T-Ball, Meet the Teacher, and 1/2 Birthday Fun!

We've had a busy few weeks lately. Jackson's birthday, then Cooper started t-ball last week. He's pretty excited about it, I think he really enjoyed soccer so I'm hoping he likes t-ball just as much. I'm not excited about practicing in 100 plus weather but hopefully it'll get cooler soon!

Here he is in the "ready" position. (in blue)
Ooh, almost!

Jackson really enjoyed watching!

Now he's in the outfield!

Now he's up to bat.

Running the bases!

Cooper started PK on Tuesday and last week we had his Meet the Teacher. Cooper loved his teacher and his classroom, and one of our neighbors is in his class. That made him feel even more excited about PK!

Cooper found his cubby!

With his teacher. We're excited about a fun year!

We had a little 1st day of PK celebration and a 1/2 birthday party. I've always wanted to do that, so this year I combined the two. Here he is with a half wrapped present.

Half a cookie on half a birthday plate with 4 and a half candles! Lots of halves! (he's covered in lasagna so please ignore that!)

That's a lot of candles!

He got his backpack and inside was a little present and MONSTER MIST! My mom reminded me of this idea. Cooper all of the sudden has gotten really scared of stuff. Things that never bothered him before like going into his closet, going in to his bathroom, etc... are now scaring him. So I made this monster mist (water, a few drops of lavendar oil, and glitter) for him to take with him. It makes bad guys and monsters disappear! It's magic :). He loves it. We'll see if it works!

Getting ready to stop the monsters!

He had a great first day of school so I'll have to post pictures of that soon!

Warning-You May Not Want To Try This At Home!

My mom got some new colored sunscreen that was so cute!
The kids had a lot of fun trying it out (E has on pink).

It made them act crazy.

Then we decided to go wild.

Maybe a little too wild.

Definitely too wild.

Then we had a tea party. Their faces have been scrubbed a little here.

This is what my baby looked like after lots and lots and lots of scrubbing.

Moral of the story-keep the colored sunscreen to a minimum!

(We did end up getting it off with LOTS of soap and a lot more scrubbing. Whew!)

Boys

I just love these crazy boys!

Hope you have as much fun today as these two have together!

Jackson's Mickey Party

We had a Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse good time at his b-day party! (I just had to throw out one Mickey phrase! :) By the way, whenever we have hot dogs Jackson calls them "hot diggity dogs!" So cute!)

Here's the birthday boy, ready for his party! I added Mickey ears to the party hats but I don't know if you can tell that well in this picture. I got so many ideas off of blogs-what would I do without them??

Jackson's birthday cake. Usually Laura makes my b-day cakes but this year I decided to attempt it. The ear started falling off halfway through the party but that's ok, it still tasted good!

The party table.

Marshmellow pops-SO easy and I've decided I'm now making them for every party!

Cake balls-the opposite of easy and I'm NEVER making them again!

More decorations.

We put up the ball pit for his party and he had a blast!

We had the kids take some "photo booth" pictures.

( I thought this one was so funny!)

I had the hardest time getting his picture!

The group picture!

One of Jackson's favorite presents was this Mickey airplane we got him. He LOVED it and still rides on it all the time!

We played a few group games.

Then we had cake!

Now this is a happy boy!

This was the only time the house was calm!

We opened presents last. Laura MADE this dino tail and the Mickey blanket he's holding. Can you believe it?? She also made Cooper one. They LOVE them. I can't wait to take pictures of them with their tails!

Jackson got lots of fun presents and had a great time at his second birthday!