we're all mad here...

 on tuesday evening we had seven 7ish girls over for kylinn's "mad hatter tea" themed birthday party. the girls (plus one brother to entertain kylinn's brother) all had a wonderful time. the decor was awesome and the girls loved dining in their private tent- a major perk to having an event planner for a mother. tegan sported a teenage mutant ninja turtle costume for the occasion.

thank you to those who came and celebrated with us.

happy 7th birthday, kylinn

to my wonderful, sassy, spunky and spirited little girl:
i love how your eyes light up when you smile.
i love your daredevil antics on your bike.
i (almost) love the drama while you clean your room.
i love your fearless skiing.
i love when you try to say things in french.
i love how you scare your principal.
i love when you play with your brother.
i love that you are not afraid to say anything.
i love watching you swim and do amazing jumps in the pool.
i love how you complain about your cat in your room.
i love you.

happy seventh birthday, fred.

i will love you forever.

happy 4th birthday, tegan!

78% weight (39.8 pounds)

91% height (42.5 inches)

100% wild & crazy!

happy 3 to my little t!

happy birthday, tegan.
you are macho and a robot.
and you are taller of the babies.

i love you!

we love our friends

and you're right, guys... being 30 is way more fun than being 20-something.

happy 5th birthday, kylinn!

you are my sunshine, my only sunshine
you make me happy when skies are gray
you'll never know dear, how much I love you
please don't take my sunshine away

happy 2nd birthday, tegan!

partying with the lcp

on saturday, we celebrated logan's fifth birthday.
i still can't believe that he is five already!!!

pre-party car building & racing at american hot rod racer


whoopin' it up back at the crib with the fam


more pictures here

happy birthday to my sparkle princess

the fanciest four-year old you'll ever meet.

kylinn's party this year did not come without some major complications. aside from the monsoon, she begged us to let her have a princess party, and so we finally caved. we invited eleven little girls, and only one came. instead we had a gang of princes' complete with swords. it was still a good time, and she and the other little princess thought that they were hot stuff regardless. so thanks, evelyn. you made her day!

out of the stone-age, let's backdate.

woah dude. that was some heavy schizz...

i totally forgot to make a 15 month appointment for my darling son. i always leave the pediatrician appointment prior yelling, "i'll call to set up the next appointment" with a child screaming and hanging off of each ankle. so whatever, i realize that i needed to set ky's 4th appointment and tegan's 18 month, so i did, but never thought about a 15 month until i saw my nephew's checkup report. (oops, maybe i am not supposed to link to them because they're kind of secret) so i'm reading this, thinking "was i supposed to do a 15 month? (my head has been in a fog for the past four years) and then i call the doctor, verify that the immunization records will be fine and just stick with our 18 month appointment in july. my life is busy. i probably would not have gone to a 15 month appointment anyway.

had a sweet 29th birthday partay. sir hubs-a-lot had reservations to pf changs at seven, and had arranged for my mom to watch the kids for the evening. after a bit of shopping, we finally wandered over to the restaurant only to find my wonderful neighbors, mike & amy perzanowski, and elizabeth and suzy (& todd, too!) from my mom's group waiting for me. we had an awesome time in the midst of the storm. after dinner, suzy's friends "moose" and an australian guy named kris came up and helped us put away the night at bar louie. what can i say? i love martinis. suzy took a thousand pictures which have recently been added to my flickr.

saturday was a wedding celebration for adam's cousin michelle and her husband, felix. they eloped back in february down in texas where they live. it was a friggin' hot day, but nice to see the whole family. tegan had a rockin' time with his cousin (okay, second cousin) ej. they look like siblings, it's so crazy. but the boys are five months apart and it always seems that my kids best friends are all five months apart. five is the magic number.

sunday, we were so lazy and finally went to do some shopping at the flower factory (adam's new favorite store) and dinner at red robin. as we were driving home, we noticed a green/yellow cloud encroaching. we were able to stay just ahead of it, and the rain and huge bolts of lightning started as we were running into the house. as i literally had one foot in the door, the power went out, and we spent nearly 50 hours without power. thankfully, bill & kristen hooked up our sump pump and fridge to their generator so all hell did not break loose. it's amazing how much worse it is to lose power when you have a well and no water and are deep in the woods. to live in surburbia, losing power is not so bad. we had consistent clean, hot water and survived mighty well. it was kind of like camping. and i like camping.

monday it was 1000 degrees and we had no power.

tuesday was 900 degrees and we had no power.

yesterday, i did wash, vacuumed my crumb-haven and went to target.

ahh, life is good.

good grief!

so i celebrated my 29th birthday all sweatified today. kylinn's boyfriend from preschool invited the class over for a swim date (they have one of those giant little tikes climber/pool thing) and i sat in the sun and sweated. the little boy wants to marry ky. i don't think that she's ready to commit though, just yet. so kylinn had a blast with the four boys while soggy little tegan sat on my laps and munched on chips. the bonus is, is that the kids are whooped and went to sleep without fighting, so all is quiet on the north-eastern front. i still can't wait for dinner tonight. i seriously need a martini.

Tegan's birthday party

View the entire photo set here.

happy birthday,tegan!!!

~tegan is one~


walking, talking & staying busy! he's really grown up. it's hard to believe that he was so tiny.
tegan is super active, though and loves to slide down the stairs and snap his fingers at the kitties.

miss maddie's second birthday party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADAM!

HAPPY
30 TH
BIRTHDAY
AD-ROCK

WE LOVE YOU!

parenting mistake no. 438

never allow your three year old to assist in making their red velvet birthday cake.

happy birthday, kylinn!

my baby girl is three years old. it's been three of the longest shortest years of my entire life, but so so so worth it.
we love you, freddie. happy 3rd birthday.



today we spent the afternoon up at the athletic club with josh and ben. once back home, she alternated between being a princess and being chef kylinn "just like grampa schiier."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

*look what schmoopie bought me!*

birthday bliss

on saturday we celebrated sarah's birthday downtown royal oak with dinner at monterrey cantina and desert at astoria (are you totally jealous, aimee?) a good time was had by all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SARAH AND JEREMY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU