Showing posts with label Riley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riley. Show all posts

Saturday, July 5, 2014

AJ's 3rd Birthday Celebration

What a difference a day makes!  From thunderstorms and no power yesterday to a gorgeous (and not humid!) sunny day today... we really lucked out when we rescheduled AJ's party to today!  Family and friends gathered to celebrate our little man, dino style!  My heart is full from all of the love we had surrounding us today...  Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate our first born!



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The birthday boy!

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Classic picture.. the birthday boy picking his nose! 

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Katie showing off her dinosaur skeletons from the dino dig!

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The dino dig was a big hit - as well as the dinosaur glaciers, which lasted 
all about two seconds in the hot summer sun in the water table!

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Everyone got involved!

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Next up was the dino bubble maker!

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This picture makes me laugh... Both AJ and Laurie have the exact same expression on their face!

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The dino bubble makers were awesome!  All the kiddos loved them!

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AJ loves his Laurie!

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T-Rex made a visit for some pictures... First up was Katie..

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Then Mel!

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Kaleigh wasn't too into playing the scared card... but then the wind blew and Mr. T-Rex started to fall into her and the next picture is priceless...

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She legitimately got scared and thought he was trying to get her!  It was so funny!

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Even Uncle Steve wanted to take a picture with T-Rex.

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Riley wasn't too phased that there was a T-Rex behind her!

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Cioci Kimmy tried to get AJ to take a picture because he wasn't so interested at first...

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But he started to warm up a little bit... luckily Mr. T-Rex is friendly and doesn't bite!

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Maddie wanted in on the fun too. 

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AJ playing camera shy and not wanting to be seen with Mr. T-Rex for a picture...

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Molly wasn't scared at all!

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Neither was Xavier!

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But I think Daddy was trying to get him a bit scared...

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The dino-riffic cake!

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The birthday boy taking a rest before cake time!

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Blowing out the candles with some help from Katie

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The two blondies.

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We asked the kids to get together and roar and this is what we got! 

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I absolutely love seeing all the kiddos together having fun!

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Traditional birthday family picture.  I love how Chloe is intrigued with her brother!

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Our little family.

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We couldn't leave Mr. T-Rex out from our family picture!

For the late stayers at the party, we had a special surprise - fireworks!

Michael working his magic!

I promise they looked more like fireworks in person than just a big blob of fire!

A perfect end to a perfect day for our big boy!

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Sunflowers for Wishes 2013

Cioci Kimmy came over this morning to watch AJ so I could go in to work early so this afternoon we could make our annual trip to Buttonwoods' Sunflower for Wishes Festival.

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Hanging out and waiting to meet up with Marisa and Riley

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We treated the kiddos to some chips while we waited.

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Then it was off on the hayride!  These piggies were going all sorts of crazy and running around..
 the kiddos loved them!

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Then we made our way to the cow pasture where a baby cow was nursing.

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Moo!

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The kiddos were able to grab some hay from the trailer and try to feed the cows.

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Katie was successful in feeding the cows.

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AJ was getting frustrated because for some reason they didn't want to come near him!

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But he tried again... along with all the other kiddos.

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There he is.. coming in for the straw!

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Although Maddie isn't tall enough to feed the cows, she was enjoying watching them with Mommy. 

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Bye cows.

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Watching as the tractor drove us from the cows to the sunflowers..

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There they are!

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My little man and me!

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Marisa and Riley

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Cioci Kimmy and the girls

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Hanging out after the hayride while Cioci went to get the stroller for Maddie to sit in.

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Look at Miss Riley's face... priceless!

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Too funny!

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Couldn't resist taking some close-up sunflowers pics as we entered into the field.

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Loved how this one wasn't quite ready... still such a beauty though.
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Then we attempted the annual pictures in the sunflower fields.

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Clearly it wasn't going well for me.

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The closest thing to a 'normal' picture of me and AJ in the field


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I then tried to calm him down since he was so hyper by showing him some sunflowers....

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But he still wasn't interested in taking a cutesy picture with Mommy!

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Cioci and Maddie


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Cioci and Crazy Allie-Cat


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A very smiley Katie and her Mommy

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AJ was digging the kid-sized sunflower.


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He even tried to smell it.. although his smelling consists of blowing out air 
from his nose rather than inhaling..silly boy!

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Sunflowers and friends.

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Katie and Allie wanted a sniff too!

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One last sunflower pic with a bee on it before we left to go get some yummy ice cream!

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The kiddos were literally running to the ice cream stand from the field... love this picture!