Bailey's Halloween Dance Class

Bailey's Dance Class

Dancing a Halloween Dance

Bailey is still going strong with dance class. She absolutely adores it. This year, they asked everyone to come in their Halloween costumes for dance class. I was wondering how this would work out, but it did. There were 4 Cinderellas, 5 fairies, 1 cat, 1 polka dot girl, and our little Pocahontas. Colby got there for the last few minutes of dance class and Bailey's face though the glass window, as she saw her daddy watching dance class, was so adorable.

All in a Mom's Days Work

So, as you can tell it was a busy weekend. We had Raif's 1st birthday party with 71 people at our house followed by Grandma Pat's 94th birthday party at my mom and dad's house. We had house guests, my mom and dad had house guests, etc, etc. Needless to say, it was a busy weekend. So, Monday rolls around and I'm out of STRAWBERRY Jelly for Bailey's preschool lunch. I search in desperation in the pantry and can only find figgy jelly. I slip it into her princess school lunch bag and lone behold when I pick her up we have a sandwich that has not had even a bite taken out of it. I asked her about it and she said she does not LIKE the jelly. Tuesday morning was also crazy. Bowling in the morning (not a fun day, I'll explain in a later post), lunch with my cousin and her daughter, followed by Raif's nap and Bailey's dance class. At lunch, I was sitting there eating and thought to myself, I am not going to have enough time to go to the market. As I sit there thinking about this, I see the GOLDEN basket of jelly. And guess what, they have STRAWBERRY jelly!! So...

Which produced this:

And gave Bailey one scrumptious preschool lunch!

Side Note: Bailey loves having cookie cutter sandwiches. She will not eat the crust, which neither did I when I was little and now I love the crust. So, why bother right now? If I don't use cookie cutters I cut them into shapes and she has to tell me which shapes she ate after school. It's so much fun for her to eat her lunch and...who wouldn't feel special if their mom took the time to cut their sandwiches into fun shapes?

Hope this gives you a good laugh on how desperate a mom can become!!!

P.S. The waitress was tipped very well, I think I somehow felt guilty.

Happy 94th Birthday Grandma Pat!

Grandma Pat with all 6 of her children.
Grandma Pat with 4 generations (oldest child Aunt Roxanne, her daughter Erin and her daughter Chelsea) We're missing 3 of Erin's kids

Grandma Pat with next oldest daughter Aunt Millicent and her daughter Diana and her daughter Giuiliana (Not there was Tom and his two kids)

Adding oldest son Harold and his daughters Kelly and Brenda with their kids Jaymee, Lexy, Bailey and Raif

Adding Uncle Ken with his children Kevin with daughter Charlotte and Keith with son Lucas

Adding Uncle Greg and his son Jake who's son Ayden was not pictured

My camera didn't get the last one in which should have only added Uncle Mark with daughter Jennifer and her kids Austin, Marissa and Bianca

Spouses were added and grandchildren without children

Today marks the day of celebrating 94 years of a fabulous woman. Grandma Pat turns 94. We celebrated at my mom and dad's house with lots of fun. Grandma Pat had a vision of taking a picture of every one of her children and grandchildren who have given her a great-grandchild, hence the 4 generations. She started off directing the photo session with her oldest daughter and grandchild, and great-grandchild. If you were a grandchild without children, you were not in these pictures because there was no 4th generation. It took us a while to figure out what she wanted, but our grandma, sharp as a tack, knew exactly what she wanted and didn't miss a beat. This amazing woman can tell you everyone of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild's name, date of birth and which number grandchild or great-grandchild they are. She has 6 children who gave her 17 grandchildren who gave her 19 great-grandchildren (which is still growing). We are so blessed to still have her with us and pray she will be with us for many more birthdays. It was so fun to see our Aunts and cousins we hadn't seen in a while and for many of us to meet family members. Happy Birthday Grandma!!

Raif and His Cake

Sarah's Fabulour Cupcakes www.fortheloveofsugar.com
Raif's Cake

Happy Birthday to YOU!

I see my cake!!!

I'm ready to dig in!

Mmmmmmmmmmm.

Getting messy!

Raif's 1st Birthday Bash cont.

Deirdre the mermaid
Annabelle the tinker witch and Vicki with a boa

Sarah and Snow White

Colby with D.J. Lance aka Brandon

Great family costume with Cruella (Carmen) and her puppies Lucas and Keith

Deirdre and Mary

The Jacobs Shana, John, Kate and Luke ( Thanks for coming, it was like their 4th party of the day)

Steve and Shirley, always game for fun!!!

My cousin Jason and his fiance Danielle

Farmers Sarah and Kevin and the strawberry from their farm, Charlotte

The Sugimoto's Holden is Thomas the Train, adorable!

Sally with her strawberry niece, Charlotte

Colby and his African Chief dad

Gangsta Papa with the birthday boy

Sarah in Carmen's old cheerleading outfit with the candy corn witch

The Ireland's

My little Pocahonatas

The Irelands, Sean, Molly and baby bumblebee Tallulah

Little Duck Giuiliana

All of you guys ROCK! Thanks for dressing up and making the day so much fun!

Raif's 1st Birthday Bash

Our little lobster
Mom and Dad aka Flapper and Gangsta

Mom and Dad with Bailey and Raif

My sister and I

Bailey and Raif with their cousins Jaymee and Lexy

The Vega Clan

Our Family

Pocahontas

Our little baby is 1. I can't believe it. It went by even faster that Bailey's 1st year. We celebrated in style with a fun Halloween Costume Party. We had 71 friends and family join in on the fun. It was a fabulous party. We have wonderful friends and family who are always game for a good time. They've put up with a hat party for Bailey's 3rd birthday and now a costume party for Raif's 1st birthday. Thank you to all who came for making the day so special for us. We love you all. (More fun photos to follow)

Traditions

Pumpkin Patch 2009
Pumpkin Patch 2009

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Pumpkin Patch 2008

Pumpkin Patch 2008 (Raif was born 1 week later)

Pumpkin Patch 2007

Pumpkin Patch 2007

Pumpkin Patch 2006

Pumpkin Patch 2006

Pumpkin Patch 2006

I belong to a mom's group and one of the topics was traditions. We discussed different traditions we do, and got some great ideas from other moms and their families. One tradition I forgot that we did, but have done every year since Bailey was born, is the pumpkin patch. I already posted the pictures from this year's pumpkin patch, but came up with a new idea. I just printed out all of our family pictures from each year's visit to the pumpkin patch. I'm going to go and get frames and put the pictures out each fall, so the kids, and Colby and I, can see how we've all grown. Enjoy the trip down memory lane!