James' Friend Party

I have a lot of photos to share from October and November still but I wanted to look through and enjoy James' birthday pics. These photos (a lot of them!) are from the kids' party that we had on Saturday. It was a Lego theme. Lego everything!

Lego cookie decorating-

The favor bags contained Lego crayons, a mini coloring book, Lego candy, and a small Lego kit.

Noah was the first to arrive. Isn't he sweet?

Another sweet moment. I wonder if they'll last?

Cookie decorating-

Look at my cookie, Logan!

We saw James interact with his friends. He is a different kid!

I won!

So Noah starts getting active. It was funny when he sat on James' lap but then it was too much. James started to yelp. Noah started to wrestle and act a little wild after the first hour. I thought I was going to worry about Russell and then I met Noah.

Jim sits calmly in the middle of the chaos.

I really enjoyed Logan. Super cute and polite!

Lego play.

James received a camera from us for his birthday. His friends had a blast with it. I should tell their parents that they would enjoy one too, for Christmas.

I'll post James' camera pics some other time.

Cake time!

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Mmmmm.

Noah. Silly.

Kaitlyn.

Is this what it would be like to have FIVE kids? Aye.

Watching James open presents.

Group picture!

Watching Dino Dan (a show). Silence... for about 3 minutes.

These are the Lego pictures from the "photo booth". We used our iPhones to take these pictures and transform them into Lego mosaics. They are best if you look at them from a distance.

WJDN?

He's putting together a new Lego set from his (school friends) birthday party! He's doing it "all by himself" with a little Dad guidance (:



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Happy Birthday James!

WJDN?

Taking pictures with his new camera!


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FIVE!!

James is FIVE today!!! We are spending it, just the three of us!!!! (:

Family and friend parties are next week- James is FULLY aware that presents are next week (:


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Tuesday with Mommy

Tuesdays are my nights with James. Usually we eat a simple dinner and just hang out. We did get home fairly early and had dinner with Jim (Daddy). That was nice! And then he left for his pool night.

First, I picked up James. He greeted me as usual with the big hug and "Mommy!!!" but then dragged me to his locker excitedly. He was BEYOND THRILLED that it was his turn (!!!) to take home the "Letter of the Week Bucket". We had homework! This thrilled me too :)



At home. First, James had to sort through his candy AGAIN. He seriously sat here for 10-15 minutes pouring his candy from one bowl to another. He was such a good boy- didn't beg for extra candy but was content with the two pieces I said he could have after a "good dinner". He even tried the BBQ chicken that we made- a new food for him!



After dinner we started collecting the 5-7 items that start with the letter L.

James ransacked the bathroom and we found one of my Lipsticks.



We found a Libro! (I had to explain that one on the worksheet. Libro is Spanish for book. I hope they appreciate our diverse items :)



All of the items we included in the bucket: Lipstick, Libro, Leaves, Licorice, and Legos. Awesome work!

The fun continues.

Can you guess what this is?



Toejam! James insists on an inspection each night before changing into his pajamas.



Cute!

WJDN?

Counting candy!


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Happy Halloween!

Jim was lucky enough to attend James' Halloween party at daycare. I had an all day workshop in Bloomington so I was unable :(

I was sent these cute pictures from the party-

James is a Spooky Pirate!

Prepping at home for our big night out-

Costume? Check! Sword? Check!

Giggly boy? Check!

In the car, James sang this song:

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We headed to Uncle Joe's for our first stop.

Grandma Laura was there too.

When it was dark we went back to our 'hood. James wanted to check the candy bowl. We left a bowl in our absence, and I'm glad that the kids weren't too greedy. There was still candy left! James was happy.

First stop.

It was a perfect night. Just a crescent moon, a little chilly but nice!

James unloaded his loot and picked out two candies to eat before bedtime. He was so happy!