BEST activity EVER!

As many of you know I am part of a spouses club called PIM. (Partners In Medicine) Last year I was in charge of playgroup (this year I am the presidente:) Each year we have an end of year party at this gymnastics center (paramount) and it ROCKS! This year was no exception in fact I think it was the best to date and not just because I planned it, but because the turnout was so good.

The ball pit. Can you find Liam?  Good thing his hair is so white, or I might not be able too!

Gotta make sure you stretch before you play!

This thing was seriously deep! We had to help pull them out once they got down there.

Nate and Dave doing doing DOUBLE back-flips off the beams into the foam pit. I didn't know my Hubbie was so talented!!!

This was so funny. Owen would jump from this platform into the foam. It was a big jump. Enough that his hair would stand straight up! The kid is scared of spiders, but not this...

Makeshift dodge ball/foursquare game

Notice the ladies are sitting out on that game.

We ended the night letting the kids play in the "Kidmazium" 

and the adults finished on the climbing wall.

Thanks to Paramount and Mr Bob's Subway for making it an awesome event!

Some more Birthday stuff

I had decided after Birthday #4's SUPER Party that we'd have actual friend parties every other year. They are a lot of work. But Liam really wanted to have friends over on his birthday so we ended up have our "Hershey Family" over for dessert and really more people to help us sing.
He LOVED it! We have some of the greatest friends here and they make living away from family so much easier!

Thanks Friends. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my big MAN!

             Excuse me, I think the word you're searching for is "space ranger".  Come in Star Command.

Cupcake decorating time!

I think the box said for ages 5-31???

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Oh what do we do in the Summer time???

Pretty much go to Hershey Park and the swimming pool. The boys have some serious tan lines, even after I bathed them in sunblock all summer.

I like to call him the Lone Ranger. It seems that there is always an odd number when we go to the park, but he has never cared. He doesn't mind sitting by himself.

Liam and Christian on the big kid ride. It's always nice to have Christian with us, then I don't have to go on the spiny rides with Liam!

Boys+blue cotton candy = Really sticky messy faces...

We met up with the twins and I can't help but laugh when I look at these faces!

Or These!

I have been nominated the Pirate boat parent. Which is cool. I like this ride. I just wish people in PA knew how to play :Tastes GREAT! Less Filling. LOL!

Finally he is big enough to ride the wings. He is now officially a Kiss and these are my favorite kinds of swings, ones that I don't have to push!

Almost TOO big for this ride.

A must ride for Owen!

That's my kind of Reese's! Now how do I get him home and in my freezer???

One last party before they leave

Liam's birthday was only a week or so after the Poulson's came to visit, so we ended up having a Harry Potter Party with them. It was kinda fun making the house look like a dungeon. And I can't believe that my baby is 5!

You'd think as popular as Harry Potter is, you could walk into the grocery store and have a hundred different choices of store made cakes ready to pick up. NOPE! so we improvised and it turned out great.

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If he thinks this blows his mind, I can't wait til we take him to Harry Potter World in October.

His Non Harry Potter present. My kids love the Chipmunks. I have a hard time getting the songs out of my head. We did show the boys how you can suck in helium and sound like the Chipmunks, I thought they would die of laughter!

What he REALLY wanted for his birthday was to move to Utah, but having grandparents come out for it instead was a close second!

Gotta test the frosting out first. I think it passed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE MAN!!! WE LOVE YOU.

Why just NY when you can DC too?

The fun didn't stop here while the Poulson's were visiting.  We decided we hadn't driven enough and so we packed into the car once again and this time drove to DC. Well almost. We aren't that crazy. We parked at one of the outskirt metro stops and took it into the sights. One of the boys favorite things to do.

We were hoping to make it in time to see the Cherry Blossoms, but that week we were hit by a heat wave (serious heat wave) and we missed most of it, but most of the flowers were out and happy.

Then it was off to the Mall (no not the shopping kind, the learning kind!)

Oh if only these weren't behind glass it'd be the best trip ever!

Now to the FUN part! The air and Space museum. Liam was a little disappointed he didn't get to go inside the rockets...

Or touch the Moon.

I However did get to touch my hero Amelia Earhart, (ok, just a picture board of her.) I actually played her once in my fourth grades wax museum. Totally amazing.


WAIT! Where is Owen you ask? The Museum is not on fire, the displays are not knocked over or broken. Oh that's because....

Uh huh. That's right. He slept for most of it. Not the car ride there. At the museum. He did wake up at the end, and this is what he did.

AND

Both things he shouldn't have been doing. I guess he can learn about Air and Space next time.


I could go to DC every week if the drive wasn't so long and the traffic so bad. It is such a fun place to go!

Easter 2010

I have to apologize. I have not been a faithful blogger, but I had run out of storage on picasa. Yep reached my limit, but now we are back in business and hopefully I will get caught up the next little while. Here's to hoping!
After our trip to New York, we got home and found that the Easter Bunny had come to our house. He didn't want to carry the baskets to New York and back so he just left it here for us instead.

The bunny was really sneaky and hid their baskets in the shower. He'd left a trail of eggs to help them find their baskets and within minutes there were chocolate covered faces.

Liam was thrilled to get his Zhu Zhu pet, I am now wondering what evil source could make such a thing. Ours gets stuck at a wall and won't stop for five minutes. It got stuck under the couch and I couldn't get it, so annoying.

O was thrilled to get the candy and gum. He got my sweet tooth!

And Mom was SHOCKED that the Easter Bunny was able to find the perfect orange purse, that just happened to be a Prada knock-off that she was able to barter for!

All in all a fun Easter that we got to spend with the Poulsons.