Mom made Kai Spiderman, cupcakes for his "school party."

 

 

 

Even though he is very quiet at school, Kai was very proud of his Birthday Boy button and cake hat (thanks Aunt Robie), as well as all the attention he got.

 

Kai and Sierra's teachers let Sierra come to Kai's class party (they're not together any more, so it was nice to let them celebrate together).

Happy Birthday Kai!

 

Kai chose to go to Birthday World for his birthday. They have indoor rides and bounce houses. He had a big time on the roller coaster.

 

Kai liked driving Sierra on the Flying Banana.

 

 

"Come on Daddy, let's win some tickets."

 

"Do we have any more tokens left?"

 

Sierra is perfecting her "grab 3 eggs at one time" technique.

 

"I got another one."

 

Kai made out pretty good at the local city Easter Egg Hunt. They had thousands of eggs on a baseball field and cut the kids loose on them. Kai's strategy (per Daddy's coaching) was to go to the back fence, since all the other kids would stop short. It worked for him.

 

Daddy helped Sierra open her many eggs.

 

 

 

 

This is Easter Egg Hunt #2 at our local neighborhood park. We met our good friend, Mia there (Sierra's best friend).

 

"Look mom, I got your favorite color."

 

 

"Come on Sierra, there are a lot more eggs."

 

The Three Stooges made out pretty good.

 

Kai and Sierra with the creepy Easter Bunny (Jim wants to donate a new outfit).

 

"Yeah.. it's Easter party time." Kai and Sierra were very excited to go to each others Easter parties.

 

The Easter Bunny came to see Kai.

 

"Come on, shake my hand."

 

Sierra's class in the school Easter parade (poor, petite Sierra was in the back of the bunch so you can't see her at all.. I'm sure you could hear her).

 

Kai's class in the school Easter parade (he's in the third row back.. you can barely see him).

 

We went to the Hippity Hop Adventure at our local zoo. They gave the kids rabbit ears and a tail to wear. Kai didn't want any part of it, but Sierra gladly dressed up.

 

We found the Easter Bunny in the butterfly garden.

 

"Come on, let's go to the next treat station."

 

"Check out my bunny lollipop."

 

The zoo just put in a water park area. We stayed after the Easter festivities to play (we didn't bring bathing suits, but Kai and Sierra didn't mind playing in their t-shirts).

"Hi, Mommy."

 

"We are soaked."

 

"This water is hypnotizing."

 

It's Easter egg time.

 

"I'm making a blue one."

 

"My pink one is almost ready."

 

Sierra chose to make glitter eggs, so Daddy is helping (to avoid the entire kitchen getting decorated).

 

"Whalla... here is the finished product."

 

Kai is putting out carrots for the Easter Bunny.

 

In the morning, Kai gasped when he saw the carrots were gone. after a few minutes, he noticed the juice was almost empty too. He took it to Daddy to show him that the Easter Bunny must have been thirsty.

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Happy Easter.

 

 

 

Sierra loved her new books.

 

"Hey mom, take my picture now."

 

"I love my sister."

 

Kai and Sierra dressed in their Sunday best.

 

The crazy face is always part of any photo shoot.

 

 

"I'm sassy."

 

 

Our last Easter egg hunt was courtesy of Mom and Dad (Mom made up too many eggs).

 

"My basket is too heavy."

 

We took a little swim on Easter afternoon.

 

"I love this warm water."

 

 

Mom made Kai a Spiderman cake this year.

 

Sierra requested a Backyardigans cake this year (it was a little easier to make than the Dora cake last year that had 12 colors).

 

"MeMaw, bounce me higher."

"Come on Daddy, let's go get the girls."

 

"I love this place."

 

"Come on Hunter, let's slide together."

 

"Mia, I'm winning."

 

Here is Kai chillin' out.

 

Our friends, Avery and Alivia trying to knock Jim down.

 

 

The jousting area was a big hit with the kids. The dads had fun in this area too.

 

 

"Let's get him, girls."

 

Baby Kyle even bounced.

 

Here was our Bounce House room.

 

And another angle of our Bounce House room.

 

"Watch out Kai, Avery is coming."

 

Kerrigan and Alivia are on the move.

 

Ligia and Dick came too, but we couldn't convince them to bounce.

 

Mom was acting as the olympic luge for the girls (mom was heavier, therefore faster).

Hunter had a beet red face after doing continuous loops on the slide.

 

Memaw and Hunter are in mid-bounce.

 

"I love you."

 

"WhoHoo"

 

"Daddy finally went down."

 

"Here I come."

 

The girls did a group slide.

 

 

Unfortunately, Sierra was wounded on the "girl group slide." Her chin slammed into the back of Mia's head and she swelled up like a balloon. The bruise ended up lasting almost 3 weeks (she proudly showed it to anyone that would ask).

 

 

Here is our party room (1/2 Spiderman, and 1/2 Backyardigans).

Sierra is blowing out her candles (Alivia and Trinity watching).

 

Kai is ready to blow out his candles out on the Spiderman cake.

 

The boys (or some girl Spiderman fans) got masks to wear.

 

"Mmmm. I love this cake."

 

Avery and Mia chow down on chocolate ice cream.

 

Here is Sierra (her ice cream mouth looks lovely) with Gabby, one of her friends from school.

 

"Cool party."

 

As Sierra opened each of her cards, she would shake it and say "no dollar." Memaw/Pawpaw have ruined her by sending $1 in every card they get (which they get for every holiday). We'll have to work on her party etiquette.

 

"Come on, bring the cake."

 

 

"Thanks for the Word World toys, Mia." (Jovan, a friend of Kai's from school, is in the back checking it out.)

"Trinity, what do you have?"

 

Here is the birthday crew (Gabby, Trinity, Mia, Sierra, Kai, Jovan, Jayden, Avery, Alivia and Hunter).

"Thanks for coming Mia."

 

Kai and Sierra loved having Hunter for the week. It was a real treat having him come all the way down to FL for our party.

"Thanks, Mom and Dad."

 

Here is Sierra about 5 minutes after leaving the party.

 

"Is it time for a nap?"

 

Mom and Dad got to school a little early to setup the cupcakes for snack time. Sierra was very excited to come in and taste one.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Sierra, Happy Birthday to you.

 

Kai closed his ears while everyone was singing (too loud for him).

 

Daddy had a cupcake with Sierra.

 

Here is Sierra flipping Pablo.

 

Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Sierra in Japanese.

 

We tried our kites out at the park. The wind was marginal, but at least we got them up in a air for a little bit.

 

Sierra doing what she loves most, swinging.

 

"I love my Daddy."

Daddy let Sierra choose her outfit and dress her self for the birthday outing (from boots to hat).

 

"Did you know that when you use all the colors on top of each other, you get black?"

 

Sierra is having a practice session with her whistle and drum sticks.

 

Here is our one-man-band.

 

Sierra loves posing as Mickey Mouse (Sierra loves doing this. She will give us our roles: "Daddy, you da boy," "Mommy, you da little girl," "and, I'm Mickey Mouse." She leaves the room and the little boy calls her. She comes out and pretends to sign the little girl's autograph book. She doesn't speak and often will pose to sign the book, similarly to the actual characters at Disney. Occasionally, she even pretends to pose for a digital picture. She will turn her hands around, which is the pretend camera, so the girl can see the "picture.").

 

Here is the Higgins' family band.

 

It was nice and warm for our birthday family swim.

 

"I'm a nut.".

Mom got tired of baking after the party cakes and cupcakes, so here is Sierra's store bought cake which she picked out (Strawberry Shortcake).

"Make a wish!"

 

"How's this one Mommy?"

 

Kai picked most of our strawberry's. Sierra was running up and down the aisles and posing for pictures.

 

"Let's go home and eat these babies."

 

Sierra decided to help Kerrigan carry hers.

 

"Check out my ants." The Easter Bunny brought Kai and Sierra this cool ant farm. Our ants came in the mail a few days later.

 

Sierra was finally over "the crud," so she was able to swim with MeMaw.

 

Here are the "partners in crime." Sierra and Hunter were "hyper-suited" for each other. They both stayed on the edge of being in trouble, mostly because of their high-energy levels.. straight-laced Kai distanced himself from them when they were doing something they shouldn't (or he would just come tattle on them). They all had a great time together.

"Check out my tattoo." Sierra LOVES tattoos (a little too much). She'd be envious of her cousins Colt and West, who have quiet a bit of body-art.

 

Kai and Sierra both think Hunter "hung the moon." They miss having him around to play with.