Tucker's Merpup 6th Birthday Party!

Our baby turned 6!  It is so hard to see your adorable toddlers grow into big kids, but Tucker still loves PAW Patrol so that makes it easier to see him growing so big!   He is still our sweet little boy that gives us sweet smiles, winks, hugs,& cuddles.  He's also crazy smart.  All the kids adore him in his class and openly tell each other that he's the smartest one.  He loves being kind and friendly to everyone and has 5 girls that adore him.  His passion is playing sports and playing with his Paw Patrol dogs. This is the 3rd year in a row that Tucker insisted on a PAW Patrol party so we mixed it up by playing on the MerPup episodes and made it a Mer-pup party.  The kids all came over for cake, ice cream, & presents, and then we went to the pool to play relay games with plastic dog bones.

For dinner we took Tucker to his favorite restaurant, Texas Rhodehouse.  He was one happy birthday boy!

Tucker's 5th Birthday

On Tucker's birthday I took him to iJump in the morning, preschool, then swimming and to pick out a cake.  We ate at Texas Roadhouse then came home and opened presents.  He was pretty happy with his day.

 For Tucker's 5th birthday party, he insisted on PAW Patrol again and I'd already given away all of his decorations from last year so we went with a rainbow/movie theme.  They played a few games, watched PAW Patrol, and got to break a pinata.

Back To School Time

It's Back to School time!

Tucker started Preschool at Apple Athletic where the other 2 went.  He was SOOO excited to finally be able to go and to have something that is special to do just for him.

Whitney started 1st grade and was really excited to be officially a big kid and go to school all day.  She was so excited to be able to pack a lunch and have 2 recesses.

 Tommy started 2nd grade.  He knew his teacher beforehand and was really excited to start with Mrs. Rehfield.

  Whitney waiting with a couple of her best friends, Sawyer & Finley.

The kids favorite thing about starting school back up is that I do a surprise after school snack every day for the first week or so.

 Tucker started preschool and when they started learning their letters, his friend said she could read (which she couldn't, but she was trying) Anyway, Tucker is so smart. I showed him how to read a Bob book and he picked it up immediately and never had to try learning sight words.  He picked it up so fast and became an instant reader!  He's such a smartie!

Tucker's Mickey Mouse Birthday Party!

Tucker turned 3!  This little guy is still quite the character.  He's always looking to get people to laugh and is a determined little guy. He is our wild, crazy, always looking for the party boy.  He is a huge mess maker that never stops playing, but his smiles make up for the extra work he creates.

 We LOVE Disney so I've wanted to throw a Mickey party for 3 years now and figured this would be my last chance so we did it! A hot dog Mickey party!

 I couldn't find any Mickey paper at 4 different stores so I gave up and created my own wrapping paper.  The kids loved it and they were pretty beat up by the end of the week because the kids had so much fun playing with them.

 We didn't do a good job of showing it, but we all dress up in Mickey attire.

 Cute sign Vic cut out for me to hang balloons out front (since we don't have a mailbox).

 Sign I put on the front door

 Party wall of streamers to run through in our entrance.  The kids love this and now expect it at every birthday.

 I really wanted to keep it simple and not make Tucker's cake, but after going to 3 bakeries and not seeing what I wanted, I made the cake again!  This time I used rice crispy treats in the feet and head.  That was so much easier to work with than the cake!

 Party table!

 "Mousekatools"

 Lana made her yummy mac and cheese casserole.

 Simple, but cute cookies.  I think Tucker ate a plate of these all by himself!

 My favorite gourmet popcorn store has a yummy cinnamon and white chocolate mixture that was perfect for our party favor! I also found a little mini Mickey puzzle to throw in there. I bought those Mickey cups to give out too, but I forgot so now I have a bunch of Mickey cups!

 Birthday boy eating lunch

 I forgot to pull out our other kid table before the party so the big kids had a "picnic" on the floor... oops!

 We had a family quiz game on Mickey trivia, a relay race where each member of the family had to put on big "Mickey shorts", white Mickey gloves, and Mickey's ears, and played with balloons.

 Tucker got spoiled with Paw Patrol, Blaze, and Dinotrux (his 3 very favorite shows).  It turned out to be the perfect mixture of gifts for him! :)

We had lots of cake leftover so we had our good friends, the Durtchis over for round two of cake and ice cream and games. 

 It was a good day for Tucker.  I'm sad he is out of his baby stage.  I still snuggle him and hold him like a baby all the time.  I should probably stop, but it's hard to let go of your last baby!!