Happy Birthday Cohen!

Monday was the big day, Cohen's 4th Birthday!  I think she had a great day and really enjoyed herself all day long.  She started her day off with breakfast in bed which she chose to have in our bed :)  She did ask me to share with her which I thought was super sweet and I thoroughly enjoyed sharing french toast sticks with her.   It really started both our days off great.

Monday is school day and this day was our field trip to the post office.  Last week the kids made Valentine's to mail to their parents.  We walked to the post office which is only a block down from the church.  After buying stamps, the kids got to pick out a stamp and put it on their Valentine and then drop their card off in the mail slot.  They were full of questions, like "how is the mail man going to get mine?" and "where is it going in that hole?"  I know they will be so excited when their Valentine shows up in their mailbox at home.  When we left to walk back we saw the mail man delivering mail to the local businesses so that was very exciting to see his truck and to get to wave to him.  I love experiencing these moments through their eyes.

Putting the stamp on her letter 

After we got back we had a party for Cohen's birthday.  Kelly came and we all had brownies and cupcakes (her requests).  We spent the rest of the day at home until later that evening and then we headed out to Cohen's favorite restaurant...the Pizza Shack!  She gets that one honest because we all love the Pizza Shack.  She even loved blowing out her candle on her dessert pizza.  After dinner it was back to the house to finish opening her presents.  Sug & Pop had came by before we ate to give her their big gift which was a jr. trampoline!  She loves jumping on the trampoline at Suzy's house so now she has a small one to jump on here at home.  She jumped right in and went to jumping!  It was a big hit!  I think we really wore her out because tonight she was asleep at 6:00.  So I will either have a very long night ahead of me or she will be well rested tomorrow!  Happy Birthday my precious Cohen, you are a blessing and of course my sunshine!

showing off her new "jewelry" 

Following the long string which led to the trampoline

All she was was a jumping blur!

Baby girl loved the ribbons!

Cohen wanted Savannah to help her with the gifts.  Sweet girls!

Cohen's Art Birthday Party

This weekend was the big birthday celebration for Cohen!  I know everyone says this about their own child but I CANNOT believe my first baby girl is 4!  Time flies so very fast, I feel like I just had her.  Cohen is such a joy to me and I have loved every minute of the last 4 years.  She has taught me so much about life and what is truly important.  I never knew 1 person could bring everything into perspective but she certainly has.  I love her more than I could have ever imagined loving someone and now Kate too.  To celebrate the big 4, Cohen had an art party.  This was our first birthday party away from home and it was so nice!  We had her party at the Franklin Co. Recreation Dept. and I think everything went really well.  We counted about 72 people so for that many people we had a great time and it wasn't too crazy :)
We had face painting, finger nail painting and I bought canvases so each child could paint their own picture.  I love to watch their creativity run wild!  Cohen really had a fun time and that's what matters most.  I love birthday parties so I always enjoy planning it out.  We appreciate all our friends and family that came out and celebrated with us.  You truly helped make her birthday special and she has told me quite a few times that she has had the "best birthday ever."  Here are some pictures from the party...

art cookies!

#4 cookies

Cohen's favorite-Oreo and Nutter Butter balls

Goodie buckets

Cohen & Josie

Little princess enjoyed the party too

Colorful drinks

These were my favorite

Jessica was the best face painter

Kate Kate was our nail tech and the girls really loved this!

Taylor creating his masterpiece

Precious Baylor

Kate & Denny having fun

Annie & Kate

Cohen painting her picture (a birthday cake) 

proud of her nails

Cohen & Will...I am told they're getting married :)

Singing "Happy Birthday"

The Yummy cake from 211- it was rainbow to match the party

The girls had so much fun

all tired out afterwards, even Kaden kissing her wouldn't wake her up! :)

Ashton & Kate were the sweetest babies all day!

Grandparents Day

I have so many blog posts to catch up on since we have been having a big birthday weekend!  To start with though I had to post about Grandparents Day which was Friday at preschool.  All grandparents and special people in the kids lives are invited to attend and the kids get to show them around their room and eat muffins with them.  They also made a special picture earlier in the week to give each set of grandparents.  Cohen had Sug & Pop and Suzy & Denny there to celebrate with her.  My mom was out of town on a cruise so she wasn't able to be there but Cohen has a picture for her to welcome her back with!  She really enjoyed coloring at the table with Sug and LOVED Pop telling her a story while she colored.  When her picture was colored she grabbed another one at the spot beside her and started coloring that one...all in between eating muffins of course!   It was a great turn out with all grandparents and I know the children really love this day at school.  Grandparents are just so special in so many ways!

Cohen & Pop 

Cohen with Sug and Pop

Cohen & her Suzy