old birthday party. It was a little more like a birthday week, actually. The first party was over a week ago on a Sunday afternoon. Here are some pics! It was The Littlest Pet Shop (a popular toy) theme.

The decorations!!!






The cake!!!


The "mini" foods


The ice cream sundaes...


The games....
The balloons were hard to pop and also kept falling off the ribbons...


The pinata fell off the hanger and so it ended up on the ground while being swatted at...

The guests....


Opening presents...




Trying out the new toys...


The party...after the party. We wanted Madilyn to open her "big" gift...An American Girl Doll and also to open Nana's gifts because she was here! Jack couldn't wait any longer for Madilyn to open her gift from him. So she opened his, too. As she did he said, "You're really going to like this!" (Sigh)



Matching PJs at bedtime!

Dinner out on Madi's actual birthday! It was really, really cold!

Family party on her actual birthday...in front of the fire b/c we were really cold!

Madi's charm bracelet. She gets a new charm each year. This year she picked a seashell. And, we let her pick a charm ring, too.


Madi's funniest quote...

"Seven year old birthdays are the best! Except for eight year old birthdays when you get your ears pierced!"