Lyons' Birthday Part 4

May 20th, Lyons' actual birthday! So, the poor child is probably so confused about when his Birthday is. He has now had 2 birthday parties at school, read first Lyons' birthday post for the reason why, 1 real birthday party and then our small family birthday party last night for his actually birthday. I think in the last 2 weeks his cupcake consumption is up to around 10! Below are some pictures from yesterday. Today Matt is taking the older two kids to see Rio which will be a wrap up to the birthday celebration!

Breakfast Cupcake!

Cuddling with Daddy in the Morning!

I'm TWO!

How old is Lyons?

Chocolate Icecream!

Mmm....

Mattie Anne Fashion Update

So, I've got some additional pictures. This whole time I was thinking that the outfit choices would steal the show, but the poses she makes to take pictures are just as funny! Here are some from the past couple days.
I know there are a lot of duplicates, and the outfits themselves aren't some of her most creative, but I couldn't resist the poses!

Lyons' Birthday Part 3

The Zoo! We had a wonderful time with our family at the zoo! We had Uncle Aaron, Aunt Jess, Fin, and Brown join us which made it even more fun! We felt as though we were bringing our own little zoo to the zoo! We were there by 10:30 in the morning, only 30 mins off our goal! And all I forgot was Lyons' shoes! Luckily Aunt Jess had a spare pair of Brown's in their car! She saved the day! It was a beautiful day for the zoo and the kids did great! Here are some pictures of our fun!

Looking at the Elephants!

Lyons' favoite animal is the Elephant!

Sea Lion show!

Mattie Anne and Fin! Cutest picture ever!

Don't forget about Evans!

Mom and Lyons at the Sea Lion Show

Uncle Aaron and Fin

Daddy and Lyons

Uncle Aaron and Mattie Anne

Aunt Jess, Brown, Fin, and Uncle Aaron... What a beautiful family!

Mattie Anne and Fin

Lyons and Brown chillin' in the stroller

Mattie Anne and Fin riding the alligator... "Mom it doesn't bite" glad Mattie Anne thought that before sitting on it!

Dad and Mattie riding the carousel

Waving

Daddy being silly!

Aunt Jess and Fin

Mattie Anne Fashion

So, most of you know that I am very frustrated that my daughter'sj Pre-K3 school makes them wear uniforms,  I mean she is 3!

If you know Mattie Anne, you know that a blue T-shirt and pants aren't even close to stylish enough to meet her criteria. She hates the blue T-shirt!  I can't blame her, the smallest size they had was kids x-small, which my sound small but with my 3 year old still fitting into 24 month clothes, it doesn't even come close to fitting properly. The worst part is that she notices. At the beginning of the school year she would cry that it was too big, and what am I supposed to say... she was right!  I obviously haven't gotten over this issue since we are now in the last week of school, and I could keep going on about the issue.... but back to the point of the post....

So, when Mattie Anne comes home everyday she changes clothes and I allow it even though it is only a few hours until bedtime and this probably increases my laundry. I allow her to pick out and wear whatever she wants, and some days it is hilarious!  I thought this would be a great blog update to keep and great pictures to have when she is a teen! I thought of it 2 days ago when the combination of red tights, orange shirt, pink bow and pink shoes made me laugh out loud, but of course I forgot to take a picture ... I did take a picture of the outfit from yesterday, which included my shoes.

So, this will start the Mattie Anne fashion blog series!

Lyons Birthday Part 2

Gifts! Lyons has so many great friends and got so many great gifts! Here are some pictures of him with some if his new toys!

More Birthday Party Pictures

Aunt Jess and Mrs. Missy


Evans tasting the icing...Thanks Papa!


Mrs. Scarlett and Ceile





Playing on the Water Slide!


Playing on the Bounce House!


Grow-ups talking :)


Mattie Anne, Stella, and Katelynn eating cake!

Lyons' Birthday Part 1

Saturday,  May 14th we celebrated Lyons' 2nd Birthday.  His actual birthday isn't until the 20th, but this was the best weekend for schedules! They celebrated his birthday at school on the 2nd because they said I must have left off the 0 (though that is debatable ). So, this poor child I'm sure is thoroughly confused, but loves all the attention!

We had an Elmo Birthday Brunch at our house with family and friends! We recently purchased an inflatable water slide and it was the hit of the party! We also used my parent's inflatable jump house, which was a lot of fun. We had a brunch because last year Lyons' Birthday party was so hot and miserable. So, I thought the earlier the better and maybe we would excape the heat. Well, we did! It was actually cool! A random mild weekend in New Orleans, the high Saturday was only 80, so at 10 am it was a little cool, bit the kids didn't mind one bit! Luckily we don't live far above sea level and our water pipes have warm water in the spring and summer!