Noah turns Seven

He chose Donuts this year for his cake.. at the party with Kersten's fam.

Dragons were the theme.  This is Green Spark Fire "Sparky" for short

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In a Viking helmet with his tough guy face

donuts again at his small friend gathering

Making shields swords and crowns to train their dragons

Looking pretty tough if you ask me.

leading the song at the party with my family.

He sure had a big week. 

A Party with Kersten's fam on Sunday

He was star of the week at school

His actual bday was on wed.

I had him invite 3 friends to a small party.

Al's grandkids were in town so they celebrated with us.

and the next sunday a party with my fam.

Legos seemed to be a huge hit this year.

His new pet dragon

and he got Star Wars Lego III from. us.

And lots of lots of books.  

He was super super happy.

Sofia 2 1/2 Birthday with the F* Fam

We celebrated on July 5th after we had all just returned from Camping at the Land.

So we were all a bit tired

Sofia got to wear her "Party Dress"

to show Mark (Virginia's Fiance)

She had to show Mark, her dress, her shoes and her pretty nails.

She had been talking about it for days.

Ginny did an amazing job with the cake as usual.  

She found these cute Tinkerbell fairies and her friends to decorate.
I love the waterfall and the flowers mingling with fairies.  Perfect for my Fia.

She loved licking the frosting off her "Guys" 

and her cake was pink.   

Can't get much better than that.

 She was set up with lots of new food for her kitchen.

A new shopping cart with even more food.

Pots and pans.

New lip glosses in the shape of a Princess castle.

and lots of Duplo legos.

She has been feeling deprived since Noah got the little kind.

In case you were worried. 

Fia did get to show "My Mark"

my dress, my shoes and my hair.

He was suitably impressed.

Mark is so good to her when he is here.

He knows that she is going to try to monopolize him.

Luckily now she says she will share "My Mark" with Virginia.

Fia says that Mark is "handsome, strong and good at dancing"

Mark also spoiled my Boys.

He gifted these awesome Star Wars figures to Noah and Kersten.

Noah informed us that the Wookie is not Chewie 

but his Dad Tarful and of course Darth Vader.

Wow, we sure feel spoiled.  

We miss him already.  Glad he was here

Sofia's 2 1/2 Birthday Luau

Sofia 2 1/2 Years Old

All day long as we prepared for her party.

This silly girl danced around and figured out

First-  What dress she was going to wear (most important)

She had to change before the party.

Second- She would dance with her prince to music.

Daddy is going to be her prince.

Third- She got to blow out the candles

Fourth-  Her friends were at "My Party"

We had a Luau.

She loved the fancy drinks.

We had Raspberry sherbet and sprite.

Noah called it "Sofia Soda"

The umbrellas were the kids favorite part.
I also made a volcano cake
that had smoke "erupting" from the middle.

We had a major pirate battle with the against this ship 

and Fort Tuna with Captain Charles W the Tuna

We talked and played and opened presents.

This girl I tell you is so gracious.

She gets so excited about each and every little thing.

it is a joy to give to her.

Amy "the hair whisperer"

had to give Sofia her first set of hair tools.

Fia made everyone much more beautiful the rest of the night.

I don't think the men had ever felt so beautiful before

Nonna finished an embordery project.  Hooray!  I love the bag

and it will be perfect for church.

I just love it.  Such a thoughtful present.

They also gave her some decals for her nails.

Which seems to be the favorite present.

Noah gave Sofia some "Guys"

After that it was all over.

Princesses were dancing, singing talking

and showing their dress to all

What a fun successful night.  

I think we will stick to her party being on her half birthday.

Party- Noah is 6

We had two family parties since I last wrote on here for Noah's 6 year old birthday.  It seems like he has had a birthday month instead of just a day.  It sure makes it super fun though.  So for the sake of all who want to know I will attempt to do the highlights of both parties.

On Sat.  April 17 we had a Pirate Party with my side of the fam.  Here we are searching with our Treasure Maps for the buried treasure..  We found it in record time.  It really was not that hard to find.

For each kid inside there was Pirate stickers, pirate pencil, some gold coins and Swedish fish.  And they all went home with a Pirate flag.  It was awesome and a very big hit.
For food we had taco salad, the day was so nice outside we ate on the deck and in the kitchen.

Noah's cousin Colton who is 17, gave him this awesome Yoda.

He is so snuggley.  We use him for a pillow 

and he is helping Noah train his stuffed animal "Force".

Noah also loves his red eyes in these pictures

He says it makes him look evil.

I am a bit disturbed. 

Nik and Lena wrapped their presents at least 3 times in newspaper.

This perplexed Noah quite a bit.

He was spoiled as usual.  With two new board games, Playmobil Knights and Pirates,

Toothless the Dragon and Hiccop and 

My friend Kieran painted this Darth Vader curtain for his DarthVader Closet.

It is seriously so amazing that it takes my breath away.  

He looks so menacing, shiny and tough. 

Her talent astounds me every day.  

He wanted Donuts for his cake. 

So we made a "castle" or "mountain" as he calls it.

And he blew out his candles.  

We also had Root Beer Floats.  Mmmmm,  I love them.

Here is how the curtain looks in Noah's room.

I love how both Yoda and Darth Vader have their light sabers drawn.

If you ask Noah,  Darth Vader and his Yoda are friends now.

They are training and practicing to get the real bad guys

We are going to sew on a piece to the curtain so it goes to the floor.

I love love love it.  It fills my heart each time I walk in his room.  

He says it makes him feel "safe" at night and his room in now the coolest.

We had the April birthdays at Kersten's family today.

Virginia as always did an awesome job on the cake.

She used Playmobil Pirates for the top 

and Noah requested white cake with white frosting with Strawberries in the middle.

It was super yummy.

After we ate cake,  he came and asked everyone if his cake was the favorite.

It was super delicious.

Noah really wanted a shield 

So now he has the gear he needs to train his dragons and his force.

The axe is a big hit.

The theme of this party was Lego, legos and more Playmobil.

I think now we have a whole Playmobil Pirate and Knight village.

He jumped around like a silly monkey he loved everything so much.

He loves that he shares his birthday with Josh and Grandma.

It was a very fun and delicious party.

Noah is 6 today

My Dear Sweet Noah Boy,

I loved waking you up this morning.  Your handsome face so relax and your chest rising and falling as you dream.   You seem so big and I still remember the way you smelled as a sweet baby.  And the tiny glimpse I got of you right after you were born.  I knew from that moment that I would never be the same again.  I was YOUR mother.  I felt so humbled, blessed and grateful. You fill my heart with so much wonder and love.

After I sang you awake and teased you that now you were 3.  You said to  me,
 "No, Mom  I am 6.  I turned 6 while I was sleeping.
Hold on just a minute."
And you stretched as long as you could, feeling all your muscles long.
Afterwards
"Yep,  I feel longer.  Six feels a lot different Mom".
I had to investigate and I felt all your muscles in your arms and legs
The certainly felt a lot bigger to me.  So much more like 6 year old muscles than 5"

This year has been such a big year for you.  So many new and exciting adventures and changes.  I have loved watching you grow and learn.  Kindergarten has been so exceptional for you.  Your mind is like a sponge.  You amaze me with your questions and your insights.  You are so thoughtful about everything and you try so hard to figure things out.  Your speech has improved by leaps and bounds this year.  My eyes are filling up with tears as I write this.  You have worked so so hard.  As you have been able to communicate better it astounds me even more what you have retained and what you are thinking about.

I love helping you with school and your homework.  The light in your eyes as you figure something out.  I will never forget the first time you sounded out words for me as we did your reading homework.  It still just makes me marvel at you and what you have accomplished.  Sometimes just the fact that you can blend the sounds together make me proud.

We have so many changes in our family this year.  You have been a trooper.  You are so gentle and understanding with your sister.  You try so hard to teach her what is right and to make the right choices.  Your patience with her is amazing.  The two of you laugh and play so well together.  I am so glad that you love each other and want to be close. You only have each other.  It is so important to nourish this relationship.

Thank you for still snuggling with me.  And for wanting to still kiss me goodbye when you go to school.  My heart cherishes those loves from you.   And I do miss you while you are gone and the kissing hand does help a lot.  Thanks for talking with me and telling me what is in your brain.  Your imagination is beyond bounds.  All the new games and things you play are so super fun.  I love seeing a glimpse of what is in that mind of yours.

Noah,  I love you to infinity and back.  I love being YOUR mom.  Thank you for making me a mother.

Love your,
 Mom
 Forever

Pirates at the Mayan

Noah's turns Six on Wednesday.  

And we told him he could invite 3 friends to a small party this year.

He chose Heber, Dylan and Lily.

On Sunday night we realized that Dylan would be out of town for the event the next Sat.

So we threw together a party really quick.

We called the parents to make sure the kids were available.

And we went to the Mayan for dinner. 

On Monday Night the 12th.

The Mayan is a magical place for kids that serves mexican food and has divers.

The put on a diving show while you eat.

The motif is a jungle

I figured we could make it work, since Noah wanted a Pirate themed birthday this year.

When we arrived at the "ship".

I turned all the kids into official pirates.

By tying bandanas around their heads.

Noah as "Captain Jack N",  Heber as the "First Mate", Dylan as "Soldier" and Lily as "Lily the Tough"

those are their pirate names

Kersten was "Armpit" and I was a "Serving Wench."

Sofia as always was a Pirate "Princess".

We headed off to our ship for some grub.

The kids got quesadillas , burritos and fries.

But basically the entire time this is what we saw

They were watching the divers.

I admit they were pretty amazing.

And all the kids were very entertained and not running around like crazy.

Now that is my kind of kid party.

I actually had time to chat with the adults.

Which included my hot husband, my best friend Kieran and my sister Amy.

I really liked this pic of me and Sofia the Pirate Princess so I added it.

For his cake they had a brownie volcano with huge sparklers in it.

Noah's face when they lit it was priceless

It was quite the impressive sight.  

The funniest part was when he tried to blow them out like candles.

I don't think he realized that they blow themselves out after a bit.

They shared the desserts

And I gave them all "Jolly Rogers" Flags.

They ran around and showed them to the divers.

We heard a lot of comments about the pirates on the deck.  

We opened presents and finished watching the divers

And we drove them home.  

It was perfect and fun.  

And they loved it.  

TWO, the small event

Can any of you resist those lips?

I bet you can't.

What a very lucky girl to get two cakes.

One on her real birthday

and another when we have her party in June

Oh, well a bigger party.

With a girl like Sofia, you need to celebrate twice.

I am just as much in love with her cash register as she is.

Tiana, the frog princess

given to her by her favorite brother.

He had to get her it because we saw the movie on her birthday

Very cute movie, by the way.

Call this the year of the vintage toys.

Do you recognize the phone?

We have already had some fights over them.

Disneyland in my Backyard Recreated

My sister Amy has been a bit down lately and one of the reasons was that

she was going to be in Disneyland for her birthday and now she wasn't

My sister Emilee had a brilliant idea to recreate Disneyland for her here.

We threw it together in 1 1/2 days. And it was a surprise.

Her husband Jason brought her over to my house

and instead of surprise we yelled

"Welcome to Disneyland"

with the music from Fantasmic going on in the background.

We dressed up as characters from Disneyland.

Here is everyone in Toon Town

Amy taking her pictures with the characters.

Sofia as Mickey

Noah as a Pirate from Pirates of the Caribean

Spencer as Jack Sparrow

Kristin as the Princesses

and Jeanne as Nemo

Emilee was Minnie Mouse

Audrey was Goofy

and I was a Disneyland worker

She had to get her picture with Mickey.

Amy had to go on a ride if she was at Disneyland.

So she sat on our Garden cart and I pulled her and Mickey as fast as I could across the lawn

It was a big hit and a bit bumpy.

We were all laughing

Next was the parade. We all lined up and the music started

We waved and danced and laughed at all the spectators.

We had to do two parades since it was so much fun

and people kept falling off the float, The garden cart again

Em made these signs that we hung up all over.

The food was fantastic.

My mom made rolls shaped like Mickey Mouse and we had sloppy joes

We had fruit, apples and carmel and salad and chips

We ate out on the deck and it was getting a bit chilly

but it was fun and we said that we were eating

on a pirate ship.

Amy's best friend called while we were eating.

They known each other since they were born

and she told her that she was on a pirate ship eating dinner

with Jack Sparrow in Disneyland Salt Lake in Laurie's backyard.

Her response was "Sounds like an English Party"

After dinner we had Jedi Academy and

Dancing.

We danced to songs from Enchanted and other tunes from childhood

Like Footloose, the Beatles, The Beach Boys etc

Amy then got to dance with her prince "her husband Jason"

to the song from Beauty and the Beast her favorite

Em made these awesome Mickey Mouse cookies for dessert

They were super delicious and fun

I could not find my birthday candles so we used a tapered candle in an Apple

Allie told her mom not to eat it because it was a Poison Apple

We sang Happy Birthday as terrible as we could

That is how you sing it at our house

Which has caused some embarrasing times for us as parents with Noah at friends house

We played Magic Kingdom

and just talked and laughed.

It was a rousing success. So much fun and I am sure she had a great birthday.