Gracie Turns TWO!

Happy Birthday Gracie!!!

I'm pretty sure that she had the absolute best day of her life! She was happy and smiling the entire time. She loves her friends and family and was excited to play with everyone that she loves. I, of course, had a wonderful time planning everything and had to take pictures of it all put together! Grama Colleen made the cupcakes! Tons and tons of cupcakes! And there was a dessert bar! All kinds of yummy sweets! Gracie has a major sweet-tooth and I much preferred this party theme, over Elmo or Barbie (her current favorites). I think she loved it. I know Jack did. Every time he asked if he could eat something the answer was yes and every time he was shocked! This was the candy necklace station... There were all kinds of treats to string. What a perfect model! Her mouth is too full to smile... Getting some water with Grandma Karen. Eating lunch with Grandma Pat... This is Gracie hitting her pinata... It was a "custom" pinata - I didn't even know you could get that! It was supposed to be a cupcake, but I think Jeremey was correct in saying that it looked like Humpty Dumpty in a pink dress. Oh well! It was a great deal and it lasted through ALL of the kids and broke on the last one. So in actuality, it was perfect! Here is the 4 year old heat for the marshmallow race. They're so cute! Jack is wearing sunglasses from the pinata... And they're off! Gracie is getting ready for the three and under heat... All those sweets, but it was still time for cake! And then we were just going to open one present... from Grandma and Grandpa - that she totally loved! But it snowballed into opening all of them. She was so excited about EVERY single thing that she opened and it's really funny how kids love to watch other kids open their presents. She loved all of the attention and was really putting on a show. I think Olivia was just as excited about this one! And before we even got down the hill, she was asleep. She took a great nap and was ready to go to another party that night! What a trooper! Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us! We had a blast! *** Photo Updates

Wordless Wednesday: Costco, Do You Need a Model?

This must say something about the softness...Do you see her smirk?

St. Patrick's Day

In the days leading up to St. Patrick's day, Jack was referring to it as Jack Lindstedt Day. His middle name is Patrick, but somehow he just turned it into his own day. But he was surprised to find out that it wasn't all about him and I had a great time playing little leprechaun tricks all day. When he woke up, there were green balloons, garland, gold candy and GOLD (pennies). There was also "leprechaun" dust with footprints in it. He was a little overwhelmed at first. The first thing that Jack likes in the morning is his milk, but the milk was extra special. He had to drink it out of a real glass and when I poured it in, it magically turned green! He was AMAZED! This face was a few minutes after I did it - he was still so excited. There were other things, like the toilet water. But he had to have green eggs and then he asked me if the rice at lunch was going to be green too - so of course it was. Over all, it was a really fun day and an exciting new tradition! I can't wait for next year.

My Little Chefs...

They had a blast decorating their Easter pastries at the bakery... It was really cute and it went really fast! Oh the JOY!

Can Every Post Be a Wordless Wednesday?

This was a fun day that we had a Disneyland a while back... This is my little ham waiting in line to see Minnie Mouse. She was really excited. I think this is her modeling face. :) And then we waited to see Mickey too... But perhaps this is their favorite ride of all...