Macie at her last t-ball game...

Someone left a walker out by my front lawn all day yesterday. What a strange thing to misplace. It was gone this morning.

Chloe's birthday was 2 days ago. She had her specific plans and wishes. And none of them were too outlandish, so I did my best. She makes birthdays easy. She tells me exactly what she wants. It takes all the guess work out. I guess she has already figured out that if you don't want to be disappointed on your birthday, you have to take matters into your own hands. These were her requests:

1. decorations (she told me she had a dream that she had woken up to find our house decorated for her birthday and she really hoped that could come true)

2. hair in braids with bows at the bottom.

3. A surprise birthday dress to wear to school.

4. cupcakes for her class with a few extra for people not in her class.

5, gum

6. McDonalds for dinner.

7. chocolate cake that I made for Dad's birthday. 

8. A pink tablet, which we let her pick out instead of having a friend birthday party.

9. Nails professionally done so they would be "perfect."

And I did a pretty bang up job. I did all of those things. And I also took her to get her free cupcake cookie at Sweet Tooth Fairy. 

And I was really proud of myself because I took a page out of "Frozen Fever" and put string all over my house with notes attached leading to her birthday dress. She thought it was amazing. She said she had the best birthday ever and felt really special all day. 

And yes, we went to McDonalds for dinner. My Dad and sisters joined us. I asked her if she wanted to go to Peter Piper Pizza instead and she "no, that will cost you too much money, we can just go to McDonalds." Isn't she just the best?

 Aunt Liz gave her a lunchbox and water bottle.

 And as always, I made a really ugly cake. I had to stick large sticks in it so the top layer wouldn't slide off. The cake made up for it in taste though. Man it was good.

 Chloe is such a joy to parent. She really is a better person than I am.

After some really painful swim lessons, Oscar has finally rediscovered his love for swimming. He brings me all his swim gear and begs me to take him. He also has turned into quite the rascal the past week. I am hoping it is just lack of sleep or something. He likes to pour his milk out anywhere and everywhere, and he likes climbing and dumping and smearing. But alas, I am thinking this behavior is probably here to stay. He is also obsessed with the dumb race car game on my phone. So I am going to have to make sure this kid stays away from video games because I don't want to turn him into a gamer. I have to make sure he has plenty of opportunities to play outside and run around to keep his mind off of stealing my phone.

Chloe and her "perfect" nails.

 she had little flowers glued to her thumbs.

 Oscar is doing so much better at his swim lessons.

 Chloe with her birthday candy and new dresses.

 Some more of Chloe's Mother's Day poems...

 This is what Macie turns my house into everyday. I am not even sure what she is setting up. But it is very methodical in her mind, She did tell me that she turned the crib into bunk beds,

 And Oscar likes to try and fit into their Doll's car.

 I found Macie's cat with a nasty dirty sock wrapped around it's tail. She told me she put on cast on it's tail. I guess she got hurt.

 Chloe wrote me the most beautiful poem. It made me cry,

 More cards from art masterpiece students. This kid^^^ Owwn is a piano prodigy. His note really cracked me up. He speaks like a 30 year old.