Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, my birthday was busy! I had a hair appointment, lunch plans, Easter Party, and Dinner with my favorite people. Kenny and Chloe!

Here we at Bluegrass on my Birthday. I just love this girl!



Chloe discovered the ballroom at Bluegrass. She thought it was the greatest thing ever because she could go to the royal ball.....with herself! She danced and danced and danced. She would have skipped dinner and stayed in there by herself if we would have let her!




We had dinner and Miss Kymberlee brought us a strawberry shortcake with candles. Chloe loved that!



It was a great night with my two favorite people!

Easter Party

Chloe had an Easter Party at school, and bot did she have fun. I had BIG plans to make cute bunny cupcakes, but that did not really work out so I just made some plain jane pink cupcakes with sprinkles. Nothing fancy.

Here is K and Chloe the morning of her party!



And here I am looking like total death. I cannot even believe that I am posting this picture, but this is for my family keepsake, so what the heck! For the record, I know I look dead. I was getting my hair done as soon as I took her to school.



And then Chloe wanted to take some pictures alone. She was in a rare mood that morning.



That afternoon, K and I headed to her school for the party. Look who greeted us?



And here are a few pictures of the party!





The had lots of yummy snacks, notice the pink cupcake.



But the most fun was watching her play with her friends!




She loves these parties!

Our Soccer Star!

Well, we had our first soccer game! It was something, to say the least. Look how cute Chloe looks before her soccer game.



She looks like she is ready to play soccer doesn't she! We got there, and she still looked ready to play!




She was even watching the other games to get in her head what she needed to do!



But then Kinley got there, and she found other things to do.....




Needless to say, they were not starters! Here are the little bench warmers with K on the sidelines.



But then it was her turn to get in the game and show us what she's made of. And that lasted maybe 1.5 seconds. I will admit, I thought she may play. I mean she looked good. Here she was. I snapped as many pictures as I could in that 1.5 seconds.



And then she needed a water break. I would be lying to you if I said I was not frustrated. I really thought she was gonna play.



From that point on she was waving flags or being held by her daddy! Her favorite thing at the game was the flags. She stood there screaming "GO TITANS GO!" I loved it, because I love cheerleading. Who knows, maybe one day she will too!



And K just couldn't resist holding her. Forget coaching, he would rather hold his soccer star!



I thought he was gonna be frustrated, but he wasn't. Even though we got killed a whole lot to nothing. But who's keeping score? I would have been if my kid was playing!

And we could not leave our first soccer game without a family picture!



A couple days after the game we went to get ice cream, and Chloe said from the back seat, "Daddy, don't forget you star." K and I did not know what she was talking about and K said, "What baby?", and Chloe responded, "Don't forget your soccer star!"

And that right there made it all worthwhile. She thinks she's playing and that is all that matters. She is our soccer star. Now when she is older, it will be time to get serious!

Day at the Farm

Our Sunday School class had the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Elrod Farm, and Chloe had so much fun! K was not there because he had made plans to play paintball before this was scheduled, but Chloe and I had so much fun.

I cannot believe that it is almost Easter. We were told to bring snacks, drinks, chairs, blankets, rubber boots so the kids could play in creek, ride-on toys if we had them. So we LOADED up and headed to the farm.

Chloe fell asleep about 5 minutes before we arrived, and she stayed in the car for about 30 minutes until Annalee got there and wanted me to wake her up!



Here is Chloe with her boots on ready to head to the creek.



Chloe and Annalee took off running towards the creek.



And then it was time to collect rocks and throw rocks into the water.







After that it was time to break out the vehicles! I realized after the fact that this was not going to be a good idea because it is Chloe's car and she does not understand that she had to share with everyone! She thought they should just have to take turns letting her drive them around! But she did well sharing....finally!




The eggs were hidden, and it was time for the hint. I think Chloe thought she could drive to each egg and get them quicker!



But she was just driving to the lineup.



On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!!!






After the hunt, we hopped on the hayride for some more fun.




During the hayride we stopped to see some cows. Chloe loved them! She was feeding them and talking to them. It was so cute.






We had a fun day at the farm. I hope we can go back soon!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope that you were green. I did, but was more noticeable on me were the bags under my eyes!! Why? Well, because one f the mom's (and directors) at Chloe's daycare challenged me to a little contest. Who can make the cutest treats for the St. Patrick's Day party?? And I had to win. Plain and simple!

I had actually already made it up in my mind that I was going to BUY some cookies, not make. But, the challenge was not who could buy the cutest, it was who could make the cutest. So here it goes. Let me start by saying that I was already exhausted. I had searched and searched online for something cute and easy to make, but there was nothing. Nothing! And then at 6PM the night before I found it.

I was going to make 2 different types of cookies. Shamrocks, that were all decorated similar, but not the same. And Rainbow cookies. I thought it was a brilliant plan until I saw that when I made the dough it had to chill for 2 hours! But hey, this was a contest. For those of you who do not know what rainbow cookies are, you have to make the dough separately and color each portion!

Like this....



Looks like Play-Do! After it is chilled you make your rainbows and bake!



Cute, but exhausting!

While the dough was chilling, I got all my supplies ready to decorate my shamrock cookies.



And here they are all decorated.....




When they all cooled it was time to package them up and tie a bow around them! I thought if I put a festive bow in them, it would give me the edge in the competition!




Then it was time to pick out some clothes because "Picture Day" was the same day! This is what we decided on, because Chloe wanted to wear her brown shoes, and I was not gonna fight about that. I knew she could wear something cute with them! Don't worry, she changed into something green and her Keds after her pictures!



Don't you think she looks cute?

Anyway, here are some pictures of the party.







And in case you are wondering, here was my competition! They were yummy!



Hope everyone had a fun St. Patrick's Day and did not get pinched!