April fun

I've obviously gotten pretty far behind on my blogging...

I'll start with a cute pic of each of my babies...Lucy and her doll, Isabelle, got matching pajamas for her birthday and they looked adorable!

Max loves driving the police car in the basement and often wears Lucy's Minnie Mouse ears while doing so.

Max has become quite the artist, just like his big sister.
He's actually not quite as messy as she tended to be at his age (she usually ended up painting her entire body after she finished with the paper) but he did a number on the chair - I'd protected the table with a table cloth but I couldn't stop him in time from putting his painty hands all over the chair!  

Bath time immediately followed art time...

More cute cuties...
One Sunday, GranJan made cupcakes with bright red icing and Max went to town!  My dad asked him, "Why so serious?" (comparing him to the Joker from The Dark Knight).
One day in the car, I started talking to Lucy and she said I was interrupting her because she was on the phone (holding an imaginary phone up to her ear)...

During Spirit Week at school, Lucy got a chance to wear her Maleficent costume again (on character day)...she was so happy!

Sunrock Farm visited our library in April and the kids got to pet and brush some animals:

Park fun!  These two love Tower Park!

A few more pictures of my wild man:

Lucy's 5 year stats from her appointment with Dr. Brokaw:
She weighs 44 pounds even which puts her at 74%
She is 43 inches tall which puts her at 58%
She's perfect!

Her appointment wasn't until 9:45 so we had time to go to "the cookie store" for a sweet breakfast first!

Drawing a giraffe for Dr. Barry while we wait

A Happy Shopkins Birthday Party...Lucy is 5!

We had Lucy's 5th birthday party on April 3 (since her birthday fell on Easter weekend, we waited until the following Sunday) at her new school!  We held it in the Activity Center which is in the basement of her kindergarten building.  She chose a Shopkins theme and loved the cake and Kooky Cookie cookie cake GranJan made for her.

She was disappointed Lucia couldn't come (she had her first soccer game!) but had tons of fun with her other cousins and her BFF Ava!  They had a blast running around the place, coloring Shopkins pages, making foam frames and artwork with foam stickers, blowing bubbles, eating pizza and acting crazy!

I bought some decorations online (can't find any Shokins decor in stores yet) but Lucy and I also made a bunch of the decorations out of Shopkins pages we colored and cut out and printed out.  We made a little "photo booth" area so all of her friends could get a pic with the birthday girl!

 

She got tons of Shopkins and Shopkins items for her birthday (Beados, puzzles, clothes and more!) but no duplicates!  And each gift she opened was her favorite...she had a very happy birthday, indeed!

Big hugs for the best friend!

This little goofball enjoyed pushing the garbage can around the room...

He also had tons of fun with cousin Lukey...they'd start at this door with their little hands on the handle and race down the little ramp...over and over again!

We decided to get our birthday girl a new scooter for her birthday.  She was given a toddler's scooter by one of our neighbors a couple of years ago and though she's continued to use it, she's definitely outgrown it...it was time to upgrade to a big girl scooter for our big girl!