Kaitlyn's 2nd Birthday!

I can't believe Kaitlyn turned 2 this summer! We had lots of parties to celebrate her second birthday all week long!

The first birthday party was on her actual birthday, July 27, at Mimi's house. All her daycare friends were there to celebrate, complete with a Minnie Mouse cake. She received a lot of great gifts from a Minnie purse to new Sketchers from Mimi!

Later that night we continued our birthday tradition and had dinner at Steak-n-Shake followed by cake at home. She opened her presents from us and grandma and loved them. She especially loved the pink dump wagon from grandma and she liked the Minnie Mouse doll from Mady.

On Saturday we had our big birthday bash with an Elmo theme. We rented a water slide and had lots of food and drinks. KK braved the slide and Mady and her friends loved doing tricks and dancing at the top!

Sunday was our family birthday party with Jacob's side. We celebrated at grandma and pop pop's house and KK's favorite foods: chicken fingers and mac-n-cheese. We decided to make KK's cake and it turned out really cute for our first try. Jacob made the cake and decorated it and my job was to put on the letters and the Minnie Mouse.

Kaitlyn's birthday was a huge success! I can't believe she's two years old! Her 2 year check-up is in September so look for that update!

Going Away Luau at Mimi's

Since Mady will be starting Pre-K at Lawton this year, it's time for her to say goodbye to Mimi. We have loved the past 2 years we've spent at Mimi's, and I think it's harder for me to say goodbye than Mady. Of course, I will still have KK there, but it's not the same. Mady will also be saying goodbye to many of her friends that are leaving for Pre-K and some that are still staying at Mimi's. The hardest part is leaving her best friend Emily. I don't think it's sunk in yet that they won't be eating lunch or seeing each other each day. It will just make the times that we do get the girls together that more special and fun.


The luau was a blast and I'm so glad I was able to be there to see the kids. They had a pool party, followed by pizza and cupcakes. Mady got a bag filled with arts and crafts and a new outfit for school! I also hear that she will get a collage filled with pictures from her 2 years at Mimi's and a shirt with all of her friends while she was there! We will definitely miss Mimi, but Mady will be visiting her occasionally on teacher work days and school holidays!

4th of July

This year's 4th of July was very low-key. Partly because the weather wasn't so wonderful! On Saturday we did manage to go to Red, White and Zoo at the Central Florida Zoo and then Sunday the Fredel family invited us to their resort over by Sea World. This resort was amazing and had so many things for the kids to do. The kid pool was amazing with lots of slides, there was an adult slide, a zero-entry pool, and a splashpad. They also had a parade of golf carts that was really cute and balloon animals on the pool deck. The kids all had a great time even though the weather wasn't perfect, it was still a perfect day. When we got home we had a cookout with just the 4 of us and watched the Oviedo fireworks from the driveway!