Ruby: 6 Months

Sweet baby Ruby turned 6 months old yesterday! Happy 1/2 birthday Ruby girl!!!

Bikes & Buddies

 Pops & GranMartha gave Jackson a BIG KID bike for his birthday! 18 inch/no training wheels. He was so excited to get it. It took him a few tries to feel comfortable on it, but now he can ride all the way to the playground on it!!

 Jackson & Ben love their buddies Bryce & Jayden. We had a fun morning together this week while their precious baby sister went to the doctor for a checkup. Silly boys!

Party Weekend

Papa John & Nana came to SL for Jackson's party! We had a fun weekend. They took the boys to GattiTown Friday night for some pizza and playtime. (Ryan, Ruby, and I enjoyed a dinner date and got ready for the party!) Saturday was the big party. The party rental people let us keep the water slide until Sunday afternoon, so we spent many hours on that! Sunday we went to church and lunch before they headed back to Dallas.

Nana & Ruby

Papa John & Ruby

water slide fun

flying jackson

sportin the waldo glasses!

Where's Waldo?

Jackson is currently obsessed with Where's Waldo books and iPad games. So, we had a Where's Waldo birthday party! It was "made with love" but actually turned out pretty cute! 

The table was covered in striped wrapping paper. I printed out a bunch of Waldo images from the internet to use as decorations and cupcake toppers. Waldo is waving hello inside the chip bucket!

See the Waldo glasses?  Ryan made them out of pipe cleaners!

We had (striped) pb&j sandwiches, yogurt, fruit, chips, pigs in a blanket, marshmallow pops, & cupcakes!

The sandwiches were wrapped with fruit roll-ups.

Red and white cupcakes for Waldo. Black and yellow for Odlaw. 

We covered the doors in wrapping paper and hung streamers in the middle.

yummy treats!

 

party favors! Each kid got a Waldo notebook with their name on it and some markers.

the birthday boy!
We rented an inflatable water slide for the kiddos...so fun!

party people

 

 

singing happy birthday

handsome 5 year old

 

where's waldo?

Ruby loved the party!

A big thank you to GranMartha for making the "grown up food"! She made homemade chicken salad sandwiches and blueberry muffins...way better than a peanut butter sandwich!

presents!

We had so much fun celebrating Jackson's 5th birthday!!!

FIVE

On July 10, 2012 my precious Jackson Elliott turned FIVE! 

Doesn't he look all grown up? He is such a big kid now! I now understand the saying "the days are long, but the years are short." I really can not believe he is 5! Jackson brings us so much joy. He has lots of energy and is all boy. He loves to play outside, play ball, climb trees, ride bikes, have sword fights, play the wii, swim, hang out with his family/extended family, read books....the list could go on and on. He loves to chat and never runs out of things to say. He is intense about everything. He has a precious heart and loves God. He asks lots and lots of questions. I just love the stage he's in!

His birthday was FUN.

Kaki and James brought donuts with sprinkles (jackson's fave) over for bday breakfast.
James stayed and played while Kaki went to the doctor. (see my little niece/nephew?)

rainy day playtime

GranMartha brought ChickfilA for a bday lunch! We stuck a candle in a cookie and sang happy birthday.

That evening we went to chuck e cheese's (per jackson's request) for dinner. (He's telling me he's 5.)

We brought some Maureen's petit fours and a candle so we could sing happy birthday and eat bday cake.

Loved celebrating Jackson all day long with some of his favorite people! Can't wait to PARTY on Saturday- Where's Waldo style!!!