Happy 6th Birthday Bailey!

Our little girl is 6! Bailey's birthday celebration started the night before, since my sister and her family had to go out of town for a cheer competition. We had a wonderful dinner with my parents, Kelly Eli and the girls and us. Bailey got to open up a new bean bag from them, that went with her new surprise room decor.

On Bailey's birthday morning she woke up to a few presents, then went off to school. While she was at school, my mom and I had about 3 hours to transform her surprise new bedroom decor. We were doing okay until we decided to paint all of the circles in her room, and didn't have paint brushes. It felt a little like one of those home decorator shows, where the countdown started and we had to rush around to beat the clock! Bailey's face is priceless when she saw the transformation, the video is at the end of all the pictures.

After school we met up with the Irelands, who couldn't join us for dinner, but we still got to see them for some fun girl time with pedicures. After we had a little treat at In-N-Out for french fries.

Dinner that night was spent with both grandparents, and our neighbors Anne and Darrel and their kids. At Bailey's request, we had spare ribs from my mom. I also got to make my world famous (well, at least to 10 or 12 people it is) creme brule. No cake for this kid!

Tomorrow we are off to Disneyland for a fun nights stay at the Disneyland Hotel!

Thursday evening festivities
I love my new bean bag!

Say cheese Raif!

An early present from Grandma and Grandpa

Birthday Morning-a new Hello Kitty necklace

Wearing her birthday crown from school

Pedicures with Reagan and Paige-I'd say they look pretty comfortable

Opening up a few presents-Raif loved the box

Creme brule with 6 candles

Bailey and Annabelle

My little girl

And Daddy's little girl too

Matching pajamas with her American girl doll from our neighbors

Raif and Vicki in Bailey's secret room

Playing with her new American Girl set

Room transformation complete

New peace sign bedding, repainted dots, and some new decor

Video of the unveiling of the room

Scooter's Jungle

Yesterday we went to our neighbor, Victoria's, 5th Birthday party at Scooter's Jungle in Redondo Beach. This is one of my favorite spots so far for kid's birthday parties. It is spacious, clean and just plain fun for the whole family. I actually don't feel like I need a drink after attending one of these things! Here's a picture of the four of us sliding down the monster slide!

Bath Time

Just random cute pictures.

Playing veterinarian Cuteness

Cheese

Love...

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a very busy Valentine's Day. We woke up early, got a few special Valentine treats. Bailey could wear pink or red to school and it was the 100th day celebrations at school. Raif picked out his own red shirt to wear to preschool, and Bailey had dance class that night. Thankfully Colby came home a bit early and made us a nice dinner.

Opening up a little Valentine's treat
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He picked his own red shirt from Target

She was so excited not to wear a uniform to school

Bailey and Annabelle in line for school

Opening up their Valentine's after school. I remember how excited I was to do this when I was in school.

I made individual red velvet cakes for each of us. I had to frost the big cake while it was still hot, so we wouldn't be late for dance class!

Even the dogs were in Valentine spirt. This was taken before Valentine's Day, but Lily still had her bow in for the holiday!

Raif

Raif has given up his naps. Between dance class, gymnastics and swim on three different days of the week, it was hard to be consistent with nap time...So, he's given them up. Last Friday he did however fall asleep in the car at 4:45. We tried to wake him up, but he just couldn't. We put him in his bed and he slept until 6:30 the next morning!

Raif and I have been having a play date together at the park on Fridays. We ride on my bike to the park and then have a picnic back at home before we pick up Bailey. Love this time with him.

Insanity

My mom and dad went out of town for the weekend, and our neighbors were in Hawaii, so we had a total of 5 dogs for 3 nights. Here's a little of our insanity.

Boomer refused to move, and Katie and Lily would not go around him!
Count em', there's 5!

Katie thought lying on Raif's potty insert was somehow comfortable, ew!

Bailey and Raif start Gymnastics

Bailey and Raif started gymnastics over the past two weeks. We were on a waiting list for a few weeks, and then Bailey started one week and Raif started the week after that. Bailey loved it from the start, but Raif had a rough first 10 minutes or so. After I sat with him for a while, I told him he could either watch his sister, or go with the group, but I was leaving the gymnastics area. He grabbed the teacher's hand, and then had a blast! I haven't taken any pictures of Bailey, she's been too far away, but here are a few of Raif's 1st week.

A Day at Dog Beach

Raif and I took the dogs to dog beach in Long Beach. The sun was shining and Boomer was so excited to get to swim. It makes me miss living in Hawaii, where Boomer got to swim at least 3-4 times a week!

American Girl Cafe

Bailey got a "Julie" American Girl doll for Christmas, so the girls had a day at the American Girl store and ate at the cafe. The lunch was a lot of fun and Bailey even had me do her hair like her doll.

Bailey and Julie

The dessert was adorable

We went into the private dining area for a cute picture

Cheer Clinic

Millikan had their 2nd Cheer Clinic fundraiser of the year. Bailey had tons of fun and got to cheer with Jaymee at the Rams basketball game.