My Once Upon a Time...

My baby is six years old! For his birthday, we had a "yes day"! After opening some gifts, we had breakfast at his favorite breakfast place, which happens to be my favorite too, so we were both very happy! We visited Candytopia almost 5 years ago, and the kids kept asking to go back. It finally came back to Scottsdale, so I surprised them with a visit, and they both still loved it. All the exhibits were made out of candy! The highlight was the giant marshmallow pit though. We got some cupcakes at Sprinkles afterwards... ...and ended the day with dinner at Finn's favorite restaurant, where we met up with Katie and Christina.  I think he had a great day, and we are planning to have a kids party for him once school starts up, so we can invite some of his classmates. It's very bittersweet to see my boys grow up, and there isn't a day that I didn't wish that I could turn back time and do it all over again. Time is fleeting too quickly!

And just like that, he's six. I ask the same questions every year, and these were his answers on his sixth birthday! 1. How old are you? 6 2. Who is your best friend? Sophia, she’s my very very best friend 3. What is your favorite thing to do? My favorite thing to do is play rainbow friends with my friends 4. What is your favorite color? Blue 5. What is your favorite food? Chips 6. What do you like to do with your family? Spend time together 7. What is your favorite toy? Basketball 8. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a mom 9. What makes you happy? When I play iPad 10. What makes you sad? When I really want to play a game with you, but you’re working and you can’t. 11. What is your favorite Show to watch? Fox’s YouTube channel! It’s good! It’s action! 12. What is your favorite book? My favorites book is Pokémon 13. What do you love to learn about? I like learning about the world 14. What was the best part of your birthday? The morning. 15. What was your favorite...

Some snapshots from our June! We met up with Katie's sister, parents, and my kids' cousins at Ashlie's house for a pool day. We had lunch, and the kids played, it was really great seeing everyone again and catching up. We met up with some friends for some indoor miniature golf. This guy got a hole in one, and was very proud of himself. Grateful for my friends, each and every day. After the game, we took the kids across the road to the splash pad. We weren't prepared and had no swim clothes or towels, but they all had fun getting soaked. Friends for 10 years! He needs to sleep right on me, and will find me in his sleep if I move away from him. We were invited to a birthday pool party, and they had a Kona ice cream truck that came to their house, all of the kids loved it. They got to pick their own flavors. I brought Katie, Christina and the boys to the airport, when they left for their trip, and Finn was clinging to me so sweetly in the car. It was hard to say goodbye to...