Cooper's 2nd Birthday Party!

Cooper loves the show and the toys from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. He loves pretending he's a pirate too and everything is a sword or a gun.

When I was thinking of Cooper's birthday party, I knew it was going to be a pool party, obviously because we just got the pool! So what better theme than a Jake/Pirate Pool party?!

The kids loved the inflatable swords and eye patches!

He is such a silly, happy boy.

 He seems so much more grown up than the twins did at their 2nd birthday party.

 He was way into all of it and loved the attention, the toys, the people, the cupcakes, and the presents. He took his time and inspected each one of them.

He swam all day long.

What's a Pirate pool party without a Pirate ship, right?!

We had lots of pirate foods to eat!

Everyone had so much fun! The party lasted all day and it was a great first pool party!

Memorial Weekend 2016

We started off our weekend with a birthday party for Connor and Chloe's friend from school, Remy.

Cooper loves going to birthday parties. He always knows there's going to be cake!

After the birthday party, we headed straight to the lake to meet up with friends!

 

We played, and rode on the boat, then woke up and played some more.

 The kids loved it!

It was a great kick off for the summer!

Chloe's first dance recital!

This weekend was Chloe's dance recital.  She has been going to dance class every Monday since September so this has been a big build up! 

We spent 4 hours at rehearsal on Friday night.  It was a long night but the girls had fun waiting their turn for practice.  Connor, not so much...

 

The dance studio had a big sister/little sister program that we participated in and this was Chloe's Big Sister for the year, Kaiya. They exchanged gifts and gave each other good luck hugs.

The next day, we rushed around after soccer to get everyone to take a nap and then get ready for the recital. It was a big deal and she kept telling me how excited she was.

 

After we got all dressed, she let me take some pictures of her on the front porch.

 

The whole family ready to go support our girl!

 

She had 4 total dances to perform and she did SO good. She was so cute and kept looking for us and when she spotted us she would wave and then continue on with her dance.

Chloe is on the far left with her hair down.

 

After it was over, I went to find her and gave her a big bouquet of flowers. She said "Are those for me?!" It think it was the best part of her night. She was so proud of herself and just ate all of the attention up.

Chloe and her bestie Betsey on the red carpet. Their smiles say it all.

The whole family came to watch our little tiny dancer in her first performance. She made us all so proud!

She is obsessed with the flowers and wants to talk about them all the time. She requested that they stay in her room and she wants to take them with her everywhere we go.