Monday, February 28, 2011

HOly CoW I HaVE a 5 yEAr oLD!!!

Mario and his little sidekick Yoshi!
Let the fun Begin!

Yoshi gift bags that took me waaaay toooo long to make! I am missing the crafty gene!



Close up of the Mario Bingo


Sporting the Mario Mustache party goers!



Mario Time!


Making a wish on a Toad Cupcake!


A little pin the mustache on Mario! Brady has been"perfecting" this game since the party!



Finding the hidden gold coins!!


The kids did great trying to avoid getting attacked by some bad characters!



Daddy gets in on the present action!


What's a Super Mario party without playing a little Super Mario at the end!



I still have moments where I can look at my children with complete wonder. I have so blessed to have these little spirits in my life. With Braden's 5th Birthday I seem to be having these kind of thoughts more frequently! His current obsession is Super Mario and the Cougars--and boy I think we really delivered it on Saturday. Of course you know I am NOT crafty so planning this party was a quite the stretch but his reaction to it along with the decorations totally made it worth it. And thanks to HUGE win by Jimmer and the Cougs his birthday party was complete. So happy, happy, happy birthday to this truly special boy!













Monday, February 14, 2011

A Valentine Just for Mimi and Papa

Jimmertime


Father and son off to get some quality "Jimmer Time"! GO COUGS!!!

Some of my favorite peeps!


...and some of Marinny's favorite's too!

I'm a preschool kid!


...Finally!! It took me awhile to get Brady into this pretty terrific preschool in our neighborhood...but he is in now! And he has taken to it very well...probably better than his mom! This is the best shot I got of him leaving on his first day! I love hearing of all the adventures he has-at random times mind you-. Could it be true that Kindergarten is just around the corner?