catching up...as always!

4 kids had kept me BUSY!  So I am blogging at 11 at night when I should be sleeping.  Oh well.  Anyways I will try to catch up on everything as of late. 

Here is my cutie pie elephant.  Logan and Brooklyn were playing dress up and I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures! 

Brooklyn was being a cheerleader and not including Logan, so he went into the closet to pout!  Cutest pout I have ever seen!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Brooklyn!  She turned 4 this year.  What a sweet girl you are Brook!  You have the sweetest smile, one of my favorite things about you.  I love your imagination and your spunk.  We are so greatful you are a part of our family!  I promised her a birthday party with friends, and she wanted to do a cupcake theme.  All the girls got to decorate a few cupcakes, play games, and hit a pinata.  THANK GOODNESS Grandma Moyes was there to help because I was in labor all day.  I did a lot of sitting during contractions while my mom ran the show!

Decorating with Grandma's help

Blowing out the cake

More of that cute elephant

Ava had her dance recital and did such a great job.  I was so incredibly proud of her.  She has been invited to an advanced ballet class this fall and is starting jazz classes as well.  Way to go Ava!

Both of the girls LOVE to hold baby Blake.  It is actually really nice for me because I will feed him, get him to sleep and the girls will then cuddle him.  That gives me time to pick up the house or do dinner, etc....

so sweet

After this young man's first bath.  More to come!

He's here!

Baby Blake is here!  Blake David Parkinson was born June 8 after a LONG LONG LONG 18 hours of hard labor.  He was 7 lb 8 oz.  His brother and sisters absolutely adore him, as well as mommy and daddy.  I will post more about the details later.  I am headed to bed to catch a few minutes of sleep before he wakes up!

Toothless!

Ava lost her first tooth!  She was eating a strawberry when she got home from school and it popped out.  She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come.  Thank goodness the tooth fairy wakes up ALOT (because she has to go to the bathroom) during the night and remembered in the wee hours of the morning!

Brooklyn and Logan wanted in on the picture action as well.  I love these kiddos.

Water Balloons

I am doing yet another 1:30 am post.  This time Blake decided he didn't like all the crappy things Mommy ate at the Memorial Day BBQ and wanted them OUT.  So I puked my brains out and despite the loud wretching sounds coming from the bathroon, Rob is fast asleep...snoring.  No one to feel sorry for me.....

The other night it was pretty nice outside so we (as in Rob did all the work, I took pictures) blew up a bunch of water balloons for the kids.  They had SO much fun! 

This is Logan's face after he popped one...Imagine him saying "whoaaa"

Here is a set of pics of Ava dropping a balloon...

Logan really got into it....

Did you see that Mom?  Cool huh!

And finally Brooklyn gettting in on the action.

Happy Birthday to my little man.

My little man turned 2!  Oh how I love this little guy.  He is all boy, with a soft heart.  Rob calls him our cowardly lion which is fine by me.  That soft heart requires lots of loves from mommy during the day!  He absolutely adores his sisters.  The first thing he calls for after naps are his "gurs" (girls) to see what he has been missing.  He is also mastered the art of bothering his sisters and enjoys making them scream!  He loves Cars, balls, and anything to do with outside and dirt.  We love you Logan!

He got this toy for his birthday and LOVES it!  Now he just needs a pile of dirt to put it in!

Happy Birthday Ava

As usual, a way overdue blog.   It's 1:30 in the morning and I can't sleep because I am so uncomfortable with this baby...3 more weeks. I can do it...right?  Anyways I figure I can spend these next few sleepless nights maybe catching up!

Anyways we celebrated Ava's 6th birthday in April.  This girl is such a sweet addition to our family.  She is loving school and doing very well in it.  She is such a big helper at home with both Logan and Brooklyn.  We love you Ava and are so glad you are apart of this family!

Logan devouring his cake.....(which was actually pretty gross...oh well)

Ava got to have her first birthday party this year.  She wanted a butterfly theme, so one of the games we split up the kids into teams.  One person was the "catapillar" and the rest of the team members had to race against each other to wrap their catapillar in a cocoon (toilet paper).  Here is Ava's team wrapping up Brooklyn.

The finished result...

What's a party without a pinata?

The aftermath of the cocoon game.  They probably had more fun doing this!!!!