Preston's 4th Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Party

For Presto's 4th birthday he requested a Nina Turtle themed party so mommy of course went all out.  We played pin the pizza on the turtle, we had a ninja turtle bounce house, a ninja turtle pinata, and we also made colored sand Christmas ornaments(hey I figured 'tis the season!). We had 26 kids so that was a lot of kids to get through for the activities but Preston had a BLAST!! It's all he talked about for weeks after.  He was telling everyone at the party that he's now "Four and a half".  Poor guy is so deflated when we tell him he's actually not even 4 yet:(  He literally makes us belly laugh on a daily basis, loves to cuddle with his mommy, loves his trucks and trains, and his best friend is still his bunky:) He loves to hide and sleep under our bed at bedtime and shhhhhh he sneaks in our room every night and sleeps in between us at about 2am.  Recently when I was napping with him he said "Sometimes when I don't hold your hand I feel all alone and it makes me feel sad"...awwww.  He truly is the sunlight of our family and we are so proud of him in every way.  Love you Preston John...we cannot wait to see what your future holds!

                                             

                                                          Presto's Pin the Pizza prize!

                             Look at the pinata line!!!

   Presto's Invite                                                Thank you goodies "Toxic Ooze" and Green Silly String

                                       Our sweet Olivia even had a TMNT hard band:)

                 Mommy was very proud of her Ninja Turtle lanterns...she made them with love:)

Thanksgiving 2013

 We had a really awesome Thanksgiving this year.  We spent it at Grandma and Grandpa's new house and Nana and Nonno celebrated there with us! So fun to have everyone in the same place.  The kids loved running around the new house! Presto and Phia both said a prayer before our yummy turkey dinner.  We are so blessed to have both sets of Grandparents close by to share the holidays with:)  Oh and Olivia was perfecting her new "sitting up" skill!!
                  WHAT PRESTON IS THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR(so happy we came first!)

Mama's B-day

This year Daddy took Mama to the Four Seasons for the night for a birthday celebration! We hadn't been away from all four kids in over a year so it was really nice to have dinner and talk:)  When we got home the next day we had a celebration with Nana and Nonno and ate a yummy chocolate cake that Nana made.  My kind of birthday!!

The yummy candy bar at the Four Seasons:)