21 questions with Bethany

Today I asked Bethany the same 21 questions I asked Lane. Her answers cracked me up. Some were exactly what I thought she would say. Others were SO random!

What is your favorite color?

 pink

 

What is your favorite t.v. show?

 Doc McStuffins
(I thought she would have said Peppa Pig)

 
What is your favorite Movie?
 Leap Frog

 
What is your favorite toy?
carrots
(Maybe she means picnic? I'm not completely sure. I thought she would have said her doctor kit, trains or Dora house)

 

What is your favorite game?

dinosaurs
(Again, random. I thought she would have said Hide & Seek or Pop the Pig)
 

 

What is your favorite animal?

 Elephant

What is your favorite song?

 The Mommy Song
(random, but she makes up a new song everyday and today it's the mommy song)

What is your favorite book?

Peppa Pig
 

What is your favorite food?

carrots
(Really it would be strawberries, any kind of rice, cereal, honey and chips)
 

What is your favorite holiday?

Church
(I guess every Sunday is a holiday at Highlands? :) )
 

What is your favorite sport or activity?

gymnastic :)
(we've been talking about starting gymnastics when school starts)
 

 

Where is your favorite place go?

church!
 

What is your favorite thing to wear?

red shirt
(I thought she would have said boots or sparkly shoes)
 

Who is your best friend?

Mommy

 

What do you want to be when you grow up?

a doctor

 

What makes you happy?

Doctors!
 

What makes you scared?

dinosaurs
 

What makes you sad?

shirts
  

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?

train tracks
 

What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?

play blocks
 

What is your favorite thing to do with Lane?

go to the zoo

 

21 questions with Lane

Several months ago I got the idea from pinterest (here, and here, and here, and many more if you do a search) to ask the kids a set of questions every year on their birthday to watch how they grow and change. I'm a couple months late but today I asked Lane his 21 questions.

 

What is your favorite color?

 red, green, blue and pink

 

What is your favorite t.v. show?

 Henry Hugglemonster and Daniel Tigers Neighborhood

What is your favorite Movie?

 If I Sang a Silly Song

What is your favorite toy?

 all of them

What is your favorite game?

Pop the Pig, Super Why, and Balloon Bounce (keep a balloon from touching the ground)

What is your favorite animal?

 Elephant

What is your favorite song?

 Jump by Go Kids Music

What is your favorite book?

All of them

What is your favorite food?

wafflers, cinnamon toast waffles, gogurts and smoothies

What is your favorite holiday?

Christmas and my birthday

What is your favorite sport or activity?

Basketball and Spanish at Meadowbrook Baptist Preschool

 

Where is your favorite place go?

Veteran's Park, Chuck E. Cheese and Treetop Family Adventure

What is your favorite thing to wear?

My animal zoo shirt (a shirt he had when he was about 3. Clearly he loved that shirt!)

Who is your best friend?

Mrs. Kay, Patton, Olivia M. , Mia, Julie, Caroline, Maggie and Miller

What do you want to be when you grow up?

a fire fighter and an artist

What makes you happy?

everything that you (mommy) say

What makes you scared?

Giants and Bats

What makes you sad?

If you weren't my mommy

What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?

Go to the Beach

What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy?

Be silly

What is your favorite thing to do with Bethany?

Play

As you can see he has a bit of a hard time narrowing down his favorites to just ONE favorite.

The sandbox

Lane and Bethany love to garden and help me in the yard. This is fantastic in early spring when I am planting flowers, however for the rest of the year they are constantly asking to dig. I've found Lane trying to dig up my grass, flowers, pine straw, anything that will stay still long enough. So, I knew I wanted to get them "a diggin' place" for their birthday. Our homeowners association is on the ridiculous side, so I knew the green turtle would cause numerous letters about property value plummeting so I turned to pinterest to find a more aesthetically pleasing sandbox.

I found several really neat ideas:

 

 

  

But, when I saw this idea I knew it was perfect for our space! I loved that it folded close to keep bugs or cats out - no neighborhood litter box! And I loved the bench since I  knew they would want me in the sandbox with them.

 

Once again, Chris did an amazing job making something for the kids! We ended up making it larger than the plans. Ours is 6x6 so that several kids could play at once - I honestly can't imagine it much smaller at all!

Chris tried for a while to make it with out the kids seeing it at all, but that proved to be more difficult than we thought  especially since Lane loved building things! So, eventually Chris let Lane help. Lane had a blast!

 

 

We ended up giving the kids the sandbox after Lane's 4k graduation (the day before their birthday party).It was pouring but as soon as the rain slacked off some we took them out. They were so excited! Bethany continued to play even after the rain started back!

 

 

 

They have played with it almost daily since their party. We often pretend we are at the beach!

 

 

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Lane's Birthday

Monday, May 13th was Lane's 5th birthday. I originally planned to tape balloons on his door like I did for Bethany. However, after he fell asleep I remembered that he has several of his favorite school projects taped to his bedroom door. So, I changed plans and just put balloons in the little hallway to his room. He was so excited when he woke up on his birthday!

He ran to the table and found all his little presents wrapped in superhero paper!

 

 

Then, he and Chris spent a good bit of time launching catapults and driving remote control cars.

For his birthday breakfast, I offered to fix ANYTHING he wanted but he chose a frozen waffle. So, we stuck a candle in the waffle and sang Happy Birthday!

 

Then, it was time to quickly hurry and get ready for school. Lane was so excited to take his special snack to school. What did he want...cake? cupcakes? nope, plain sugar cookies with NO sprinkles or icing. (he was very clear about that!) So, that's what we did! Mom found some really cute cookies that had birthday pictures (They were just like the holiday cookies you bake with a flag, a snowman, a heart, etc) I had never seen them before! So we had those and true plain sugar cookies. Gigi came and surprised Lane at school during his special snack. Lane was thrilled! [On a side note, Bethany came with me to Lane's classroom and she had a blast. She sat like such a big girl at the table with him. She was SO PROUD to be at school! She even jumped in on a couple of class pictures!]

 

 

Sweet friends!

and Bethany :)

...and one with Mrs. Kay, the best 4K teacher ever! Lane absolutely adores her!

After school we took Lane to Treetop Family Adventure. We had never been out there before. Lane and Bethany had a blast playing in the playground, bowling and  

...."playing" miniature golf. Lane is in desperate need for his Papaw to come teach him how to golf. He has quite the unusual technique for hitting the golf ball!

We spent a VERY long time on this hole. It had four levels. The kids had a blast taking turns dropping the ball in the hole and watching where it would roll out on the next level.

After Treetop, Lane chose where he wanted to eat for his birthday dinner. He chose Don Pepe. Can you tell we like Mexican food just a little bit!

Overall, it was a wonderful day spent celebrating my sweet boy! We love you Lane!



Bethany's Birthday

I love Birthdays! I love letting those I love know how special they are to me and how grateful I am that they were born! So obviously, the kids birthdays are a big deal around here. The whole day centers around them and whatever they want to do!

On Bethany's birthday, when she woke up we all went in to her room wishing her a Happy Birthday! She was SO excited! I taped a number 3 out of balloons onto her door. (Last year I did that really cute pinterest idea of filling the kids bedroom with balloons while they were asleep. They LOVED it but it also started our day at about 4 am. I'm waiting a couple more years till I try that on again)

 

Then Bethany ran to the table, where a bunch of little gifts were waiting on her. Her presents were all wrapped in Hello Kitty. I think she loved they paper as much or more than the actual gifts. Even now, almost 2 weeks after her actual birthday, she still says she got Kitty for her birthday.

 

 

 

Then, we had a special birthday breakfast. She had a cinnamon roll with a candle so we could sing Happy Birthday. She SPAZZED out! The entire time we sang she cried and yelled No NO NO! It was only after the song that I realized she was scared of the flame on the candle. Oops!

After breakfast, we opened some of her new toys and played for a bit. Then we asked what she wanted to do for her birthday. THE ZOO!!! So we quickly got ready to go and invited Gigi to come along.

 

We had so much fun at the zoo! She led the way around. We saw the elephants and played on the playground. Then we found someone doing face paint! Lane wanted an Elephant and Bethany wanted an Alabama "A".

                                                                               Roll Tide.

 

We continued looking at the animals. We made it to the giraffes at feeding time. Lane and Bethany had a blast feeding the giraffes.

 

 

After the giraffes, we walked around the corner and found camel rides!

 

Bethany loved the camel ride so much she asked to pet the camel afterwards!

We continued on and had the best time watching all the animals. They were all so active since it was close to feeding time. We watched a zoo keeper hide several fish in one exhibit. Then she released the cats. It was so neat watching the cats "hunt" for the fish!

We finally ended up at the children's area. We did the new DINO exhibit first. Lane loved it!

 

Bethany was a little scared! Chris ended up having to hold her and sneak by all the dinos. Every time they would get close to a new dinosaur she would whisper in his ear "shhh. quiet!" So funny!

 

Thankfully, Bethany warmed up to the dinosaurs by the end!

Then we moved on the carousel. She rode 5 times in a row.

 

   
















She only got off because we wanted to try to catch the zoo train. We hustled over to the train and made it just in time for the last ride of the day!

On our walk back to the front of the zoo, we found the photo booth. The kids wanted to take a picture so we took on set with family pictures and one set with Gigi and the kids. I love how they turned out!

 

About that point a rather large man with a growly voice came by to make sure we knew the zoo was closing. Yes sir!


When we got back to the car, it was time for Bethany to decide what she wanted for dinner. Mexican!

So we eat then went home after a fun-filled day. It was a perfect way to celebrate B!