Passing on some knowledge

1. Boxes are an amazing source of entertainment

This comes as no shock to anyone with children.  Big boxes are amazing.  It lasted from about 6 until bed time.  Pausing only for a few to eat dinner.  This big box came stuffed with 3 boxes of diapers from Amazon.  Whoops.  I messed up my order.  Good thing diapers don't have an expiration date.  :)

2.  Pretend homemade mac and cheese is good.  Pretend as in pretend I made it from scratch not make believe.  It is real.  Here it is.  Good stuff.  As in there are no left overs for Andy when he gets home from tennis, good.  Even Kinley who never finishes anything lately unless it's primary ingredient is sugar asked for seconds.
3.  Sophie will walk for presents.  This was a funny coincidence at Kinley's party.  It was proven true today at one of Kinley's classmate's party.
That sweet baby can walk.  I catch her doing it all the time.  When she sees you looking at her she laughs, smiles, or says "oooohhhh" as she collapses back to the ground.  Silly girlie.
I have lots of photos, but that is all for now.  Good night, friends.

Happy Easter!

One Lucky Little Lady

Kinley Bell certainly is.  This sweet girl got to celebrate her birthday St. Patrick's Day style this year with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins galore.  Plus her mama, daddy and Sophie too.
Lots of very hot hours of labor went into that swing set behind her.  It was her's and Sophie's big birthday gift this year.  Papa and Kevin helped their daddy to pull it off in just over 24 hours time.

Her Rainbow St. Patrick's Day party included Green, Clovers, Rainbows, and Treasures

(These puffs were supposed to be hanging.  My ceilings are too tall.)

Marshmallows and Skittles, what's not to love?

Goody Boxes full of Rainbow goodness

Fruit Rainbow with Marshmallow Creme Clouds

Rainbows, Clovers and Pots of gold sandwiches, Rainbow Goldfish, and Green applesauce for the kiddos, and the grown ups who weren't adventurous enough to try the Corned beef, Cabbage, and Sheppard's Pie. 

Green Hawaiian Punch.  Oh. Yes. I. Did.  My kid hadn't even had Kool-Aid until last week, but we went all out on sugar today.  Sorry to the Aunts and Uncles.  Kinley didn't crash until 11pm.

Jumpy House Fun

It got pretty crazy in there!

If you're in need of a Jumpy, this place rocks!  We have it from Friday-Monday.

Wee!

More rainbows

Parachute

Lots of presents.

I told you she was lucky

Her sweet Aunt Erin made her the wand and tutu to go with her wings and books.  She also was my official photographer for the day.  She rocks.  :)

The kids hunted for Treasure after gifts while the grown ups ate dinner.

Have I mentioned how lucky Kinley is to have such sweet and patient cousins?

Sweet and patient...and competitive apparently.  :)

A rainbow and pot of gold.

Then on to the cake.

One last rainbow surprise for the Birthday girl.

(P.S. this Rainbow cake is all over the internet.  What no one mentions, this thing is impossible to slice or put in a cake saver!)

Okay, I'll stop with the photos.  It's hard.  There are tons of great ones over here.  We all had a blast!  It was awesome being able to get out and play with all of our loved ones.  And in the perfect example of the sibling rivalry I'm sure we will endure for many years to come, Sophie decided to take her first step trying to get to Kinley's presents.  Had to get herself in the limelight there for a minute.  HA!

I actually think we might be the lucky ones.  Having this precious little girl in our lives is one awesome blessing.  Look at that face!

LOVE HER!

It won't be long...

Before she's off:

Or cracking jokes like her sister and daddy.  This is what I got when I asked her to stand back up, so you guys could get a better photo.

 Rolling around on the floor laughing at me.  Seriously.  She was taunting me.  So you'll just have to live with blurry sideways photos.
She stands up a lot now by herself.  She even gets a kick out of falling on her bottom.  Not at all interested in taking any steps or standing up with you holding her fingers, but she loves this.  :)

Windy

Kinley loves her kite.  She asks to fly it any time she sees it in the garage.  It is in a constant state of tangled mess.  I do not oblige her.  Her daddy does.

It was way too cold for me.  Andy got it up for her, and then she took over.

She had it over the house. 

 And had to run to keep it from crashing on the roof.

Checking the mail

"Mess"

Sophie dumped the contents of her drawer all over the kitchen floor. I let her. It is the only time she stands up without holding on to something, and I get to cook dinner. Kinley decided to get in on the action. Can you guess which mess belongs to her?