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Anderson & Me
Anderson's new Michigan crocs

Anderson & Caius

Mardi Gras

The Theme for March's family dinner was, you guessed it, Mardi Gras!!! I thought it would be fun for the kids to make their own mask for our dinner. Here's the gang.

Charlie

Caius

Ben

Mea

Family Dinner Night with their masks on

Trevor and Savanna

Ceceilia and Mea

I forgot to get a picture of the food, just think Cajun - we had Gumbo, shrimp jumbalaya, bread pudding and a King's cake to name a few. The King's cake even had a gold coin in it and the winner has to bring dessert next time. The kids yelled throw me something, mister and got candy and the adults had a Mardi Gras history quiz. As always it was lots of fun and laughing! I'll leave you with one last picture so you can laugh, too.

Anderson's Pirate Party

Here he is. . . so excited and waiting for his guests to arrive.
The invitation said, "property guarded by Pirates, so come at your own risk!" Here are our Pirate guards:

As each little boy arrived, we gave him an eye patch and bandana and the option to paint scars and a beard on his face.

Here is the whole gang getting ready to hunt for treasure. We had to move this part of the party indoors due to rain. It all turned out, though and we even played musical chairs and rock, map, swords!

The birthday boy with his cake - a pirate ship!

Today is the date Anderson was due:)

Anderson's 6th Birthday

The day has finally arrived!! Anderson could hardly wait to turn six. Last night as I kissed him goodnight he said, "Mom, this is the last time you will be near me while I'm five." (I almost cried. - I am getting sentimental in my old age.) He has hardly stopped talking today, he is so excited.

The long awaited clone suit.

We had waffles with strawberries and whip cream on them for breakfast. The cousins came over for a craft and chocolate pudding this afternoon. Tonight we go to Wendy's - his pick. And Saturday is his long awaited Pirate Party. (We are hoping this rain goes away!)

Precious Moments

I was making dinner the other night when Cai hopped up on his stool and set his head down just like this and asked, "Can I help?" I was so thankful my camera was close because the way he rested there was toooo sweet!

Caius is such a funny little boy. He makes all of us laugh. He is also a sweet boy. I love his prayers at bedtime, "Ward Jesus, My mommy, my daddy, my brothers, my anderson and for caius" and then he repeats or adds new things. But it always begins the same he forgets to say "thank you for" and he rarely mentions Ryan and Trevor by name. The whole time he prays his eyes are closed and he moves his head back and forth as he prays in sing songy tone. It is so hard to believe he is nearing 3!

Off to Work!!!

Kris getting ready to leave for his new job!

We had to go buy some new clothes, since he has to dress up everyday now. This so far has proven to be his favorite one. He is loving his job and very excited about it.

Family Dinner - - February

Okay, so this month's family dinner landed on Super Bowl! So the theme . . . TAILGATE

Things started out a bit shakey with the grilling of our wings. . .
not sure, does that look done? Perhaps the "small" grease fire we had charred it to perfection!

Here are our yummy subs.

snacks galore and mini cheeseburgers - notice the box of wings from pizza hut?

such adorable cupcakes (sara's of course)

and the kiddos