Birthday Weekend

For months, the kids have been dreaming of and planning their perfect birthday parties. There have been lots of ideas thrown out there. Should we go to Peter Piper with all our friends from school? Should I have a sleepover with my best friends? But finally, Abby and Carson both decided that what they really wanted was to celebrate their birthdays with their cousins.

Since both kids' birthdays are in May, we just decided we'd do it all in one weekend, so on Friday, the kids and I went to pick up Jerah and Andre (Benjamin and Amorette stayed behind) to begin cousins weekend. They spent the night and then the next morning we picked up Jackson, Reagan, and Madison and started the party! First, we went for Happy Meals and playtime at McDonald's.

Ready to go build bears!

Then we headed over to Build-a-Bear Workshop at La Cantera for the party. Everyone had an awesome time!

So many choices...

"Rub the hearts on your cheeks so they can always have smiles..."

Abby and her rainbow bunny, "Stella"

Carson and his camouflage bear, "Camo"

Uncle Aaron helping Madi and Andre bathe their puppies

The finished bears... and bunnies... and puppies

Game time!

Andre, Carson, Abby, Jerah, Jackson, Madi, Reagan

After Build-a-Bear, we headed home for cake, and then everyone played together and had a great time. Later, we ventured to the neighborhood pool for an afternoon swim, then it was pizza for dinner, and then a movie. One by one, everyone fell asleep and I'm pretty sure they were all asleep by 8:30 or 9:00.

"Happy birthday to you!"

Cake time!

We all thoroughly enjoyed our weekend with these great kids! Love 'em all! Now I'll just go take a nap and clean up the mess later. ;)