6 years old!!

Birthday Breakfast at Chick-Fil-A!  He told the girl it was his birthday and while we were eating she came out with a cute stuffed cow and a free kids meal coupon.  It was a pretty good start to his day!

He was excited to get to school so he could wear the birthday hat and have the kids sing to him.  Since it was a Wednesday, it was the day I volunteer, I got to watch the birthday celebration.  He couldn't wait to hand out the twinkie "minions" I made...mostly because they were chocolate filled and he thought that was cool.  

 

After school we went to get a birthday haircut.

We had Cameron's family birthday party on his actual birhtday!  Cameron was being a goof ball and singing, which made everyone laugh...aunt Michele especially!

He loved the minion cake I made....the cakes are always a labor of love.  Every year I tell myself it's the last!

 Welcome to the party!

We had a taco bar....I printed off some signs saying Salsa & Salsa restaurant.  Just like in Dispicable Me 2 movie.  

Mallory thought the minion lemonade was funny.

Cameron was excited to get legos, and walkie talkies, art stuff, an "ipad" to write on and draw on and lots of other things I can't remember!

I can't believe you are six years old Camster!  You bring so much joy to our family.  I love your creativity, energy, and kind, loving personality.  You are one of the most thoughtful people I know!  I am so proud of who you are and can't wait to see who you become!

Mother's Day

 Mackenzie had the cutest preschool program for Mother's Day.  It fell on a day I had to work....so I think I ended up sick that day :)  There was NO way I was going to miss this little cutie singing her heart out to me!  She sang with all she had and did all the actions.  

When I came in her class and sat down she ran over to me to give me a big hug.  I love this picture I captured of how happy she was!

Cameron loves to support his sister and he told her she did a great job singing.  She gave me a little plant they made and the green paper that had a cute poem with her hand prints.  Look how good she can write her name!  Also the pink paper you see had questions on it.  Her teacher asked them these questions and wrote their answers.  So one said Her job Is: "making food" , My Mom Looks Prettiest When; "she wears make up"  LOL and my very favorite is My Mom's Favorite Food is; "Pork N Beans"....what!?!  I don't even know what Pork N Beans are.  I laughed out loud for like 10 minutes.  People must have thought I was crazy.  Anyway, I asked her teacher after the program about that and she said, "I asked Mackenzie 3 times because I thought maybe I misunderstood her. But that is what she kept saying."  Omigosh, she cracks me up!  On the ride home I asked her what Pork N Beans were and she said she didn't know and then I asked her where she had heard of them and she said one of the shows she watches called Peppa Pig...apparently Peppa Pig likes Pork N Beans!

Then the cute picture with her holding the "Happy Mother's Day" sign she made in her Primary class.  I didn't take any pictures of Mother's day, but it was a great day.  The Primary kids sang, but Mackenzie said she didn't want to go up there.  So just Cameron sang to me.  Then we went to my parents house for dinner and to celebrate with my mom.  I love being a mother and I love my mother.  I am grateful for her example of love, patience, and perseverance!  She is an amazing woman and I have no idea how she does all she does and goes through all the pain she has and keeps on serving everyone else.  I am lucky to have such an amazing mom who has taught me so much.  And I am lucky to be a mom to such awesome kids!

Clowns!

This pictures makes me laugh, these two make me laugh!  It's like how many clowns can fit in a car.  I never want them to grow up!  They have so much fun together and play so well.  The things they come up with to do are hilarious.  I was pulling weeds and they were playing.  I looked over and saw this...after I died laughing I took a picture.  Live in the moment!  I love these kids!!

Trip to the dentist

Mackenzie was excited to go to her first dentist appointment.  She had been with Cameron a few times so she knew the routine.  She was super good at laying still while they cleaned and flossed her teeth.  The hygienist kept saying she couldn't believe she was holding so still and opening so wide. 

You can see Cameron in the back ground getting his x-rays done...

 Then they switched places and Mackenzie had x-rays for her first time.  Again, she did awesome!  She opened up and let them put those big things in her mouth to bite on while they took the pictures.  Both of my kids have been awesome at the dentist!

Then the bad news...Mackenzie had a small cavity in her back tooth.  So we had him fill it right then.  He said it wasn't deep enough to need to numb her...and that would be best if she didn't have to have a shot.  So I decided it would be less traumatizing for her (IF the drilling didn't hit a nerve or something!)  Fingers crossed....we moved rooms and prepared her for the filling.  She was a superstar.  Once again, she opened her mouth so wide and kept it open he didn't even have to use the mouth block/guard thing.  The dentist said he had never had such a small patient get a cavity filled and be so amazingly cooperative!  They gave her two prizes and a balloon animal.  I was so proud of her and how brave she was.  I was worried that when we left she wasn't going to like the dentist or want to go back.  The funniest thing is on the ride home she said, "that sure was fun, I can't wait to go back to the dentist!"  I guess the prizes and balloon animal trumped everything :)

My little ballerina

 This is seriously the cutest thing EVER!  I can't even stand how cute watching Mackenzie dance is!

Or how tiny all the little girls are and how tiny their costumes are.  Soooo fun having a girl!!

She did two performances, Margo, Lindsie, Mallory, and Troy came the first night to watch.   After we went to dinner at Training Table to celebrate!  Good thing she did two shows, because I thought "oh perfect I will video tonight so tomorrow when I come I can just enjoy and watch it."  Well, when I got home my camera only recorded the first 2 seconds of it, and somehow turned off!  

Mackenzie loves dance, and she loves that her cousins Lindsie and Mallory are so good at dance.  She has enjoyed watching a few of their performances!

 The next night Cameron, Daddy, Grammy, Grampy, and Aunt Michele came to watch.  Cute Cameron was so excited and kept telling Grammy "Mackenzie is so good at her dance, she is the best one."  He also told Margo, "Mackenzie is really good, she is probably better than Lindsie at dance."  LOL  Such a great, supportive big brother.  He had a baseball game right after Kenzie's dance, so Jeremy and him had to take off right after.  We got Mackenzie and then all went to watch his game.

Behind the scene, getting ready to go on stage.  They were number 7 so we didn't have to wait too long.  Good thing because it went to like number 36!!  Not only did she do awesome in her dance, she wasn't shy at all, she remembered all the moves, and she was hilarious...totally into it!!

 Grammy and Grampy brought Mackenzie a present.  Grammy said she thought Mackenzie would rather have that than flowers.  She was excited to open it after her performance!

ADORABLE!!!

Astros Baseball

 Jeremy helped coach Cameron's baseball team this year.  He was on the Astros with 4 of his friends from the neighborhood.  It was a great group of boys.

He got the most excited when Grammy and Grampy came to watch him play!

 

 They all got to play catcher a few times...Cameron thought that was fun. 

 This year they hit off a pitching machine.  If they couldn't hit the ball after 10 tries then they could use the Tee.  However, Cameron was really good at hitting off the machine.  It helped that Jeremy took him to the batting cages several times for practice.

 Even though he was good at baseball, I think he just got bored.  At this age there is just a lot of standing around waiting for your turn.  He never wanted to get ready and go to his game.  He always complained and said he didn't want to go...until he got there then he had fun.  However, he said it was boring, and he only liked to play when he played catcher or first base!

Easter FUN

The kids were super excited for Easter and all the egg hunts!  We had a fun neighborhood egg hunt with a bunch of neighbors and in several yards.  I think it will be a new tradition.  Then we went to the Riverton City egg hunt.  It is so crazy and I say to myself "why do we do this?" every year.  It's insanely crowded and lasts all of 30 seconds with the amount of people there.  It takes longer to find a parking spot than do the egg hunt. However, the kids have fun, and that's what it's all about.

This visit to the Easter Bunny was just on accident :)  We went to the mall the first day in April, we went there for the Lego store.  I guess it was meant to be that we ran into the Easter Bunny because we went in the right door where he was all set up (we normally don't go through those doors).  Anyway, we weren't going to stop since my kids weren't "in picture taking clothes etc".  But since there was nobody in line or there at all we stopped to say hi.  Of course they try to talk you into taking pictures.  I told her I would come back when I had them dressed for it, but she took them anyway and I couldn't resist with Kenzie's cute smile!!  Plus why would I want to go back to the mall...and stand in a line for the Easter Bunny when I was so lucky to not have to??

We missed Janessa this year at the annual Easter Egg hunt and dinner at Grammy and Grampy's!  The cousins had a blast as usual, looking for all the eggs and counting up their money at the end.

Yay for Kenzie, she found the Golden Egg this year!!  She was so excited....the $10 was all hers :)