The Big FOURTH Birthday

The best part about a new princess comb set?  That your big brother lets you comb his hair while he plays Mario Kart.

 The big birthday morning!  The chin scrape is a result of Hollan falling on the carpeted stairs and hitting her chin.  We will always remember her fourth birthday!

 Let the present opening begin.  Again.

 Evan monitoring closely.

 Emmett getting his morning foot bath from Pearly.

 Birthday girl and Trixie.

 Hollan's fancified bike with a bell, basket, pinwheel and spoke beads!

 An Anna costume!

 Don't pay attention to Hollan picking her teeth...look at how HUGE Em D looks!!!

 Seriously.  What a beef cake.

 "I just LOVE you so much...love to squeeeeeeeeeeze you"

 We are not excelling at group pictures these days as you can see everyone is looking in different directions.  But they are all really cute anyway.

 Trying again!

 Birthday crown.

 The birthday girls with their new necklaces and music boxes from Aunt Carol.

 New Anna dolls!

 Oh.  My.  Gosh.  Elsa costume.  All else has evaporated.

 Hollan made us sing "Happy Birthday, Elsa"

 Our birthday beauty.

Hollan's Fourth Birthday - Dolphin Water Slide Party

The birthday girl's easel with all her favorite things.

 The slide was delivered Friday night at 7:30.

 I'm not sure who was more excited, Brian....

 ...or the kiddos.

 Inflated and ready to GO!

 The birthday girl with some of her favorite big girls, Mary Margaret and Evie.

 Cake time.

 You can always count on your big brother for a candle blowing assist.

 M&M and Bibs.

 Harlow and Hollan, dance buds.  Hollan really was excited.

 Who is this big guy sitting on the hill?  Emmett, not me.

 Look at this HUGE boy drinking his smoothie whilst observing the afternoon sliding session.

 Evan in action.

 Birthday girl in her third swimsuit of the day.

 Cannon ball!

Brian and Joe slo mo sliding.  The dads had more fun than the kids.

 Relaxing after the slide.  Fun times with good buds!

Busy Little Dude

Emmett is so busy these days.  He wants to be in the mix of everything!  He and Evan are also big buds.  

Getting a face raspberry.

 After he ripped all the dish towels down, of course.

 Sitting in the middle of Matchbox Town.  Again, little dude wants to be everywhere Evan and Hollan are!

 Stairs.  He loves them.  Mama no likey.  He is such a little stinker.  As soon as I come around the corner and catch him at the stairs, he speeds off in the opposite direction.  Until I disappear again which is when he high tails it back to the stairs.  He is keeping us on our toes!!

Trixie the Magical Pony

On Saturday, Hollan and Mom went to MoA for a special birthday morning at Build A Bear.  Hollan was no so sure about the "building" part.  She was content to grab the first stuffed My Little Pony we saw.  You can see here that she is not convinced that stuffing her own was going to work out so well.

Building Trixie with love.

Taa Daa!  Trixie is full of love....and outfitted with sparkly shoes, roller skates, a leash, and a wizard outfit.  She also says, "The Great and Powerful Trixxxxxxxxxie!"  Oh boy.

A post pony building mall snack.  Pretzel bites and strawberry lemonade.  This gal loves her a mall.

Guess who else loves Trixie?

 Emmy Man kissing up on Trixie.

 A lot.

 

Sophia the First Dance Camp

Hollan just wrapped up four days of Sophia the First dance camp and had her performance!

 Always acknowledging her fans.

 Arabesque.

 Next up was a dance to Sophia the First song "Rise and Shine"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f08QCKxCJY

 Very expressive.

 Lyla, the always supportive cousin!

 BabeeBaba, BIG dance fans these days.

Lost another...

This handsome man lost his THIRD tooth this morning, courtesy of Daddy the Dentist.

Goofy Boy - 13 Months!

I think this is the longest time I've ever gone between blogs!!  The summer has been so busy and three kiddos, one still strapped to my hip, means no hands for the good camera.  Anyway, the Big Emmy Man and I had a little sesh this afternoon.

 Hard to believe he is 13 months already.  He is getting SO BIG.  He has gained over two pounds in just a month since his 12 month well check and is now tipping the scales at 23lbs 4oz.  Beefy.

 Emmett is turning into a super goof.  He loves to dance, make funny faces, bark at dogs and growl like a lion.  He also enjoys draping his blanket over his head in his bed and playing peek a boo with his stuffed animals.

 He also enjoys a super hero mask from time to time.

 See what I mean?

 Outta here.