Happy Birthday Daddy!

Mike celebrated his 33rd birthday and boy was it exciting!  Just kidding, but we still had fun!

We wished him happy birthday before work, and then after dinner we had a delicious ice cream cake. We opted for 3 candles to represent 33.  We didn't want to burn down the house! :)

 The girls were super excited about his birthday and made him some presents which he opened as well as some cards and presents from family as well as a fitbit.

All Miles wanted was more ice-cream, which Allie was willing to help while I took more pictures.

Happy birthday dad!  We love you!!!!!

Castles and Coaster!

Our pogo passes were set to expire soon, so we decided we needed to go to castles and coasters to get our thrills in.  It was actually better than I thought it would be with some decent roller coasters, and even Hadley was tall enough to go on most of them.  The girls were both very brave and went on the big roller coasters.

The first coaster we did was one that goes upside down and all around, and Hadley just barely hit the height mark, so I think I was a bit more nervous than she was about it.  Those G-forces were a bit strong and she could not hold her head up during the spirals, but she said she had fun!  I though maybe she had passed out.  Looks like we have a few more coaster lovers in the family!

Miles was not big enough to ride the coasters, so we made frequent trips on the carousel and other little kid rides.  One day kid, one day. 

 Miles looks like a big kid with his arms like that.  

 Another favorite was the bumper boats.  Mike had Hadley in his boat and Allie went by herself in her own boat because Miles was not big enough to go on one.  She went around in circles for the first half, but she eventually figured it out and even went and parked it back in it's spot at the end.  

 Miles' favorite activity of the day was putt-putt golf.  He commandeered my ball and putter and kept trying to golf the whole time.  Maybe we have a future Tiger on our hands.

 Allie was trying to get her ball through the windmill.  I think she chalked up a 12 on that hole.  

Lots of fun was had by all!

Hi Granny!

Allie has been in school 100 days!  To celebrate, they had all the kindergarteners dress up as 100 year olds and it was so cute!  We went to the thrift store for the skirt and sweater which we made Allie size.  My favorite part was that she was missing her teeth, just like most 100 year olds.

Happy Birthday to Rachel

Happy Birthday to Rachel today! It has been a less than exciting week with lots of colds and sickness floating through the house, but  we still managed to find a party.

We had cake and some presents and enjoyed the time to celebrate a wonderful wife and mother. We love you Rach! Hope the next ones are a little more exciting than this one.

Happy New Year's

Another year has come to a close, and we needed to celebrate! This was a modified New Years celebration (since we were not about to keep our children awake until midnight), but a wonderful time none the less. We had sparklers to play with outside int he cold.

The girls were excited to use the sparklers but were a little crazy. We had multiple close calls with fire and parents or siblings. In the end no one was harmed in the making of this memory. 

Miles liked to look at the fireworks (almost as much as his mom). 

He wanted to help hold them so we obliged.

After trying to light ourselves on fire, we went in for bedtime. We had to mark the midnight countdown and used a cartoon on tv to celebrate a few hours early. Per Shaw tradition there was lots of banging of pots and pans to create a merry raucous.  

Miles did not want to be left out of the party.

The kids were successfully in bed around 8 PM and we crashed at our normal 10 PM. It was great fun and then we were still able to wake up with the animals in the morning.