Birthday party craziness

Last month, our friend Kyle turned five and celebrated his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese's. I'm not going to lie...I was not excited. :)

If you're my age, you remember the crazy "shows" with the animatronic mouse of the old Chuck E Cheese. Luckily (or not if you're into that kind of thing), the place has been updated to the 2000s, and that kind of display no longer exists.

I'll admit that the party was fun. Kyle and all his guests loved it. And our boys (including Chris) can't wait to go back. Liam brings it up often (thank you for the ads, Disney channel).

Apparently Liam does not share my hatred of people dressed up in costumes. That's him front and center for Chuck E. himself.

And, I had to post the picture of our friend enjoying her slice of pizza because it was so cute!

We became a two-coupe family

As Spring arrived and we broke out the outdoor toys, we quickly realized that the fights over Quinn's car were going to be common. Maybe every day. I started shopping around for a used coupe, but our friend Chris came to the rescue with one her daughters used. She saved us.

No patio furniture for us this summer!

What?! It's June?

Yep...I fell behind in blogging AGAIN. Is it weird that I write for a living yet can't keep up with writing for our own blog? Embarrassing.

Ok, so now you're going to get caught up on all the pictures I just downloaded from our camera.

First up, the normal stuff. Liam's first lollipop and the boys decorating cookies for fun at home.

Enjoy these pics and all the other updates that follow.

Finally...McKenna!

We FINALLY got to meet little McKenna this weekend. Finding a weekend where both toddlers are healthy to visit a new baby is not easy. But we finally made it! Yay!

McKenna was, of course, adorable and a little angel for our whole visit. Mommy and daddy looked great too (don't worry, they still had the I need a little more sleep please look in their eyes that all first time parents have for the first few months). Don't worry guys, it gets easier and then baby #2 is a breeze. Well, kind of.

And, Liam seemed to really want a little sister (we told him he might need to wait 4 or 10 years or so). He was in love!

Spring break visitors

Alyssa and her friend Liz just spent the last few days visiting us during their spring break.

And just like last year, everyone had fun during the visit. Alyssa and Liz got to see the sights of Dayton (haha). Layla and the boys got some extra attention. And Trisha and Chris had two extra sets of hands to help out. Win. Win. Win.

Ohhhhhh. And this time we got to go out. To a bar! How is Alyssa old enough to drink, you ask? Yeah, I'm not so sure when we got that old either. But we had tons of fun.

Thanks for visiting us ladies!

Liam looooooves basketball

I swear we did not force Liam to love basketball. And he just doesn't love the Flyers...he loves all basketball.

This clip of Liam watching a game IS actually the Flyers playing Temple last Wednesday night.

I guess Liam just didn't cheer loud enough. We lost.

Storage?

This isn't really what we had in mind when we bought these storage bins at Ikea.

But I guess this works too...

Oh, and apparently their tunnel is their reading spot. :)