Catch up time!

It's been a very busy few weeks! Nana & Grampa came to visit from California and as always, we filled the time with lots of activities. We saw movies, had ice cream, went to parks, swam, and oh yeah, the boys turned FIVE!!!
We got a bounce house for the backyard that we got to keep for 4 days and the day of their party it actually poured all day. But the rain didn't stop the kids from jumping! I did a terrible job of taking pictures at their party bc quite honestly I was stressed the f*ck out, but I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time and that's all that matters :) These are the 75 cake pops Donna and I made for the party. HUGE experiment. Had no idea what we were doing but they came out great. The boys had been asking for them since December so I knew I wanted to make them for their birthday but I did not anticipate it being such a project! My birthday boys! We gave them the option of either having a big party or going to Islands of Adventure...something else they'd been talking about and requesting we do for their birthday...and they said they didn't care about a party and they just wanted to go to the theme park. But they had also been asking for a surprise party so how could I say no to that? We decided the surprise would be the bounce house... They loved it. Couldn't get enough of it. And then we ended up having a party anyway. Whatever. My twins will only turn 5 once! For their big gift they each got an ipod since they're always swiping my phone and Brock's tablet... They were very excited Here they are with our phones and tablets breakin' it down... Both singing... And then we went to Legoland!! Those pics to follow...along with an explanation on why Islands of Advneture went out the window I don't know if it's a good thing or bad that I waited so long to post about their birthday. I can't believe my babies are 5 and starting Kindergarten in 5 months. I look at them and sometimes see the soft cheeks and tushies and other times I see these long, skinny big boy bodies with Jake's attitude and nostril flares and Parker's sarcasm and eye rolling. It's amazing. Every day with them is a gift and I am so proud to be their mommy. Five years watching these two grow has been a blessing and I feel so lucky to have been given this chance to be their mommy forever.