Taegyn is 5

On March 21, we celebrated Taegyn's 5th birthday. How crazy is it that she is now 5? She is such a big girl now. She is a girly-girl to a T. She hardly leaves the house without lipstick or some blush on. She is always so concerned with whether her clothes match or not too. She is a great big sister and an absolute joy for Cory and I.



For her birthday this year, she wanted to do a Barbie party. This was a little surprising for me because she hasn't ever played with barbies until about 4 months ago. For her party with her friends we did a Barbie "tea" party. She had 6 little friends come over and we made cotton candy,

opened presents, watched A Barbie Mermaid Tale II, ate the barbie cake,

then did a castle pinata.






I think the pinata and cotton candy was the best part for the kids.
Taegyn's 20 Questions:
1. Favorite color: Pink and purple
2. Favorite Game: Chutes and Latters
3. Favorite Food: Popcorn
4. Favorite Candy: Popcicles
5. What do you want to be when you grow up: Only a mom
6. Who's your best friend? Josh, Josie, and Lynley
7. Favorite animal: Kitties
8. Favorite toy: Barbies and My Little Pony
9. Favorite TV show: Strawberry Shortcake
10. Favorite fruit: Grapes
11. Favorite thing to wear: Rapunzal Dress-ups
12. Favorite song: Love you like a Love Song by Selena Gomez
13. Favorite book: The Quiet Book (the one Mommy made)
14. Favorite thing to do outside: Play fetch
15. Favorite Holiday: Easter
16. Favorite Cereal: Cocoa Puffs
17. Favorite thing to do with mom and dad: Play Hide and Seek
18. What do you like to sleep with at night: Jack (the cat)
19. Favorite drink: Milk
20. The one thing you most want for your birthday: A real live kitty

Neptune Park

For family home evening the other night, we took the kids to the new park down by our house. This park had some amazing new "futuristic" type of toys to play on. They had a big kids section (let's be honest, it was for adults too) and a toddler section. My kids had a blast. We will definitely be taking them here again.

Someone likes to get messy, someone likes to get clean...

You know how when your baby turns one, you give them their own little cake to smash into and everyone likes to see how messy they get? Well, Davyn was actually my only child so far that would even tough his cake and smash into it. I wondered how Addalyn would do when her first birthday came up. I no longer have to wonder. A few weeks ago I gave her some left over cake that I had laying around and she attacked it like it was no one's business. After she was done, we got her out and gave her a bath in the sink in the kitchen. Cory took her into her room to get her dried off and new clothes put on.




Cory then comes out and starts laughing and tells me to come check out the scene that he is observing. I walk out into the kitchen and what do I see? Davyn sitting in the sink of course giving himself a bath. Bath time is like crack to this boy. Anytime anyone turns water on, he is there in a flash stripping down and jumping in. At least I won't have to worry about hygiene with him right? Cory and I were just impressed that he was able to fit into the sink at all. Haha. I love this boy to pieces.

Gardner Village

Another thing we did with the kids in October is Gardner Village. Cory and I wanted to take the kids up there to see all the witch stuff and stores that they had. I think face painting, the toy store, and the candy store were their favorite.








The lady that did the face painting did an amazing job. She made it look so easy. My kids LOVED their faces so much. Even little Addalyn sat still enough to get her face painted.

Halloween a little late

As I was looking at my blog today, I realized that I have not put up pictures from Halloween. I made the costumes this year except for Davyn who recycled deKyn's old costume. Addalyn was a ladybug, I was a bee, Taegyn was a butterfly fairy, deKyn was a ninja, Davyn was a skeleton, and Cory a zombie.
I was so glad that it was warmer then years past. My kids actually got to go out without coats and show off their costumes. It was a lot of fun this year and my kids got too much candy!