Enchanted Forest Photoshoot

One of our MEA days we took the time to play and take pictures in the enchanted forest.  Pretty sure we hit it on it's peak day!

Heading in

Emma snapped this one when she was running with my camera

Tryin' to get Mason to look

Can you spot of 4 C-Mile Sibs?

and then I told them to run toward Mason, which he was totally un-phased by

 Emma's pants were a little too big...

 Mason, in his own little world...

and then the girls wanted to take turns of taking pictures of Mason and I

 I love being his Mama!!

So grateful for this beautiful scenery footsteps from our front door!

MEA Break

We had a wonderful MEA break last week.  The weather was gorgeous, so that definitely helped!

Sally, remembering from the summer of the extra snuggles with her brother...asking if she can put him down for his morning nap

The girls pretty much lived outside all day Wednesday is their Palace that they made

I love the progression of these pictures, Mason and Emma's interaction as well as Libby's dance moves in the background!

Emma trying to rake some leaves with the rake twice her size

Getting ready for a morning walk

Gang's all here.  It was one of the most peaveful mornings where everyone was included, everyone got a long and it allowed the Mamas to have some real conversations!

Even the babies played so well and so long

Neighbor friends fun afternoon at the park

We were excited that Daddy was able to take Friday off during his busiest time of the year, to enjoy a 3-day weekend

Emma was excited to test out her big girl bike, thanks to Daddy for getting it down from storage and putting the training wheels back on...we were going to use it as a strider, but Miss Emma isn't quite tall enough

Pure Joy!

It was a windy morning, perfect weather to fly a kite

Mason spots the kite!

Libby's turn

Mommy's turn [VIDEO]

One of these is not like the other...3rd one has spunk!  Lunch outside!

Taking advantage of the beautiful afternoon we headed to the Lowry Nature Center to explore one of their trails, it didn't disappoint!

We checked out some of their animals before we headed to dinner

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This just might be the 1st time we've gone out to eat as a family of 6, other than Easter Brunch???  Mason's early bedtime of 6pm, makes that difficult to do.  Friday, the stars aligned and we decided to bring the troops to Tommy's Malt shop.  It was a lot of fun and a successful meal!  Mommy's USBORNE purchase from a while back was a success...

Craigmile Crew Party of 6!  The owner was excited to see a successful meal as he told us his wife is newly pregnant with their #4 :)

Excited to try some burgers

Crazies

Emma enjoying one of her birthday gifts from Alisha!

Saturday was a rainy day so I took the Bigs to see My Little Pony the movie, it was cute, I loved the music!

and then we hit up 5pm Mass on Saturday, as we had family pictures Sunday morning!  Will be excited to show you a few of those soon, we LOVED our photographer, thanks for the referral, Alisha!  If you're looking for someone local and awesome, look up Stephi Jean Photography on Facebook!

Emma's 3rd Birthday

We had a great day, last week, celebrating Emma turning 3.  Turning 3 is my favorite.  It's the first year they really understand it.  They think the littlest thing is the best thing ever.

Emma woke up, not even expecting that she would be getting birthday presents.  All she wanted was an orange balloon.

To her delight, she woke up to the scavenger hunt tradition of finding and opening her presents.

When we headed out to the bus, she was greeted with lots of birthday love! Posing with one of her favorites, Alisha!

 She was excited to see Harper coming down.  This sweet girl made Emma a card and bought her a gift.  I later found out from her mom that she used her own money and asked to go to the store to pick out a gift for Emma.  HOW SWEET!!!

 Once we put Mason down for his morning nap we made her cupcakes, she was excited to get to lick both beaters!

 Each morning she loves to get a sip of my smoothie.  I surprised her with her own, in her favorite orange cup. "Thank you Mom, this is so nice of you!"

 Once Mason woke up, she wanted a picture with him.  I have a feeling they'll be celebrating many birthdays together!

 She always asks to get a car wash, so we headed that way.  Before pulling in, I let her come sit in the front seat.  "Can I hold your hand? This is the best day, ever!"

 Next stop, an orange balloon!

 Makin' her wishes come true!

 Her very own PEACH yogurt at lunch, her fave! (I asked if she wanted to go out for lunch, but she preferred coming home and having her usual)

 After naps we hung out and played with some of her new gifts.  Her purse from Alisha was one of her favorites!

 She loved her card and DQ gift card from Delores!

 It was a Free day at the Arboretum, it also happened to be one of the most beautiful Fall days. We had arranged for Daddy to pick up the Bigs from school and meet us at the Arboretum.  It didn't disappoint!

 Libby loved to walk around holding her hand and making her feel special

 C-Mile Sisters

 Water "mountains" are one of her favorite things, so we headed over to one to see it up close

 I hope they always love and support each other this much

 Then we did the BEAUTIFUL 3-mile drive and took in all of the sights.  We pulled over at one spot to get out and snap a few pictures

 The Craigmile Crew, loving on our Emma!

 She insisted on a picture holding Mason...

 Then we headed back home to have her requested birthday dinner of "Mac N Cheese Noodles."  For dessert we had cupcakes with orange frosting, that she decided she didn't care for :)

And then we sang happy birthday, and she declared "this day to be the best day ever"

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Love at the end how she thanks everyone!

Thank you for all of those that took the time to call, send text, send a card and wish our sweet Emma Jean a Happy Birthday.  She had a wonderful day! I also love, how she knew it lasted just one day, was overly grateful for the littlest things, and had no problem celebrating other people on the days  to come after!

Happy Hump Day!