Baby M Turns 4!

Baby M's birthday fell smack in the middle of the week this year.  On Wednesday, I stopped by ShopRite during lunch and picked up a box of popsicles to bring to his class to celebrate (seems like all other food items are banned at this place!).  I arrived just in time as the kids were starting their snack time.  Baby M was so excited about his Avengers popsicles that he didn't even have his regular snack!

My birthday boy - king of the day!

On Saturday, we had baby M's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's - not my preference, but he chose it.  I've never been there for a birthday party, so I didn't know what to expect, but the place is an absolute madhouse!  There were so many kids running around, so many parties going on at the same time, I couldn't keep track of anything!  The kids had a great time, but I was totally stressed and couldn't wait for it to be over!  Add to that, baby M was sick (we wanted to postpone, but it was too late to do so), and that was just one extra worry we didn't need.  He made it through the evening fine until we were about to leave, when he decided to throw up.  Fortunately, all the guests had left by that time.

Pinata time!

This was the best kids photo I could do with 13 impatient youngsters...

Blowing out his birthday candles:

Photo op with Chuck E. Cheese himself.

Happy Early B-day Big Sister K!

We celebrated big sister K's birthday about a week and a half early with her friends from school in order to accommodate her busy Saturday schedule.  After much research and contemplation, we decided to have it at ProSkate, an ice skating arena.  Since NJ public schools were closed the majority of the week due to a teacher's convention (and a lot of families took the opportunity to take a mini-vacation), I wasn't sure how many people would be able to make it.  Fortunately, a good number did show up, and they all seemed to have had a blast.

Singing to the birthday girl:

Baby M was actually willing to go on the ice, and he did pretty well too!  Granted, he held onto the walker most of the time, but he wanted to do it on his own and wasn't afraid to fall, as he had been when we went skating back in January.  I would say it's quite an accomplishment from 10 months ago, where he refused to step foot onto the ice after the first try.  I was so proud of him yesterday!  Now M wants to start him on skating lessons...

My fearless girl!