Reagan Turns 7

I cannot believe my little Missy Reagan turned 7 in April! I guess she's not so little anymore! For her birthday we of course began the day by celebrating our traditional way with Krispy Kreme donuts and presents.  

 Reagan was thrilled to receive her very own box of Cheez-Its. What a little nut! lol :)

 We ended the day with our tradition of Chick-Fil-A with Uncle Dan's family. I captured some super sweet pictures of these sweet (semi-toothless) cousins. :)

For her big birthday celebration Reagan had a "Dispicable Me 2" Minion slumber party. The kids absolutely love this movie and especially all the Minions. She wasn't saying it in April yet, but even McKinley walks around saying "Minion! Minion!" when she wants one of the big kids to show her them on their Kindles or TV. Maybe my little "Munckins" have turned into my little "Minions?" :)

 Reagan sent a note to Santa asking if Hermie could visit for her birthday. Just like with Kennedy, he arrived with a very special chair design that Reagan loved! :) Hermie not only decorated a birthday chair for Reagan he also did a small one for himself. This is one creative and busy little elf...

For the party the kids made their own individual pizzas.

They had special Minion drinks

 For dessert I made yellow and purple Minion cupcakes per Reagan's request

 

 Making her wish, sure hope it was a good one! :)  

 These two buddies are too cute - after cupcakes they headed back to Holden's house for a slumber party of their own. Thanks so much Aunt Dorothy! :)

 

 These two buddies are pretty cute too! Does life get any better than a godfather who keeps giving you sugar???

Thank you to everyone who made Reagan's 7th birthday so special! We are truly blessed by such a amazing friends and family! :)

Hermie - 2013

There is always great excitement in our house when our elf, Hermie, appears for the month of December. Last Christmas Hermie had several new and fun ideas he had never tried before like wrapping our toilet one night! 

 One morning the kids discovered Hermie had left a gift. It turned out he had been paying attention to what we were studying and decided to bring them a Viking ship to build.

 Aunt Marta gave the girls Elf on the Shelf chef outfits and the girls thoroughly enjoyed wearing them to help bake some of our favorite Christmas treats. :)

Hermie must have felt inspired by the girls and his matching chef's hat because he decided to try his hand at cooking breakfast for the kids one morning. I personally thought this concoction of spaghetti, ketchup, cookies, popcorn balls, cheerios, M&Ms, marshmallows and more looked pretty disgusting, but not only were the kids excited about it they ate it!

Both Frosty (who sent back cotton candy snowballs) and Rudolph sent notes back with Hermie this year. Rudolph sent some small cute treats including a flashing read nose for Jackson.

  Hermie certainly didn't want us to forget the reason for the season so on Christmas Eve we found him in our Nativity scene presenting a gift to Jesus with a note telling the kids "God Loves You!"

 The kids are looking forward to seeing Hermie again in about a month for Jackson's birthday and it won't be long now before he's back for this Christmas season! :)  

Missy K's Turns 5 - 2013

Kennedy coming downstairs with a couple of her birthday balloons on her birthday morning to check out her gifts and sitting in the special birthday chair our elf, Hermie (who you can see sitting in the cupcake costume on the tree next to the chair), created for her.

Missy K with her presents and new Hello Kitty bicycle

Kennedy couldn't wait to turn 5 and receive her bag of gum. She was extremely excited and opened it up right away. :)

We met Kennedy's godparents, Uncle Barry and Aunt Annette, at Krispy Kreme to celebrate her birthday breakfast. :)

Kennedy brought her new American Girl Doll, Emily, which she received from Grammy and Grand-Dad.

  Daddy and Jackson checking out the donut making process

  Birthday buddies McKinley and Lauren

 Kennedy, Lauren and Reagan

 The Lueker and Hamlin girls

  When we got home from breakfast (and maybe group violin that day as well - I don't remember everything that was going on, but I remember it was a super busy day) Kennedy resumed opening her gifts in her birthday chair. 

 Grammy gave Jackson this construction outfit and tools which he loved! :)

 Since Grammy gave Kennedy the American Girl Doll bicycle she gave Reagan the scooter

 Kennedy thoroughly enjoyed trying out her new bike and Emily enjoyed riding her new bicycle as well. :)

 That evening we met Uncle Dan, Aunt Dorothy, Heidi and Holden at our traditional birthday dinner place, Chick-Fil-A. Somehow I managed not to get any pictures of the kids but here's Kennedy and her birthday cookie. 

 

Thanks to everyone who made Kennedy's 5th birthday special! :)