Glow-In-The-Dark Junk

We're having a relaxing summer so far, even though it's only been a week. Emma's been napping nicely, Katie and I have been relaxing, watching tv, playing on the iPad, playing dolls. Nothing big or exciting, but sleeping in is nice after going to school for 9 months.

We bought glow in the dark bubbles to try, and realized at night, that only the bottle of liquid glows, and when you actually blow them, no glow =/ Kind of cheap, we had our hopes up for bubbles that would glow in the air haha. Oh well. Now we know.

Katie's 7th Birthday

Katie chose Frozen as her birthday theme this year. My Mom bought a bunch of decorations after Christmas, when they were all on clearance. She decorated so pretty! Everything came out great.

My Mom made Katie's cake, she loved it!! The characters she ordered didn't come in time, so the Disney Infinity characters came to the rescue! ;p

I hired a balloonist and a Bubble Expert to come to the party. It was pretty neat, they put each kid inside a bubble, did a little show, and let the kids play with bubbles outside afterwards.

I ordered these cut outs from Etsy, for a little photo booth section. It was fun playing with them.

This was Katie's favorite gift. Thank you Lauryn, she loved it!

The swing was the hit of the party, until the older boys got on it and it broke off the tree. Haha. Thankfully it's getting fixed!

Katie had so much fun, and I'm glad =) She's such a great girl. Thank you Mom for all your help! Everything came out great!

Amazing Bubble Show

I saw tickets for a bubble show on Groupon, for only $12 in Santa Monica, and I thought to myself, how cool! Katie would love this! So I paid the $36 and we went together =) It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be, but super cute. My only regret is that we had to sit in the middle so they didn't pick Katie as a volunteer and she was pretty bummed about that. We all had a great time though.

 We stopped for ice cream after, and not just to get my parking validated ;) hahaha.

Mary and Desiree got these cute shirts for the girls for Christmas. Love them!

The Bubble Run

My friend Katherine went to the Bubble Run and posted pictures on Facebook. It looked really cool, so I waited patiently for it to come to a city near me. It finally came to Pomona. I got some of my family to go with me =) I ended up taking Emma too, since she's so hard for anyone to watch. I just couldn't put David through the misery for more than 4 hours. We got there and had to get our shirts and race numbers and everything. Then waited in line for our wave to start.

It was getting really boringgg waiting in line, but we lived. Mary carried Katie most of the way on her back!

My Mom started out carrying Emma for a little bit, who was also dressed in white to participate :p (Don't worry, we didn't take her through the bubbles! We took turns going through while the other held her outside of the bubbles!)

Time to go walk!

I cheated and stayed to the sides so I wasn't completely under the bubbles, but my Mom and Mary went through the tall middle and said they couldn't breathe there were so many bubbles and foam hahaha.

Emma slept through some of it lol.

It was so much fun, this 5k was even better than The Color Run. The bubbles were hilarious. We all had so much fun! I'm so thankful to be able to do fun things with my kids and to have my family go too was extra nice =) Especially thankful for my Grandma who has been going on a few more trips with us recently. I hope this comes closer to town one day, I would do it again! =)

Antelope Valley Fair 2013

A tradition I love to hate and hate to love. The AV Fair. I think I would love it way more if it weren't in August every year, it is always so hot out!! I went at night both times this year ;p Hannah was in a dance performance this year, so Katie and I tried our hardest to get there on time to see her, but we ended up just missing her =/ After work I had to rush home to pick up Katie and get her something to eat real quick, and apparently that took too much time =/ We were bummed, but we still were able to hang out with the girls when we got there. They got to see the animals, play with bubbles, play in the corn, make a dirt baby, and even watch the Mother Goose Magic Show. Pretty fun night with the kids.

Toward the end of the night I got Katie and snack and we headed home. The girls were going to go on rides, and since I already paid for Katie to go on the rides last week, I wasn't about to spend even more. Besides, I am getting more and more pregnant and more and more tired walking all day :p The baby is due in less than a month. Next year, she'll be going to the fair with us :p

Hannah's Mighty Morphin' Birthday!

Hannah wanted a Power Ranger birthday this year. Ashleigh bought shirts for us to wear, to match the theme. So nice of her =)

 Laura and Emma came too =)

 

 The kids brought their swim suits so they could play in the pool.

 My Grandma made these towels for the girls, they have a little spot to tuck your hands so you can keep it wrapped around you.

 Mary hired a balloonist. Katie picked Ariel.

 Hello Kitty

 Caterpillar

 Mary also hired a face painter for the girls. I think the same one from Madison's birthday.

 Katie LOVED these bubbles.

 They even gave the kids glittery tattoos.

 Sam's little spider.

 He's obsessed with Angry Birds right now.

 Mary was too chicken to paint her face, so they just did her arm, haha.

 Candy time!

 Cold Stone Cake!

 Katie just loves buying presents for people, she gets so excited when it's time to open the one she bought.

 Superman, flying to the rescue!

Really fun party! The kids had so much fun together. Happy Birthday Hannah, hope your day was as sweet as you! =)