Grace's Peppa Pig Birthday Party

We had Grace's 4th birthday party on Saturday, March 14th.  We gave her options for her party and she ultimately decided on a Peppa Pig party at our house.

The birthday girl standing in front of the favors

Tommy & Peppa hanging with Grace

Grace was so excited that her friends from school, cousins & grandparents (from TX and PA) came to celebrate her birthday.

To keep the kids entertained we had different activities set up all over the basement....

Coloring Sheets & Colors

Playing Pass the Parcel

Tom was in charge of the music during the game - Christine supervised

We had face/hand painting

Balloon Animals

Grace wanted a Peppa Pig balloon...

and got a butterfly on her forehead

Peppa Pig was on in the background

Cake Time

Party Food:

• Pigs in a Blanket
• Muddy Puddles (Chocolate Pudding)
• Danny's Hot Dogs
• Mummy's Fruit Salad
• Grandpa's Vegetable Garden
• "Peppa"-roni Rolls
• George's Dinosaurs (Dino Nuggets)
• Peppa Pig Birthday Cake

The cookies included in the favor bag

Favors:

• Peppa Pig Mask
• Peppa Pig Activity Pack
• Peppa Pig Bubbles
• Peppa Pig Cookie
• Play-doh

Some other party moments:

Grace, Johnny & Tommy playing with the Barbie Head

Grace & Kayla taking a break on the stairs

Opening & few presents

James helping with the clean-up

Family Photo Time

Grammy & Pap-Pap

Grandma & Grandpa

Thanks again to all the family and friends that made her party such a special day!

Grace is 4

On March 6th, my baby turned 4!!!

She woke up to balloons all over her floor and the 3 of us singing Happy Birthday to her. She was so excited about her birthday - that Peyton's mom (a girl in her class) send me a text about how Grace ran up to them at drop off to tell them it was her birthday. :)

The birthday girl in her Peppa shirt

Tommy, Peppa and Grace

We took cookies for her to share with her friends during snack time. Normally Grace is shy, but on her birthday she was so outgoing (maybe it's a 4 thing) - and told EVERYONE that it was her birthday.

That night, we went to dinner with Tim & Diana at the golf course and Grace told the manager that it was her birthday and the whole restaurant sang to her. She was in heaven! Once we got home she opened a few presents and then had cake.

Q&A with Grace:

What is your favorite color?  Pink & Purple

What is your favorite toy?  Play-doh

What is your favorite fruit?  Strawberries or banana

What is your favorite TV show?  Peppa Pig

What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  Jelly sandwiches or Shells and Cheese

What is your favorite outfit?  Light-up shoes 

What is your favorite game?  Go Fish or Matching game

What is your favorite snack?  Oreo Cookies or Kit-Kats

What is your favorite song?  Uptown Funk

What is your favorite book?  Peppa Sticker book

Who is your best friend?  Paige or Stella

What is your favorite cereal?  Lucky Charms

What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Blow Bubbles

What is your favorite drink?  Water

What is your favorite holiday?  Easter or my birthday

What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  Books!!!

What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Strudels

What do you want for dinner on your birthday?  Mac N Cheese

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Teacher

Dentist Appointments & A Snow Day

We had Grace's dental consultation on Feb 21st with a local pediatric dentist. The weather was actually pretty bad (lots of snow), so Tom came home from work to drive us to the appointment.

Grace was fine until we went back to the room. She was crying the entire time, even though the dentist was just looking in her mouth...

Happy before we went back

Tommy was excited to play basketball the whole time

The dentist was so nice and made sure to explain everything to me. The news was very upsetting though. Grace has very brittle/flaky teeth (something that happened while I was pregnant with her). She has 2 teeth (both molars on the bottom) that need capped - since they are the last baby teeth to go probably around the time she turns 12. He also thinks she has a few cavities that need filled, plus she needs x-rays. He recommended we put her under to do the procedures, since she would barely open her mouth for him to look in there. 

We scheduled the appointment for May. I'm glad that everything will be fixed, but I'm so nervous about everything. Poor Gracie baby!!

We stayed home the rest of the day/night and decided to do our family movie night on Saturday instead of Sunday. We all cuddled on the couches with the fire going and watched How To Train Your Dragon 2.

The boys snuggling :)

Vegas

Over Valentines weekend, Tom and I met Michelle and Byron in Vegas. This was the first time that we both stayed in the same hotel - NYNY.

We got to Vegas about 45 minutes after Michelle and Byron and shared a cab to the hotel. After checking in, we did a little gambling before going out to a nice steak dinner (or Valentine dinner early) at Tender.

The next morning, we had breakfast at Mon Ami before walking the strip and gambling/shopping most of the day.

The old Barbary Coast where we celebrated after Tom proposed to me in 2006....

For dinner Friday night, we used my free Food & Beer Pairing that I earned from playing myVegas on Facebook. There was a ton of food!

The revert back to high school/college guys when they get together (and even matched)

Saturday morning, we had brunch at Borders Grill. We chose the buffet - where they bring you small portions of food to share at the table. I'm betting we tried everything at least once. :) Michelle, Tom and I also took advantage of the unlimited mimosas (and tried almost every flavor they had).

Yikes - that is a lot of mimosas!

After walking around and gambling some more, we took a break and hung out in our room for some of the afternoon - snacking and doing a few jello shots.

The guys soaking in the hot tub.

We left Sunday morning and made it back to our house around 7:00 pm that night. It was a fun trip, but it was nice to be back home with the kids. :)

School & Workshops

On Jan 25th, the four of us went to tour the Catholic School we want to register Tommy for. We told the kids that they had to dress up a little - Grace assumed that meant her tiara. She wore it the whole time too. :)

Grace loves taking pictures of her brother

On Saturday (Feb 7th), I took the kids to the Home Depot Workshop that morning. As we sat down to start our work, I saw Eddie and Evelyn. Eddie was nice enough to help the kids build their planters.

Grace hammering away

Tommy looks like a pro

Having fun painting

After Home Depot, I took the kids to see Spongebob at the movies and then took Tommy to get a haircut.

So handsome!

Fondue Date Night

In late January (the 23rd), Tom and I met Christine and Eddie for a little fondue and wine at Greendance Winery.

It was a lot of fun (and a lot of food).

Our table (which had 2 fonque pots)

The main course

I wonder why the wine glasses are empty? :)

Group photo with the Mikrut's

We did have to leave a little earlier than we planned, because it started snowing really hard (and the roads were a little dicey).

The whole evening was really nice and we enjoyed hanging out with Christine and Eddie.

Losing a Tooth

Over Christmas, Tommy was complaining about his mouth hurting and how it was hurting him to eat - not to mention that his face was really swollen on the side that he just had his first cavity filled.

When Tom took him back to the regular dentist the first time, they just said it was an infection and gave him antibiotics. That took care of the problem - for a little while....

The week of January 19th, Tommy started complaining about his mouth hurting when I would give him a kiss on that side. Tom and I were a little worried, so I called on the 22nd of January to a pediatric dentist that was recommended to us and they fit us in that day. They confirmed that the other dentist didn't get all the cavity out before they filled it. Poor baby!!

They gave Tom 2 options - either give him medicine to make the infection go away (and it would just keep coming back) or pulling the tooth. Tom went with option 2 and they pulled the tooth right then.

Tommy was a big boy through the whole process and ht was very excited about the tooth fairy coming to visit him.

Playing in the waiting room (Tom said he was a little nervous)

It was on the top (closer to the back)

The tooth

Wrapped and waiting for the tooth fairy

Tommy got a generous tooth fairy - they left him $5 - which he used to buy some Pokemon cards at Target that weekend.

Sledding in 2015

The 2nd weekend in January was our first day to sled ride this winter. We all love when there is snow on the weekend :)

Grace was the first one to get her gear on - a huge change from last year when she didn't want to participate in all the fun!

The kids digging

Grace LOVED it!

Everyone came over to hang out

Tommy is a pro

The kids wanted to go with me..

but "let" me go last. :)

Tom got in on the action

He even got dressed up for me - haha.